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Training on Positive Pressure AttackThis class will show attendees the five steps we used to take positive pressure attack from discussion at the staff level to implementation at the operations level. Also discussed will be the difficulty of overcoming the typical fire department culture that is resistance to change. Attendees will see how we made our most skeptic and vocal members become believers of PPA. |
Training Officer Boot CampLearn how to conduct an on-the-scene training needs assessment, how to take those results and put them in action, and how to create training opportunities every day. |
Lightweight Roof Ventilation -- A Viable Option?Ventilation operations can eliminate or minimize the hazards from the modern thermal layer and flashover for firefighters, but these operations are often conducted within or on top of buildings -- this should raise a concern about ventilating modern building construction, which offers less time before collapse when it is exposed to heat and/or fire. This presentation will consider the viability of ventilating these roofs in light of firefighter safety concerns. |
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Roundtable: Ventilation Science and Firefighting
Are you aware to the NIST studies concerning ventilation, and have those results altered or changed your current tactics as it relates to ventilation? S...
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Fire in VA Town House Ignited By Smoldering Cigarettes
05/18/2012
Cigarette butts thrown into a plastic trashcan in a bathroom caused a fire in a townhouse in the 9400 block of Beech Drive in the Georgetown South Community in Manassas, Virginia. |
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Legal Fire Prevention: Social Media Policy
05/18/2012
With the recent spate of demotions, terminations, and litigation related to the use of social media, John K. Murphy takes another look at firefighters' assumptions about use of these products. |
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TX Firefighter Dies During Training
05/18/2012
A Brazos County (TX) firefighter died during a training exercise Thursday evening, according to a news report. |
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Maintaining a Sharp Edge: Ladder Company
05/18/2012
David DeStefano explores some of the ways firefighters can maintain and improve their basic ladder company skills. |
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Your Fire Department's Public Image
05/18/2012
Your fire department's public image can greatly impact its ability to function. Tom Warren provides tips on how to demonstrate your department's importance to the community at large. |
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Video: AZ Wildfire Still Spreading
05/18/2012
A wildfire raging north of Phoenix now covers 12 square miles, and officials expect the fire to continue spreading. |
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Time Out -- Out of Time: Flashover and Residential SprinklersDeputy U.S. Fire Administrator Glenn A. Gaines asks the fire service to reconsider the assumption that residents have about five minutes until flashover during house fires. |
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Maintaining a Sharp Edge: Ladder CompanyDavid DeStefano explores some of the ways firefighters can maintain and improve their basic ladder company skills. |
Los Angeles Fire Stations Open Doors to PublicFire stations across Los Angeles marked Fire Service Day by opening their doors to the public for tours, demonstrations and other family-friendly activities to increase awareness of services offered by the departments. |
Mutualink Names Tom Ridge to Advisory BoardMutualink, Inc., a Connecticut-based company specializing in advanced interoperable communications solutions for public safety and emergency management personnel, has named Tom Ridge, the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and 43rd governor of Pennsylvania, to its advisory board, the company announced today. |
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Corbett's Trivia: Theater Fire DeathsWhere were the most people killed in the Brooklyn Theater Fire of 1876 and the Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903? |
