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NFPA 1403 Live-Fire Evolutions at Fire Service Training Centers ...
... The 2007 edition has revisions pertaining to requirements for live-fire training structures, exterior props, and Class B fires. So what does all this mean? ...

Hazmat Survival Tips: On To Plan B - Fire Engineering
... Team members attempting to stop a leak from these training props may find that even placing a five-gallon tool bucket on the ground is a challenge as it falls ...

Realistic Vent-Enter-Search Training - Fire Engineering
... participate in a realistic hands-on first-due VES scenario. TRAINING PROPS CREATED. The department used an acquired two-story, wood-frame ...

Realistic Vent-Enter-Search Training - Fire Engineering
... participate in a realistic hands-on first-due VES scenario. TRAINING PROPS CREATED. The department used an acquired two-story, wood-frame ...

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Two-alarm fire damages Ipswich home (Nov 16, 2009)
Nov. 16--IPSWICH -- The cause of a fire at a Pleasant Street home on Saturday is under investigation.
Blasts rock Russian ammunition depot, 2 killed (Nov 13, 2009)
MOSCOW - Huge explosions and fire ripped through a Russian military arsenal for hours Friday, killing two firefighters and prompting the evacuation of thousands of civilians nearby, officials said.
Tanzanian landslide kills 11 children, 9 adults (Nov 12, 2009)
ARUSHA, Tanzania - A Tanzanian government official says a landslide has killed 11 children and nine adults near Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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