Posts Categorized: Accident Prevention
Fireground Considerations
I am pleased to annouce another free online training module brought to you by Green Maltese & EngineCO22.net .
This training will discuss important fireground considerations that are essential to your success on the fireground.
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Beyond the Academy: Video Training Series – Forcing Slide Bolts & Drop Bars
Here is the latest addition to our Beyond the Academy: Video Training Series. This clip includes some tips and tricks for forcing slide bolts and drop bars on outward opening doors. Feel free to add your comments, questions, or suggestions!&n…
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Be Honest With Yourself
It's okay to be bothered by things that we see every day in Emergency Services... Whether you're an EMT, AEMT, Police Officer, Fireman, or even a Dispatcher who only talks to the people on the scene... You are human we feel emotions... sometimes we can't handle them on our own. Reach out to someone your partner, your co-workers, a friend... or a professional. It's not weakness... it's being brave you're facing your emotion and your fears. Trust me it's better that way.
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Dedham Fire Department, MA has utility pole fall on their engine.
No injuries reported.
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Basement Fire Training
Quick overview of basement fire training
Full program with audio and videos:
Basement Fires GFD
Enjoy and please share it with others.
Stay Safe
Lt. John Shafer
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Happy St. Patricks Day
I hope everyone is getting to enjoy the holiday. Unfortunately for me I'm at work again tonight. I work for a correctional facility as a "Medic", so tonight is sure to be interesting to say the least. I've been fairly fortunate in the past in having St. …
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Individual Responsibility of an Officer
Fire officers have a wide variety of responsibilities. They range from in house duties to on scence duties. Everything from making sure that the reports get completed, to crew training and cleaning to making sure that a crew stretches the appropriate att…
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Another Rex Tool Modification – By: Andrew Brassard
Ever since my first blog on modifying a standard rex tool to be able to carry it in your pocket I have received lots of emails and had lots of questions about which modification (the pipe or the adz bracket). The reason why there is a debate about which …
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Firefighter in Bluefield WV injured when SUV crashes into station
The outcome could have been much worse.
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UFD: Safety Always is Our Motto
By Deputy Chief Kevin D. Quinn and Deputy Chief Steven Pinch, Union Fire District, South Kingstown, RI
Safety should be a priority for every emergency responder, and at the Union Fire District in South Kingstown, RI, safety is a guiding factor for eve…
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Safety and Health Week 2012
The National Volunteer Fire Council has teamed up with the International Association of Fire Chiefs for the 2012 International Fire/EMS Safety and Health Week. This event brings together the IAFC’s Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week with the NVF…
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Learn, Learn, Learn!
Colonoscopy - it's not a topic that most people want to talk about, but the truth is that it's a simple procedure that can save your life. In a recent article published by the NVFC, Deputy Chief Kevin Quinn demonstrates the importance of this simple medi…
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Parked fire engine rolls out of station and hits pole. Lots of questions in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
The fire chief says the parking brake was on.
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Get FIRE FIT!
The February 13 episode of FIRE FIT on Firehouse Radio looked at heart health, fitness, and nutrition as it relates to firefighters and EMS personnel. Michelle Detwiler of L&T Health and Fitness, a partner of the NVFC, offered practical, simple steps…
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Slide Bolt Forcible Entry: Part 2
Click on the image to view or download the PDV version.
Slide Bolts - Exterior PDF
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Green Maltese makes a visit to UL
I am very excited to post about my recent visit to observe a day of test burns that are a part of the Vertical Ventilation study being conducted by UL.
I want to first say a special thanks to Steve Kerber, Christopher Hasbrook,Bob Backstrom and Chie…
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Search: Do you have a plan?
I would first like to say that the use of the following article is not meant to be an armchair quarterback or to be critical of the department involved. However I do feel it can be a learning opportunity for us, to at least review some basics of having a…
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Slide Bolt Forcible Entry
Feel free to print it out and post it in the firehouse.
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10 injured in Chicago fire engine wreck. Paper reports alcohol a factor with civilian driver.
None of the injuries is life threatening.
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DOE helps launch first responder training program, app for alt-fuel vehicles
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and West Virginia University's National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) launched a training program specializing in teaching first responders how to treat crashes involving hybrids, battery-electric …
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Out of Air Emergency (Last Chance Rescue Filter)
Out of Air Emergency The Last Chance Rescue Filter
You are in a dark, heat, smoke filled room, and you are taking your last breath. You think to yourself “now what?”. Your mind quickly goes to a check list of things to do. During this check li…
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Forcible Entry – The Bam Bam Tool – By: Paul Hoekema
There are numerous ways to manipulate an American Series 2000 type lock to force entry (hockey puck locks with the key way on the rim of the lock not the face).
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Fire Development in Modern Buildings
When was the last time you had a fire behavior class?
If you were honest it has probably been several years and most likely half of the class slept or paid very little attention because most firefighters like hands on drills were they can tear up stuf…
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Photovoltaic Systems & Firefighter Safety a New UL study
Do you know what Photovoltaic (PV) is?
[caption id="attachment_606" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Photo from UL study for Firefighter Safety and Photovoltaic Systems"][/caption]
What are the safety hazards with PV?…
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Forcing Doors In Zero Visibility – By: Andrew Brassard
Anyone who has ever forced a challenging door in zero visibility knows it can be one of the most difficult forcible entry challenges a crew will ever face, for those of you that have not... This challenge still awaits you.
Weather it is an apartment doo…
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