Posts Categorized: Education
2012, The First 10
Here is a specific breakdown of these first ten fatalities.
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A Comment Worthy of a Post
Executive Director of the NFFF reminds us of the purpose of "EGH".
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What’s an emergency?
I know that my 7.5 years pales in comparison to many of those that are on the Job currently, but I feel like I have seen my share of "emergencies" in this time. What constitutes an emergency though?
Merriam-Webster defines an emergency as "an unforese…
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Why We Search, 2012
We are not saying you should be reckless, unsafe. We are saying you should be realistic.
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Professional Always
No matter what happens and what the units in the field are doing or saying over the radio it is the dispatcher's job to be a professional always. Being a professional always is our job we set the tone over the radio just like managing a hysterical caller we need to do our best to bring those in the field back to the ground so that we can do our job and they can do theirs.
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Plan B
Are you going to fires with blinders on? Are you approaching your training with blinders on?
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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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Pine Bluff, Arkansas Video Highlights Quick Work by Minimum Staffed Crews
Submitter of a past Backstep article is seen on tape hustling the hoselines.
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2012 Les Lukert Conference, Nebraska Society of Fire Service Instructors
Exceptional Training opportunities at the 2012 Les Lukert Conference, Nebraska
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Poor Operations and Flashover Kill Three, Iowa 1999
It is believed that the three victims were hit with a thermal blast of heat before the handline burned through.
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Collapse Six Minutes After Under Control, Chicago 2010
The T-16 crew proceeded into the structure and observed a small amount of rubbish burning on the ground.
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Fire Keeps RIT from Reaching Probie, Texas 2004
" - it was reported that all at once it sounded like firefighters were yelling “back out, back out” and “bail out.”"
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Disorientation, Radio Problems and RITs Driven Out, Missouri 1999
En route to the scene, the victim had advised the IC that they might have radio problems, due to past experiences with their radios in this type of structure.
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Pre-Planning and Disorientation, New York 2003
"The officer and nozzle man from E95 thought they heard a scream from inside the fire building. "
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The Definition of Insanity
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
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Tonight’s Netcast
Mike Dubron, President / Founder of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network explains the organization
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St. Louis 5th-alarm. Lots of master streams.
Ladders and towers surround building south of St. Louis' Arch.
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“Impact This” and Garden-Style Apartment Fires
Ric Jorge and Mike Walker on “The Front Seat”
You've seen the video on Facebook - noise, limited visibility, an increasing urgency to get out. The Front Seat speaks with the video creator as well as picks up on some interesting items on Oklahoma City garden-style apartment fires.
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Christmas Tree Safety
As we approach another Christmas season, we need to always remember safety. During this time is prime for traffic accidents , fires, falls, and other traumatic incidents. But today we are going to focus on Christmas Tree Safety. It seems every year that …
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Guilty or Not Guilty?
http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2011-11-24/ponte-vedra-beach-home-catches-fire-then-later-reignites
The above article is from a fire that my department responded to the night before Thanksgiving. And then it rekindled the next morning. It is u…
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Boston Mayday Training Sample
Video highlights communications during fire attack and mayday.
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IAFF Cancer Study Newsletter,
Issue 1
First word out on work done so far investigating firefighter cancer.
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A Convergence of Technology for Firefighter Training
Most online training deals with reading text and posting to discussion boards. However, on December 6th, 2011, that is about to change. The Open Fire Academy, International and Firefighter Radio are offering the first class that is both synch…
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Open Fire Academy Starts Affiliate Program Today
We want to get the word out about what we are doing to help better promote training to the fire service. If you are a website or blog publisher, we will pay you to promote the Open Fire Academy, International. Promoting our mission and efforts …
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Nevada Fire Science Academy Due to Close
THE FIRE SCIENCE ACADEMY AT THE University of Nevada, Reno will probably be shut down by the end of the year and sold to the Nevada National Guard.
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