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NFPA Launches Campaign to Recruit Code Enforcers to Technical Committees

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently launched a recruitment campaign to increase the number of co...

USFA Coffee Break Training on Building Construction: Penetrations of Vertical Exit Closures

In this free firefighter training vignette from the United States Fire Administration (USFA), the student is asked to...

Code Council Seeks Nominations for Awards

Safe communities don’t happen by chance. Safe communities are the result of dedicated professionals who use codes and...

Gems Sensors Recalls Pressure Transducers

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary re...

More Smoking-Related Fires Starting Outside Home, MA Officials Say

Changing smoking behavior is causing more fires to start outside of homes as smokers take their cigarettes outdoors, ...

Code Council Honors Elected Officials

An Illinois Congresswoman, an Idaho State Senator and the Mayor of Cheyenne, Wyo., are the 2012 recipients of Elected...

NSF Testing for Earthquakes

ICC Administers US World Standards Day

"Standards Increase Efficiency" is the 2012 theme for the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day, administ...

NFPAs Gary Keith and Russell Sanders Receive Honors

Commission on Fire Accreditation International Workshop

The Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) will be conducting a Accreditation Workshop on May 1st-3rd ...

NSF Testing for Earthquakes

On April 17, 2012, an NSF-supported team of researchers will shake a full-size building outfitted with the myriad inn...

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Two University Students Killed After IL Apartment Fire

Two female Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students died this morning from injuries they suffered in an off-campus apartment fire Sunday.

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Ocala (FL) Fire Rescue Names Assistant Chief

Ocala (FL) Fire Rescue announces that Brian Stoothoff has been promoted to the position of assistant fire chief.

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IBHS Offers Guidance on Protecting Against Wildfire-Related Damage

In support of California Wildfire Awareness Week (May 6 -12), the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is providing free guidance to help property owners lower their risk of wildfire damage.

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NFPA Launches Campaign to Recruit Code Enforcers to Technical Committees

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently launched a recruitment campaign to increase the number of code enforcers participating on NFPA's technical committees.

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Time Out -- Out of Time: Flashover and Residential Sprinklers

Deputy U.S. Fire Administrator Glenn A. Gaines asks the fire service to reconsider the assumption that residents have about five minutes until flashover during house fires.

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Ocala (FL) Fire Rescue Names Assistant Chief

May 16, 2012

Ocala (FL) Fire Rescue announces that Brian Stoothoff has been promoted to the position of assistant fire chief.

Fire Engineering

August 2011
Volume 164, Issue 8
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Firefighting Engine Company Operations: Elephant Hunting with a BB Gun?

Big fires require as big a water flow as you can produce to extinguish, writes Paul Shapiro, and for firefightin... Read More

 

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2 Girls Die in Detroit (MI) House Fire

Two girls were killed early Wednesday in a suspicious house fire in Detroit, Michigan, after they reportedly refused ... Read More

 

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