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Community Wildfire Assessment Course Now Available - Fire ...
The online course, "Conducting a Community Assessment in the Wildland/Urban Interface: Beginning the Firewise Process," is aimed at fire and forestry ...

NIST Deploys Experts to Assist in California Fires - Fire ...
... This fire is a Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fire, a type that is growing more prevalent as housing developments push into former wilderness areas. ...

Code Council Proposed Code Changes Monograph Available - Fire ...
... Existing Building, Fire, Fuel Gas, Mechanical, Plumbing, Private Sewage Disposal, Property Maintenance, Residential, Wildland-Urban Interface and Zoning codes. ...

Drill of the Week: Wildland Firefighting Basics - Fire Engineering
Review the 10 Standard Fire Orders for wildland firefighting operations, as well as information regarding the wildland-urban interface and what structural ...

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IPAMS chides Congresswoman for letter about hydraulic fracturing ...
... has been implicated in a growing number of water pollution cases across the country” and that “the safety of the nation’s water supply should not have to ...

November Roundtable: Mass Decon - Fire Engineering
... The first-arriving engine company would secure a water supply (upwind, upstream, and uphill of the incident) and then deploy a minimum of one 1¾-inch hoseline ...

IPAMS chides Congresswoman for letter about hydraulic fracturing ...
... has been implicated in a growing number of water pollution cases across the country” and that “the safety of the nation’s water supply should not have to ...

Agencies seek public input on issues to be addressed in federal ...
17, 2009 -- On September 30, six federal agencies announced their intent to play a leadership role in ensuring a sustainable water supply and restoring the ...

Water reforms in Latin America overflow boundaries of private ...
16, 2009 -- According to Frost & Sullivan, private sector participation is no longer the focus of water supply reforms in Latin America, as infrastructure ...

CFA issues $400M in bonds for H2O PA water infrastructure projects ...
... 63 of 2008, authorized the CFA to issue up to $800 million for acquisition, construction, improvement, repair or rehabilitation of water supply, sewage disposal ...

Nile group to seek consultants for Kagera Basin including hydro
... to recruit consultants to develop a feasibility study of a multi-purpose storage reservoir including small hydropower development, water supply, and sanitation ...

Tools & Technology
Technology Roundup: Maximizing Safety, Efficiency, and Interoperability (May 1, 2008)
Trends in emergency services technologies that have emerged or have been continued over the past year reflect several major objectives.
Advances in Chemical Protective Ensemble Technology (May 1, 2008)
Standards development for the chemical protective suit industry began as the result of a 1983 accident in Benicia, California.
Out-of-Air Emergency: Using Technology to Survive (May 1, 2008)
The fire service MUST embrace current technology to help reduce firefighter injuries and deaths.
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