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Upcoming Webcast: Size-Up for Safety
Bill Gustin examines how workable strategies and tactics of
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FIRE NEWS
Officials Identify 5 Killed in ME Fire
More Fire News- AL FF Injured in Fall from Ladder
- TX Report Cites Shortcomings with Houston FD in LODD Fire
- Dallas LODD Probe Sparks Tensions
- Injured Detroit FF Now Stable
- L.A. FFs Injured in House Fire
- MA FF Charged in Halloween Fight
- Pierce Recalls Apparatus
- SC FF, 29, Dies of Heart Attack
- KY FF Dies After Agility Testing
- Baltimore Warehouse Fire Sparks Six More Fires
Fire Engineering Blog Network
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Are You Ready for the Balloon Frame Fire?
Joe Pronesti discusses fire travel in these structures and shares a fire simulation on responding to them. |
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Meet Jake
Art Goodrich runs the first entry in his firefighter fiction series, The Adventures of Jake and Vinnie©. |
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What If the Dash Won't Lift?
Isaac Frazier is back with a new Extrication Quick Tip. |
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Door Control
When it comes to staffing the door position, you have options, P.J. Norwood writes. |
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Never Out of the Fight
Chris Langlois on hiring for values. |
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Revenge of the Nerds
Why do we have firefighter cliques? Sean Gray has some thoughts. |
Videos
Fire News on TV
Top firefighting news clips gathered from local news affiliates around the country.
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Nov. 04, 2014. 06:04 AM EST
House Fire Burns in Second Floor of Home 11/4
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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
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FIREFIGHTER ARTICLES
Investigation of Dallas Firefighter Death has Stirred Old Tensions
Dallas firefighter Stanley Wilson died battling a
fire more than a year and a half ago. But some of his former colleagues
say an internal rift that has formed since his death dates back much
further to long-standing departmental politics and a tinge of racial
tension within Dallas Fire-Rescue
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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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