FIRE ENGINEERING FEATURES
TRAINING GUIDES
 | Understanding Fireground Threats, Risks, and PPE
There have arguably been fewer collections of material more sentinel to the evolution of safer firefighting and firefighter health/wellness than the three pieces presented in this Fire-Dex-sponsored training digest. Understanding the increased risk associated with the off-gassing of PPE post firefighting presents several opportunities to evolve our postfire activities and reduce toxic exposure. Gaining a greater understanding of how our PPE specification may be contributing to heat stress is critical to future modifications, designs, and fabric choices. Understanding heat stress as it relates to cardiovascular risks provides critical insight into prefire, firefighting, and postfire activities.
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EVENT TOOLS
FIREFIGHTER ARTICLES
 | Michigan Firefighter Taken to Hospital after Red Lobster Fire
A firefighter had to be taken to the hospital while putting out flames at the Red Lobster in Grandville. The fire started just after 2:30 p.m. Friday at the restaurant on Rivertown Parkway. Grandville's fire chief says it appears the firefighter suffered from heat exhaustion.
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FDIC WEBCASTS
May 17: Construction Concerns: Modern Materials
June 14: Issues and Challenges in Today’s Fire Service (Sponsored by FIRE DEX)
June 28: Standpipe Operations (Sponsored by Key Fire Hose)
July 19: Reading Smoke
August 9: SCBA Bootcamp: a Firefighter’s Survival School
September 8: 105 Tactical Extrication Tips in 105 Minutes
October 4: Tactical Thermal Imaging: the First Level of Fire Attack (Sponsored by Avon Protection)
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November 15: Extrication and EMS: Coordinating Team Delivery of Critical Care (Sponsored by Zoll)
December 6: Improving Fireground Operations with Thermal Imaging and Modern Fire Dynamics
Jan. 10, 2017: Bruno and Norman “Unplugged”
Feb. 7, 2017: Leadership Panel on Firefighter Addiction, Mental Health, and Recovery
Mar. 14, 2017: Rules of Engagement for Positive-Pressure Attack
April 11, 2017: They Are Us: Fireground Size-Up, Command, Control, Accountability, and Survival
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QUICK VOTE
CORBETT'S TRIVIA
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Corbett's Trivia: Cancer and the Fire Service
What two significant fires in the ‘70s/early ‘80s underscored the connection between toxicity on the fireground and firefighter cancer?
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Fire Engineering
04/01/2016
Volume 169, Issue 4
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