Firefighters and other FDIC 2010 attendees are invited to booth #1100 to sign up to win a Frontier Mini Bar and see a demo of TriCore and PriZm II LED lighting technology from Code 3, a public safety equipment company.

Fires in abandoned structures pose great dangers to firefighters. This week's featured report details an interior attack gone wrong when firefighters reenter a structure after defensive operations.

DHS Systems LLC will display a 442-square-foot mobile incident command post at FDIC 2010.

The nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition partnered with FM Global to undertake a landmark research project to identify, analyze and evaluate the environmental impact of fire. Findings of the comprehensive study were published today in a technical report showing that sprinklers reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a fire by 98 percent.

Hale and Task Force Tips will launch SafeBuy, a new concept in vehicle-mounted fire suppression systems, at the upcoming FDIC show, April 19-24 in Indianapolis (Booth 1308).

SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden has done a study regarding Effective Firefighting Operations in Road Tunnels to develop operational procedures for firefighters in road tunnels.

The Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS) is pleased to announce its new partnership with PennWell Publishing’s Fire Engineering.

PennWell Corporation announces the strategic partnership between PennWell’s TAK-Response California Conference and Exhibition and Public Safety Training Group.

How can we continue to keep children in the loop on fire prevention as they progress through school?  Tom Kiurski discusses a unique opportunity to get the fire safety message out to the community.

The Fire Protection Research Foundation announced the winners of the William M. Carey Award and the Ronald K. Mengel Award, which are made for the best suppression and detection presentations at SUPDET 2009, the Research Foundation’s annual technical working conference.

Emergency medical products and services provider DHS Systems LLC will be displaying a mobile point of distribution center from which responders could dispense vaccinations and other supplies following an emergency at the EMS Today Conference and Exposition.

Stephen Kerber and Daniel Madrzykowski discuss the practical results of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's multi-year studies of positive pressure ventilation and what they mean for firefighting operations.

Sacramento (CA) firefighters discovered a huge marijuana growing operation during a response to a house fire on February 20, 2010. More than 200 plants growing and at least 20 pounds of dried marijuana were found at the scene.

Focusing on firefighter health and wellness is one key to longevity in the fire service, and longevity is what we all seek. Whether that longevity is for a long and healthy time in the fire service or for a long and healthy life after we have hung up our helmet for the last time; wellness is an integral part in getting us to enjoy life.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) has signed an agreement with SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden that allows UL UK and UL’s family of companies to expand its European testing capabilities.

Industrial facilities raise flags to proclaim that they are certified to certain safety standards; why doesn't the U.S. fire service follow suit? Don Zimmerman proposes a program for fire departments to show that they are certified for safe operations.

KME Fire Apparatus and the Kovatch Organization are pleased to announce their sponsorship of Kovatch Motorsports, Ltd., a new racing team owned by John Kovatch IV, Kovatch’s Director of New Business Development, who is also its principal driver. 

Controlling utilities is a basic firefighter safety action and critical incident control function. Shutting off electric and gas should not be taken lightly or left to chance. This week's experience shows that the unexpected happens when you least expect it.

The fire on the 300 block of East Poplar Street was started by children playing with a lighter in a 3rd floor bedroom and quickly spread down the row of homes. By the beginning of 2010, York Habitat hopes to have funding in place to demolish the (now) condemned homes and replace them with simple, decent, affordable, energy-efficient homes for four deserving families.

Knoxville, Tennessee, has awarded Ferrara Fire Apparatus a contract to build three new Igniter custom pumpers.