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Cleveland (OH) Fire Department Weighs Hoarders Task Force
The Cleveland (OH) Fire Department is considering creating a hoarders task force after a number of emergency incident...
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On EMS Run, CA Firefighter Recovers Stolen Property
A Vacaville (CA) firefighter responding to an EMS call Thursday morning found some property of his that had been stol...
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Man Dies in Pontiac (MI) House Fire
A 67-year-old man was killed in a Pontaic (MI) house fire Wednesday, the first day after the nearly 180-year-old Pont...
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Clandestine Drug Labs Present Hidden Dangers for Firefighters
Firefighters and emergency responders face new dangers every day of their career, but it is the obscured dangers of c...
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New Jersey Division of Fire Safety Releases Report Related to Firefighter Injury
While participating in a training drill, a New Jersey firefighter, Rebecca Crawford was injured when a sand cast alum...
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National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Vehicle Collisions and Vehicle Fires
We constantly read and hear of secondary accidents affecting firefighters and first responders operating at roadway i...
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Off-Duty Firefighter Helped FL Crash Victims
As a firefighter with the Orange County (FL) Fire Rescue, Lucas Sloan is trained to jump into action during an emerge...
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Roundtable: Fire Apparatus Driving and Data Collection
Is your fire department using data obtained from recording devices installed in fire apparatus for firefighter driver...
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Innovative Rescue Pole Reduces Rescue Time While Increasing User SafetyCutting edge UK rescue technology now available in the United States. |
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Tuff-Writer Launches New Challenge
Tuff-Writer has set their sights on proving that the Blendtec Blender, made famous by the “Will It Blend?” series of ...
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Fire Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - Do Not EnterThe third drill in this series offers a chance to discuss conditions that would be present at a fire scene that would halt a firefighters from making an interior or offensive attack. |
Fireground Search: How Do you Know?Firefighters should not abandon aggressive tactics to rescue potential victims on the fireground, Jerry Knapp writes, but there are strategies that can be used to help minimize the risk responders are exposed to at emergency incidents. |
Routine Emergencies: Firefighter Response to Natural Gas LeaksDan Sheridan has some suggestions about how to keep firefighters safe when responding to natural gas leaks. |
From the Jumpseat: The Safety/Identity ConflictDo the stories that make up how firefighters think of themselves actually make it more difficult for them to operate safely on the fireground? Mark J. Cotter reviews a scientific study that says yes. |
Dunn's Dispatch: Rekindle Fires
Preventing a rekindle is a team responsibility. Vincent Dunn discusses the implications of a rekindle and the importance of overhaul operations.
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Inside a Budget Fight: It Never Ends, and Nobody WinsWhat does it take to save an engine company slated to close because of a proposed budget cut? Scott Joerger concludes his series on how he and other firefighters battled to save their company. |
NY Firefighters Battle Industrial FireThe Fuller Road Fire Department was dispatched to a working structure fire at 35 Maplewood Avenue in the town of Colonie, just outside of Albany on Thursday January 27. |
National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Mayday, RIT Preparedness, Floor CollapseMaintaing a rapid intervention team on hand during the final phase of fire extinguishment can save a firefighter's life, as demonstrated in this week's featured firefighter near-miss report. |
NY Firefighters Battle Industrial FireThe Fuller Road Fire Department was dispatched to a working structure fire at 35 Maplewood Avenue in the town of Colonie, just outside of Albany on Thursday January 27. |
National Fire Protection Association Announces Firewise Photo ContestThe National Fire Protection Association's Firewise® Communities Program announces its first Firewise Calendar Photo Contest and invites photo enthusiasts to submit their favorite, original photographs of Firewise plants in their natural habitat. Winning entries will be displayed in the 2013 Firewise calendar. The contest runs from February 3, 2012 through March 16, 2012. |
Clandestine Drug Labs Present Hidden Dangers for FirefightersFirefighters and emergency responders face new dangers every day of their career, but it is the obscured dangers of clandestine laboratories that have become the most dangerous to emergency responders in today's times, writes Tim Hadlock. |
Cleveland (OH) Fire Department Weighs Hoarders Task Force
February 3, 2012
The Cleveland (OH) Fire Department is considering creating a hoarders task force after a number of emergency incident...
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