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SWAC Ensures Secure Access to Critical Infrastructure Sites

Real-Time Technology Group (RTTG), a provider of trusted identity solutions, brings to market an unprecedented soluti...

NVFC Elects Officers, Introduces Partnerships at 2013 Spring Board Meeting

The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) held its annual spring board meeting in Alexandria, VA, on May 10-11.

Rescued Dogs Search for Tornado Survivors

Winds of up to 200 mph hammered the town of Granbury (TX). After searching over a hundred homes, baseball fields, par...

San Francisco Loses Federal Grant for Fire Boat

The San Francisco Fire Department just lost a $7.8 million federal grant for the city's first new fire boat in 50 yea...

WV Firefighters Deal with Decrepit Fire Station

Firefighters in Jefferson (WV) are seeking to relocate after dealing with safety hazards in their current fire station.

FEMA Announces 2012 Community Resilience Innovation Challenge Recipients

Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is pleased to announce the selection of 30 recipients to receiv...

IFE Vision 20/20 Project Awarded DHS Fire Prevention and Safety Grant

The Institution of Fire Engineers-USA Branch Vision 20/20 project was awarded a Department of Homeland Security Fire ...

USFA Announces 2012 Outstanding Research Awards

The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Fire Administration announced today a select group of six fire service exe...

Countdown to the 2013 Hurricane Season Begins

With just one month until the official start of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season on June 1, the Federal Emergency M...

FDIC 2013 Service Awards: Fred J. Pervine and Bonnie Hensley

The winners of the 2013 FDIC Service Awards are Fred J. Pervine and Bonnie Hensley. The award is presented to local I...

California Paramedics and EMTs to Receive Star of Life Awards

The California Ambulance Association (CAA) today announced the recipients of its annual 'Stars of Life' Awards recogn...

SDF Search Teams from Texas Task Force 2 Deployed

The teams received the call Wednesday night from their Task Force and were deployed around 11:00pm local time.

Vice President Joe Biden to Address the 25th Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner

The Congressional Fire Services Institute (CFSI) is honored to announce that Vice President Joe Biden will deliver th...

BURN Showing at FDIC 2013

BURN, the acclaimed documentary film about Detroit firefighters, will be showing during FDIC 2013 in Indianapolis. Fi...

Legislation Introduced in Congress to Provide Grants for Campus Fire Safety Education

Legislation has been introduced by United States Senator Frank Lautenberg, Representatives Bill Pascrell and Peter Ki...

Immigrant Volunteers Help Boost New York Departments

Volunteer firefighter ranks are dwindling across the state, but in immigrant-heavy Port Chester, the opposite is happ...

908 Devices and IQT Enter Strategic Partnership to Develop New Mass Spectrometry Analyzers

908 Devices, an innovator in field-portable chemical analysis, today announced it has entered into a strategic partne...

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Stepping Up

Stepping Up: So Why Are We Doing This?

Taking a moment to let your firefighters know the learning objectives of a particular training session can help them focus on its purpose, Ron Hiraki writes.

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POLITICS & POLICIES

'No Confidence' Vote in Boston (MA) Fire Chief

Thirteen deputy fire chiefs have signed a letter expressing "no confidence" in Boston (MA) Fire Chief Steve Abraira.

Detroit Fire Department Cited for Drug Policy Violations

A recent audit found that the Detroit (MI) Fire Department had failed to follow its substance abuse policy.

London (UK) Fire Cuts Could Mean Six-Minute Response Times in More Areas

Proposed cuts to the London (UK) Fire Brigade could mean six-minute response times in more areas of England's capital city.

Fire Service Traditions & History

From the Fire Engineering Vault: Memorial for Salt Lake City (UT) Firefighters Killed in 1943 Fire

On May 19, 1943, three firefighters were killed in a fire at the Victory Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah. On Sunday, members of the he Salt Lake Firemen's Relief Association gathered to mark the anniversary of these deaths at the site of the fire in the city's downtown

LODD

From the Fire Engineering Vault: Memorial for Salt Lake City (UT) Firefighters Killed in 1943 Fire

On May 19, 1943, three firefighters were killed in a fire at the Victory Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah. On Sunday, members of the he Salt Lake Firemen's Relief Association gathered to mark the anniversary of these deaths at the site of the fire in the city's downtown

Legal

Edison Co. Admits Errors in Malibu Fire

Southern California Edison Co. agreed to pay $37 million to resolve concerns about three overloaded utility poles that sparked the 2007 Malibu Canyon fire, a settlement that would bring the total payout for the destructive fire to more than $60 million.

Officer Development

Develop Your Fire Officers with Free Training

Mark Heeren reviews some free training tools that are available online and that any firefighter can use to improve and ready themselves to become an officer.

Fireground Management

RescueSim Interfacing with VBS2 for Civil-Military and Antiterrorism Training

During a training session organized by the Safety Region Rotterdam Rijnmond and  VSTEP, RescueSim's new HLA compliancy and VBS2 interoperability was put into operation, showcasing civil-military and antiterrorism training possibilities.

Volunteers Corner

Develop Your Fire Officers with Free Training

Mark Heeren reviews some free training tools that are available online and that any firefighter can use to improve and ready themselves to become an officer.

Grants

SWAC Ensures Secure Access to Critical Infrastructure Sites

Real-Time Technology Group (RTTG), a provider of trusted identity solutions, brings to market an unprecedented solution that enables public agencies and private enterprises to work together cooperatively to secure critical infrastructure and sensitive facilities like the World Trade Center construction project.

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Edison Co. Admits Errors in Malibu Fire

May 21, 2013 Southern California Edison Co. agreed to pay $37 million to resolve concerns about three overloaded utility poles tha...

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