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National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Vehicle Collisions and Vehicle Fires
We constantly read and hear of secondary accidents affecting firefighters and first responders operating at roadway i...
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Off-Duty Firefighter Helped FL Crash Victims
As a firefighter with the Orange County (FL) Fire Rescue, Lucas Sloan is trained to jump into action during an emerge...
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TrueVector Technologies Debuts Emergency Responder Real Time Web Drawing Solution
TrueVector Technologies introduced a web-based, interactive drawing solution for emergency responder web mapping soft...
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Tailboard Talk: More PPE or Improved Fire Behavior Training?
Does the fire service have the right people in the right positions modeling the right behaviors? Craig Nelson and Dan...
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(January 2012)
Much has been written in the past year about the decline of the role of the company officer within the fire department.
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Writing Your Structure Fire Report Narrative
Report writing is an essential part of success in the fire service. For example, using the National Fire Incident Rep...
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December Roundtable: Mandatory Medical Monitoring for Firefighters
Does your fire department require mandatory medical monitoring of any sort for firefighters immediately after a worki...
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'Burn' Detroit Fire Documentary Producers, Cast on Fire Engineering Talk Radio
Producers and cast members of "Burn: One Year on the Front Lines of the Battle to Save Detroit" will be on ...
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VSTEP Introduces RescueSim USAVSTEP, a leading developer of 3D interactive immersive simulation products, is introduces RescueSim USA. |
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Tailboard Talk: Do Your New Firefighters Think They Know Everything? Deference to Expertise
Craig Nelson and Dane Carley talk about deferring to expertise regardless of the seniority or rank of the firefighter.
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Fireground Operational Guides: 25 Things Probationary Firefighters Should Know and Do
In their new book Fireground Operational Guides (PennWell, 2011) Deputy Chief Frank Viscuso and Deputy Chief Mic...
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FPRF develops research needs agenda for new NIST lab
The Fire Protection Research Foundation has joined with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in ...
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(fireengineering.com)
This month's Roundtable question concerns your department's morale. Several factors contribute to the morale of a dep...
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Tailboard Talk: Not Bulletproof But Close -- A Commitment to Resilience
In this article on making the fire service into a higher-reliability organization (HRO), Dane Carley and Craig Nelson...
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Orange County Fire Chief Carl Plaugher Announces Retirement
Chief Plaugher has been Orange County’s Fire Chief since December 2000 and his career spans 39 years as a fire servic...
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U.S. Senate Holds Hearing on Mitchell Nomination
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a nomination hearing for Chief Ernest Mitchell, ...
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Stepping Up: The Value of Role Playing, Part 1Role playing is a valuable activity that allows firefighters to apply information they have learned or received and deliver that information using their interpersonal skills. Ron Hiraki writes about using role playing in firefighter training. |
Fire Organizations Issue Joint Statement on Firefighter SuicideThe International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) encourage all members of the fire service to familiarize themselves with the credible and valuable tools and resources that are available to assist firefighters and their families who may be coping with depression or thoughts of suicide. |
Theme for Burn Awareness Week AnnouncedBurn Awareness Week is the kickoff of a year-long educational campaign from Shriners Hospitals for Children. The 2012 Campaign, "Be Burn Aware," focuses on teaching children educational lessons that will keep them safe from burns especially at home. |
Stepping Up: InitiativeInitiative is a quality we look for in firefighters, especially in leadership roles, Ron Hiraki writes, but initiative is only helpful when it is taken in the right circumstances. |
National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Vehicle Collisions and Vehicle FiresWe constantly read and hear of secondary accidents affecting firefighters and first responders operating at roadway incidents. This week's near-miss report deals with such an incident. |
NVFC Releases 2011 Annual ReportThe National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) recently released its Annual Report for 2011, which details the ways the organization has been working for volunteer firefighters over the past year. |
Less Than Two Weeks Left to Submit Nomination for National Junior Firefighter Program AwardsThe deadline for submitting a nomination for the National Volunteer Fire Council's (NVFC) Junior Firefighter of the Year and Junior Firefighter Program of the Year Awards is Wednesday, February 15. |
NVFC Releases 2011 Annual Report
February 6, 2012
The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) recently released its Annual Report for 2011, which details the ways the o...
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