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National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Mayday, RIT Preparedness, Floor Collapse
Maintaing a rapid intervention team on hand during the final phase of fire extinguishment can save a firefighter's li...
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Advice to Young Firefighters, Part 5
Much has been written in the past year about the decline of the role of the company officer within the fire department.
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The Protocol of the Mayday Call
According to the results of a 2009 survey of 187 firefighters across several Midwestern states, most firefighters fel...
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The Role of the RIT OfficerToday's fireground has changed considerably over the past 25 years. |
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Casella CEL Introduces New Acoustic CalibratorCasella CEL Inc., has introduced a new acoustic calibrator that they say is the world's smallest. |
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. |
CSB Statement on Four Year Anniversary of the Catastrophic Imperial Sugar ExplosionTuesday, February 7, 2012, marks the fourth anniversary of the massive sugar dust explosion that killed 14 workers and injured 38 others at the Imperial Sugar Refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia. The loss of life continues to be mourned in the community. |
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. |
Firefighter Becomes Trapped in Chicago Elevator RescueA firefighter became temporarily trapped when trying to rescue a victim from a Chicago (IL) high-rise elevator Sunday night. |
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. |
Firefighter Becomes Trapped in Chicago Elevator Rescue
February 6, 2012
A firefighter became temporarily trapped when trying to rescue a victim from a Chicago (IL) high-rise elevator Sunday...
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