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Study Points to Future Wildfire Danger in Western United States
Recent scientific research points out the possibility of dangerous future wildland fire activity in the Western Unite...
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Firefighters Make Progress on LA Marsh Fire
Firefighters have been making some progress on a stubborn marsh fire that has been smoldering since August and may ha...
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Tailboard Talk: Do You Really Know What Is Happening With Your Fire Department?
Dane Carley and Craig Nelson explain how the same situational awareness that helps keep firefighters alive on the fir...
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HI Fire Causes Evacuations, Road ClosuresDozens of Hawaii Big Island residents fled after a brush fire came within feet of a Kona subdivision. |
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National Fire Protection Association Announces Firewise Photo Contest
The National Fire Protection Association's Firewise® Communities Program announces its first Firewise Calendar Photo ...
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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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Names in the News
JAMES A. MILKE was named president of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) for 2012. Milke is a professor ...
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New Scientific Discovery Sheds Light on Catastrophic Bushfire Behaviour
A new form of bushfire behaviour has been identified by a team of researchers from UNSW Canberra, the ACT Emergency S...
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FL Crashes Kill 10
As many as 10 people were killed and 18 injured overnight in pileups on a highway in Florida because of fog and smoke...
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Abundance of Firefighter Overtime Hurting CA Management Ranks
Some line firefighters in California make so much in overtime work that departments are having difficulty filling man...
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Historic Tree Catches Fire, Collapses in FLhistoric tree caught fire, burned, and collapsed in Seminole County in central Florida. |
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Firefighters Angry at Congressional Wildfire Office Pool
Veteran staffers on the House and Senate energy and appropriations committees reportedly ran an office pool in which ...
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Program Would Teach Emergency Responders to Treat Backcountry Medical Problems
The University of Utah is partnering with the University of Colorado, International Society of Mountain Medicine (ISM...
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Texas Alliance of Prescribed Burn Association Formed to Combat Wildfires
The Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, Texas AgriLife Research and the Texas AgriLife Extension ...
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Canadian Officials Keep Close Eye on Wildfire Conditions
Officials in Alberta, Canada are carefully watching the wildfire situation as high winds and dry conditions could be ...
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Leadership Changes for the International Association of Wildland Fire
By unanimous decision, the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) Board selected Dan W. Bailey of Stevensv...
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Six Firefighters Killed in Chile Wildfire
Six Chilean firefighters were killed in a wildfire in the South American country that authorities say may have been s...
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MT Wildfires Force Evacuations
Two wind-fueled wildland fires on Montana's Blackfeet Reservation forced hundreds to flee and destroyed several struc...
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Brauer Promoted at Illinois Fire Service Institute
The Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) announces that Brian R. Brauer has been promoted to Associate Director for...
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Confusion Cited in Draft Report on Deadly Station Fire (CA)
A draft report cites conflicting accounts of why an air tanker was not summoned in the early hours of the devastating...
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Recognizing the Suburban/Urban InterfaceAs communities move from semi-rural suburbia to urban, firefighters may experience not only an increased volume of incidents, but a widening variety of problems to mitigate, Dave DeStefano writes. |
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. |
Sizing Up the Situation Before ArrivalHaving advance knowledge of the fireground can help firefighters perform some size-up before they even arrive on scene. Dan Sheridan writes about two incidents where having prior knowledge helped firefighting operations. |
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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House Fire Roof Vent Helmet Cam - Training TipsThe Traditions Training group provides a video meant to provoke positive discussion about tactics and duties of a firefighter placed into a similar situation. |
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. |
Rapid Intervention Basics for FirefightersJeff Schwering offers a reminder about the many elements for which the rapid intervention team (RIT) is responsible and issues a call for a return to the basics |
Bodies Recovered Five Days After TX FireThe bodies of two non-residents were recovered Monday from the rubble of a Harris County (TX) apartment complex that had burned five days earlier, prompting questions about the thoroughness of the fire response from relatives of the victims. |
Study Points to Future Wildfire Danger in Western United StatesRecent scientific research points out the possibility of dangerous future wildland fire activity in the Western United States. |
CSB Chairman: Nine Years After Corbin (KY) Explosion, Still No Dust RegulationsOn Feb. 20, 2003, powerful dust explosions tore through the CTA Acoustics plant in Corbin, Kentucky, where fiberglass insulation was manufactured for the automotive industry, killing seven and injuring many more. Nine years after the CTA catastrophe, there is still no comprehensive OSHA standard to prevent these accidents. |
