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Cyanide antidote database published online

Tue, Feb 27, 2007 The Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition has published the International Cyanide Antidote Database (I-CAD) on the group's Web site.

Baltimore (MD) Fire Department releases report on recruit's death

Mon, Feb 26, 2007 Read the official preliminary report on the death of Baltimore recruit Racheal Wilson, who died in a live-fire exercise on February 9, 2007.

Keeping Firefighters Alive!

Fri, Feb 23, 2007 A report from the Florida Firefighter Life-Safety Summit should spur changes in the fire service's attitudes towards both firefighter fitness and line-of-duty deaths, Jerry Smith writes.

Chiefs Plead with Media for Help in Reducing Fire Fatalities

Mon, Feb 19, 2007 The International Association of Fire Chiefs is pleading with the media to help inform the public of the high number of house fires with fatalities that have occurred since the beginning of February.

IAFC issues statement on recent PASS reports

Thu, Feb 15, 2007 The International Association of Fire Chiefs board of directors reviewed and adopted a position statement with regard to recent investigations of Personal Alert Safety Systems failures.

Harrison Fire Department (OH) seeks to create memorial

Wed, Feb 14, 2007 Ohio department needs donations for memorial in honor of William Wolf, the only member of the department ever killed in the line of duty, and other department veterans.

NFPA announces new edition of PASS standard, posts alert notice

Mon, Feb 12, 2007 The National Fire Protection Association announced that the 2007 edition of NFPA 1982 Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS) is now available on its Web site, and posted an alert regarding PASS performance issues.

Why are at-risk firefighters assigned to emergency duty?

Fri, Feb 9, 2007 Firefighters young and old have to be concerned about coronary artery disease. Jerry Smith weighs in on ways to prevent fatal heart problems in the fire service.

AVOIDING TIRE-RELATED VEHICLE CRASHES

Thu, Feb 1, 2007 The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) regularly conducts firefighter fatality investigations to identify the root causes of fatal incidents and make recommendations for preventing similar occurrences in the future.

AVOIDING TIRE-RELATED VEHICLE CRASHES

Feel the Burn '07: Firefighter from OH plans bike ride fundraiser

Wed, Jan 31, 2007 Ohio's Michael Manning will pedal his bike across the country starting in May, heading from Boston to San Jose, to raise money for the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health fire reports goes electronic

Fri, Jan 26, 2007 NIOSH's Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program reports are available online, and NIOSH will stop printing and distributing paper copies of the reports.

Dunn's Dispatch

Mon, Jan 22, 2007 Do you know where to stretch the first line at a content fire in a house or apartment? Retired FDNY and author Vince Dunn has some tips.

Medtronic unit halts defibrillator sales

Thu, Jan 18, 2007 Medtronic's Physio-Control unit indefinitely suspended shipments of external defibrillators and other emergency-response gear because of quality-control problems at a factory in Redmond, Washington.

$500K Penalty Over Fire Hazard with Floor Fans

Tue, Jan 2, 2007 SMC Marketing Corp has agreed to pay penalty to settle allegations that the company failed to report to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in a timely manner about fires and incidents involving their oscillating floor fans.