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DuPont offers comprehensive training for first responders

DuPont Corporation`s training facility near Martinsville, Virginia, has been training first responders (haz-mat teams, fire, EMS, and state police personnel) since 1970, according to Jo Hoots, public information specialist, Virginia Department of Emergency Services (VDES).

Firefighter Training

The NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) announced that proposal and comment submissions to

The NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) announced that proposal and comment submissions to the codes- and standards-making system may now be done electronically at the…

Fire Prevention Fire Safety

Ladder vs. interior stairs for access

John W. Mittendorf`s article "Ground Ladder Placement" (September 1997) explores a number of considerations for laddering burning buildings. It appears to me that in addition…

Firefighting

SPIROMATIC-Q SCBA

Interspiro, Inc.: Pivoting harness backplate keeps weight off shoulders and hips. Buddy breathing hose has over-the-shoulder design. Fully integrated PASS turns on automatically with SCBA.…

Firefighter SCBA Firefighting Equipment

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THE CUT-DOWN SLEDGEHAMMER

The cut-down sledgehammer is popular in the Chicago (IL) Fire Department and many surroundings departments. It enhances efficiency and safety. It enables firefighters to greatly…

Firefighter Tools Firefighting Equipment

The U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION released the KidsPage, a World Wide Web page dedicated to teaching

The U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION released the KidsPage, a World Wide Web page dedicated to teaching children fire-safe behavior. It includes child-friendly graphics, games, and an…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

STEVEN T. EDWARDS, director of the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, has been appointed to the

STEVEN T. EDWARDS, director of the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, has been appointed to the advisory council for the American Council on Education`s College…

Technical Rescue

MULTIPLE CASUALTY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT, PART 2

In Part 1 (December 1997), we established the organization needed to efficiently manage a multiple casualty incident.

Fire EMS Firefighting

INTUMESCENT FIRESTOP PILLOWS

RectorSeal Corporation: Require no cure time for installation. Designed for cable, pipe, or conduit openings. Available in two by nine by six-inch and three by…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

ITT NIGHT VISION of Roanoke, Virginia will loan a satchel of 10 Night VisionTM units to search and

ITT NIGHT VISION of Roanoke, Virginia will loan a satchel of 10 Night VisionTM units to search and rescue volunteer teams that need night vision…

Firefighting

EAGLE COMPRESSORS, INC. of Pleasant Garden, North Carolina, received an order for 135

EAGLE COMPRESSORS, INC. of Pleasant Garden, North Carolina, received an order for 135 trailer-mounted compressors from the U.S. Air Force.

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

FLAME SPREAD–THE SECRET KILLER

A complete lack of knowledge of flame spread/fire growth led to a "training exercise" in which firefighters without a hoseline were sent into a converted…

Firefighting