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FIRE NEWS
4 Children Die in Chicago Fire
More Fire News- Coaster Fire at CA Six Flags
- Several D.C. Fire Trucks Fail Inspection
- NJ FFs Save Woman Trapped on Roof
- FE Chat: Smoke Toxicity
- Report: FFs, Union Critical of CT Ops
- Detroit FFs Build Make-Shift Alarm Systems
- Yosemite Fire Helicopter Evacs
- Video: Niagara Falls (NY) Collapse
- Australia FFs Hurt in Nitrate Explosion
- Lost Bracelet Honoring 9/11 FF Found 10 Years Later
Fire Engineering Blog Network
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Fancy Names
Isaac Frazier challenges you to research your choice methods and look at how to efficiently complete them and why/how they work. |
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Science Doesn't Care
Dan Miller has some additional thoughts on "externally ignited" fires in lightweight apartment buildings. |
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'All-Hazard'
Shouldn't every fire department be an "all-hazard" department? Cory Crosbie has more. |
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Brooklyn Rescues
Bill Carey comments on some operational concerns underscored by a recent incident.Read More >> |
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CNT and CNF
John K. Murphy on a health and safety issue when dealing with carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers. |
Scenario-Based Training
Skip Coleman announces his new simulation training feature on Fire Engineering. |
Videos
Fire News on TV
Top firefighting news clips gathered from local news affiliates around the country.
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KGPE CBS 47 Fresno
Sep. 08, 2014. 01:59 AM EST
Hikers were airlifted to safety via helicopter as the Meadow Fire continues to burn in Yosemite National Park.
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FIRE ENGINEERING FEATURES
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Training Guides
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PPE TRAINING GUIDE
This Training Guide should be mandatory reading for every
firefighter. The information is of unparalleled importance. If a
firefighter does not understand the limitations of his personal
protective equipment, then he is at tremendous risk and places his
entire company at tremendous risk. Understanding the limitations and
capabilities of personal protective equipment should be the first
field-oriented training a firefighter receives. J. Randall Lawson does
an outstanding job describing the effect that heat has on gear and how
the unprepared and uneducated firefighter can be burned.
The care and maintenance of gear is critical to its performance. Every firefighter should understand and be able to do a basic inspection of his gear and should be required to perform the inspection regularly. Gear should be routinely cleaned, inspected, and repaired when necessary. Mitch Lopez provides an excellent explanation of the NFPA 1851 standard and how to make that standard a reality for your organization. The purchase of personal protective clothing is arguably one of the most critical functions an officer can be responsible for. Knowing how gear works, the different layers of gear, and the types of layers on the market requires diligent and comprehensive research. Many factors come into play in the selection of the appropriate gear, and Andrew Pompe provides the direction every officer needs who is delegated this incredibly important function.
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Roundtable
Roundtable: Officer Development
What preparation for promotion does your
department formally provide once the testing is complete and the list is
established? Share your experience and knowledge with other
firefighters from around the nation and world.
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What fire involving firefighter fatalities was the first to be computer modeled using the fire dynamics simulator of NIST?
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Fire Engineering
08/01/2014
Volume 167, Issue 8
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