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Featured Content 2005 pg. 3

• Let's Go Surfing!
  This article is going to give you a few fun places to have families visit to learn about fire safety.
• Health Beat - LODD Reduction Initiatives
  Some recent studies and programs developed independently or jointly by the federal government and the fire service to decrease firefighter deaths and injuries are briefly summarized here.
• Operating Safety At Highway Incidents
  Working at the scene of an accident is a highly dangerous place for responders to operate. Before personnel start prying doors, stabilizing vehicles, or opening the airway to a trapped victim, they must arrive on scene safely. The final outcome depends on what the team is able to successfully complete in the safest, yet shortest, time possible.
• Reading A Building - More Access/Egress Considerations
  The last edition of this series covered access/egress considerations, and began to address security bars. This week, we'll continue with security bar considerations.
• ICE: Everybody Chill!
  What are the privacy implications of ICE? Although state laws may impact this question, and, of course, state laws may vary, federal HIPAA regulations offer some guidance on this issue.
• Suppression Strategies for Tire Fires
  Of the more than three billion tires being stored, only a little more than 25 percent will ever be recycled. It is easy to recognize that the storage and processing of scrap tires is a growing threat to all suppression agencies.
• Americans Underestimate Fire Risk
  The average annual U.S. death rate from tornadoes comes in at less than 100 lives per year, while fire claims about 4,000 victims annually. Property loss per year follows a similar pattern, with tornado damage costing approximately $1 billion per year, and fire damage amounting to about $12 billion annually.
• Basics Are Not Enough At School Bus Incidents
  Do not be fooled into thinking that the potential for school bus accidents only exists during school months and school days. School buses are on the road every day of the week, every hour of the day and night, on virtually every road in America and during every weather condition
• Get Your Community Grilling - The Fire Safe Way!
  Plan to hit your community with some safety reminders at several times during the grilling season to keep safety at the front of the grill.
• Don't Cut Off Fall Protection Equipment When Stabilizing The Injuries Of Fall Patients
  Unhooking harnesses at the leg is understandable and may be OK but unhooking lanyards from the harness such that the pre-fall condition cannot be determined accurately is not OK.

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