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Monday: Command Show
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Upcoming Webcast: Size-Up for Safety
Bill Gustin examines how workable strategies and tactics of
early-arriving companies can become dangerous later on during the
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FIRE NEWS
1 Dead, 11 Injured in Chicago Apartment Fire
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- WV FF Injured by Stray Bullet
- Austin Discrimination Settlement OK'd
- CO Man Dies After Fire Rescue
- FFs Rescue Dog Stuck on Roof 3 Days
- Police Investigate Person of Interest in Detroit Explosion
- ME House Where Fire Killed 6 Had Complaints
- VA Medics Face Ebola Threats
- Argentina Factory Explosion
- Man Fatally Struck by NC Fire Truck
Fire Engineering Blog Network
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Playing Indoors
Joe Pronesti shares a training game he calls "extric-jenga." |
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It All Begins with YOU!
Change begins with the individual. Accept that you must start this change with you, Doug Mitchell writes. |
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Your Eyes Are Useless When the Mind Is Blind
David LeBlanc has part one of a three-part series. |
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How to Be Effective with Your Chaplain Program
Jeremy Hurd focuses on how to be effective once this program has gotten off the ground. |
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Get Smart
Don't dumb down the importance and danger of what we do. Let's prize
functionally intelligent firefighters, Mark vonAppen writes. |
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Assault on Firefighters
John K. Murphy addresses the recent spate of violence against firefighters and self-defense. |
Videos
Fire News on TV
Top firefighting news clips gathered from local news affiliates around the country.
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WMBD
Nov. 10, 2014. 07:56 AM EST
A house explosion sends one person to the hospital this morning.
It happened around 4:30 in the 2200 block of West Ann. A neighbor says he was already awake when he heard a loud explosion. ... |
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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FDIC INTERNATIONAL
Event Tools
FIREFIGHTER ARTICLES
Warren (MI) Firefighters Battle Commercial Fire
On Sunday, November 9, 2014, the Warren (MI) Fire
Department was dispatched a first alarm assignment to a reported
commercial building fire at 8399 12 Mile & Van Dyke.
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Quick Vote
Corbett's Trivia
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Corbett's Trivia: Fire Dynamics Simulation
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
10/01/2014
Volume 167, Issue 10
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