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Survival Zone Articles

Recognizing the Suburban/Urban Interface

As communities move from semi-rural suburbia to urban, firefighters may ...

Fire Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - PAR

Next in the Survival Essential firefighter training drill series focuses...

National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Carbon Monoxide Exposure

This week's featured firefighter near-miss report stresses the importanc...

Tailboard Talk: Do You Really Know What Is Happening With Your Fire Department?

Dane Carley and Craig Nelson explain how the same situational awareness ...

Fire Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - Do Not Enter

The third drill in this series offers a chance to discuss conditions tha...

Beach Lighting that Helps Nesting Turtles Will Soon Help Consumers

TBSS is commencing a pilot program along Florida beaches to assess the e...

Carrying a "Bag of Tricks"

David Destefano suggests that firefighters put together an easy-to-carry...

Fire Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - Evacuation

The second installment of our firefighter survival drill series feature ...

Minneapolis (MN) Firefighters Recall Near Miss at Vacant Structure Fire

Two Minneapolis (MN) firefighters spoke recently with a local television...

How Henderson, NV Leads Nation in Cardiac Arrest Survivability Rates

The City of Henderson achieved and maintains survival rates that are amo...

Advice to Young Firefighters, Part 5

Much has been written in the past year about the decline of the role of ...

On the Line: Waiting for the Big One

Even as firefighters plan for the large-impact incidents that happen onl...

Firefighter Training: The Blind Leading the Blind

David Mellen offers a training drill for improving firefighters' communi...

Fire, Explosion Ravage CA Strip Mall

A fire and explosion ravaged a strip mall in Cathedral City, California,...

National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Supplemental Restraint Systems, Air Bags

This week's featured firefighter near-miss report provides us with anoth...

Risk Assessment: It Is Personal

Conditions on the fireground can change at any second, so firefighters m...

National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Garage Fires

Vehicles can be the least of a firefighter's worries when operating at a...

Atrus Develops Customized AED Registry for Orange County, Florida

Atrus, Inc. announced that it has provided a customized version of its a...

You place yourself in harms way mission after mission—and surviving the mission is what the Survival Zone is all about. What you wear, how you wear it, what you bring to the fight and how you use it, what you know and don’t know all affect your ability to survive. The difference between survival and disaster can boil down to the most seemingly insignificant issue. The serious firefighter knows that nothing is insignificant.

The Survival Zone will give you insights into how others face insurmountable odds and survived; how the use of the right tool can make the difference; why properly constructed and properly worn gear is a sign of the professional. The survival zone provides information about mental toughness, the latest in survival training, gaining the edge in any situation from confined space to swift water rescue. Survival favors the prepared mind. Share your survival techniques and tips and read about those who found themselves challenged and were ready. There is no second place in survival.

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	PBI ESUPPLEMENTS The proliferation of homes in the wildland-urban interface means firefighters must put more emphasis on wildland firefighting tactics. This fact undermines the traditional, structural-only concept of firefighting; indeed, we have seen incidents in which urban departments have had extensive experience fighting wildland fires, such as the Fire Department of New York contending with fires on Staten Island and other heavily wooded areas of New York City. Fire Engineering publishes eNewsletters with articles focused on urban wildfire risk, as well as articles on rescue operations and firefighter safety. These articles from that newsletter are once again collected below for your use.
	EXCLUSIVE FEATURES A Proactive Approach to Metropolitan Wildfire Risk, Part 1 A Proactive Approach to Metropolitan Wildfire Risk, Part 2 A Proactive Approach to Metropolitan Wildfire Risk, Pt 3 Los Angeles County (CA) Fire Department's Response Capabilities Boosted by Apparatus Hydrogen Cyanide: New Concerns for Firefighting and Medical Tactics WILDLAND DRILL Wildland Firefighting Basics FIRE SERVICE NEWS National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Salvage Near-Miss National Fire Academy Hot Topics in Fire Protection Pilot Courses Scheduled
	PBI IN THE NEWS 12th World Firefighter's Games -- PBI Proud Sponsor An international call has gone out for firefighters to assemble in Sydney, Australia, next year for the 12th World Firefighter's Games. The 55-sport biennial event was spectacularly launched in the vibrant harbor city in July in the presence of some of the world's most eminent firefighting administrators from seven countries—the high-powered Board of Champions—government and sponsor representatives and a host of Australian elite sporting champions. From 19th-29th October 2012 Sydney will be the place to be as an expected 10,000 full-, part-time and volunteer firefighters compete in one of the world's largest participation sporting events. .

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