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  1. Fire Service Commentary: Will You Be Remembered or Forgotten?

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    Thu, 26 Apr 2012

    train in fire or EMS weekly and can name several LODD case studies or refer to several different National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports. Quickly, someone's name or agency gets mentioned, followed by positives, negatives

  2. FDIC 2012: Riley Highlights Red Flags on the Fireground

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    Tue, 17 Apr 2012

    indicate potential dangerous incident situations that must be addressed. The presenters cited the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) report, "Leading Recommendations for Preventing Fire Fighter Fatalities," which reviewed

  1. Mastering Fireground Command: Firefighting in Commercial Occupancies

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    Sun, 1 Apr 2012

    Command System (ICS) into a street-smart, simple, firefighter-friendly system. The top five National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) line-of-duty death (LODD) causal factors surround command are as follows: Inadequate

  2. The Case for Interior High-Rise Breathing Air Systems

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    Sun, 1 Apr 2012

    rapid refilling of SCBA cylinders while on the user if the following conditions are met: (a) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-approved fill operations are used; (b) the risk assessment process has identified

  3. Fire/EMS Safety and Health Week June 17-23

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    Sun, 1 Apr 2012

    fatality reports The following reports on firefighter fatalities were recently released by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health : F2011-26; Jan 10, 2011; Lieutenant suffers a stroke following training and dies—New York

  4. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health -Niosh

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    Tue, 27 Mar 2012

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  5. ILC Dover Announces NIOSH Approval of CBRN Escape Mask

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    Thu, 29 Mar 2012

    ILC Dover recently announced that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has approved its SCape CO/CBRN30 Escape Mask. This easy-to-use respirator is the only one of its kind that meets

  6. NIOSH Announces Stakeholder Meeting on Personal Protective Equipment

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    Thu, 26 Jan 2012

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announces an upcoming meeting and workshop on personal protective equipment (PPE) for the emergency medical services

  7. NIOSH Releases Fatality Report on MA Firefighter Crushed by Vehicle

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    Thu, 8 Dec 2011

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program recently released a firefighter fatality report on a Massachusetts

  8. Advice to Young Firefighters, Part 4

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    Thu, 1 Dec 2011

    carefully investigated, reviewed, and reported. Every firefighter should read and remember the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health LODD reports. They are prepared by experienced and highly capable investigators and describe the