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FIRE NEWS
Buffalo FFs Save Residents from Apartment Fire
More Fire News- Arson Ruled Out at Flight 93 Memorial Fire
- Sexual Violence: A Problem for FFs?
- Fatal EMS Helicopter Crash in TX
- NC FFs Battling Blazing Home Fire
- Train Derails in LA
- Fire Burns Buildings at Flight 93 Memorial | Arson Not Suspected
- Montreal FFs Fired for Pension Protest
- Ex-FF to Stand Trial for Fatal CA Fire
- Despite Rules, Nursing Homes Still Lack Sprinklers
- Forensic Report on Houston LODD
- Report: Albuquerque FFs Get into Altercation at Scene
Fire Engineering Blog Network
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Directional Steering Pull
Isaac Frazier on a method for displacing the steering wheel. |
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Leadership Anosmia
Leaders with anosmia seem to lack not only a sense of smell but also vision and a lack of conscience, says Warren Cersley. |
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Complacency and Awareness
Bill Carey on the lessons firefighters can glean from the Battle of Mogadishu. |
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RIT for Small FDS
Chris Willis on rapid intervention for rural and small town departments. |
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Service Leadership
David Rhodes has this week's Hump Day SOS. |
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After the Fire
Ron Kanterman lauds two survivors of the deadly 2000 Seton Hall fire. |
Videos
Fire News on TV
Top firefighting news clips gathered from local news affiliates around the country.
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KSTP-TV Minneapolis, MN
Oct. 06, 2014. 07:30 AM EST
Firefighters
responded to a fire alarm at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport on Monday morning. An airport official tells KSTP the sprinklers
and fire alarms went off in the G concourse...
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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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FDIC INTERNATIONAL
Event Tools
FIREFIGHTER ARTICLES
Nash County (NC) Firefighters Battle Fully Involved Home
Shortly after 10 pm on October 4, 2014, Nash
County (NC) 911 center received a call from a resident that their home
was on fire and she could see flames come out the rear of their home she
and her husband were getting the dogs and leaving the home.
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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
09/01/2014
Volume 167, Issue 9
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