Posts Categorized: Fire Prevention Education
Is a revolutionary fire resistive coating lost through the death of the eccentric creator?
Did the formula for a high performance fire resistive coating die with hairdresser Maurice Ward in 2011?
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Arrival video: Two-alarm fire destroys home of well known Washington, DC activists Dorothy Brizill & Gary Imhoff.
Neighbor captures the arrival of Engine 4 and the early stages of the Friday afternoon fire.
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Louisiana State Fire Marshal Butch Browning resigns over investigation into military ribbons. News reports say he wore items though he never served in the military.
Reports indicate he was wearing ribbons from numerous military campaigns.
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First Due Friday; Heavy Fire, Standpipe Ops & Mayday! (Video)
This video is a great training tool for size-up, radio comms & Command presence. This FD sounds very professional despite difficult fire conditions. This week we've got heavy fire & smoke on an upper floor w/ standpipe ops in progress and a Mayday called while transitioning to Defensive Ops. Compare this FD's ops to your FD and give us your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
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Don’t drink and fry … Flee and Clueless … from the London Fire Brigade
Safety suggestion from our friends at the London Fire Brigade
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First Due Friday; We’ve Got a Hot One in the Desert (Video)
What would your FD do for this attached garage fire? Would your FD make entry through the front door and push the fire out OR knock it down from the outside, then go in? What would you do to address the extension issues? Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
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Get Around
Here are some more pictures from my A Shift buddies, Jim, Bob and Dave at Florissant Valley Fire Protection District. These photos show the challenges of just getting into some of our buildings. It's a lot easier to get a good look at the…
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A most unusual story: Fire department admits errors in fire drill where woman died. Rope snaps as woman escapes window of factory in Bangalore.
Woman was told to lower herself from third floor window via a rope.
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Challenges Everywhere—-But We Have to Get In to See Them
Hey, here are some pictures sent to me by a Brother who is going out the DOING the job. The whole job. He and his crew are getting out and checking on things. Bob gets IT and thanks for the pics. These are in his still area and these ar…
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Prepare Your Defensible Space, Advice From Cal Fire
Cal Fire offers advice to Californians living in the wildland /urban interface
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From the archives: If you haven’t seen this before you will want to. Film of rescues from the 1963 Roosevelt Hotel fire in Jacksonville, Florida.
Ground ladders used to extend the reach of ladder trucks to make numerous rescues.
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January 17th, 1908 – Scranton PA Fatal Knitting Mill Fire
SCRANTON FACTORY FILLED WITH GIRLS A PREY TO FLAMES
FOUR KILLED AND MANY MEET SERIOUS HURTS
Several Of The Victims Leaped From The Windows.
FEARFUL JAM ON A FIRE ESCAPE.
The Flames Gutted the Interior of the Knitting Mill in Which the Girls Were …
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Pre- Planning a tool for Fire Ground Survival
Often times firefighters have to gripe when being told they have to conduct Pre-Planning. During this time firefighters should understand the opportunity that has been afforded to them. Firefighters have to take notice of the construction , and hazards w…
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Chicago Fire Department – Everyone Goes Home – Watch and Share
If you think you got some good reason for not wearing this or for not doing things the right way write it down. Because I need to read that to your widow. Cause I'm not going to know what to say. You say it for me. - Chicago Chief of Training Peter VanDorpe
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Safety inspectors fine fire inspector for not using safety device while inspecting home’s solar panels to keep firefighters safe. Got that?
Front page newspaper picture prompts Santa Rosa Fire Department fine.
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Take a Quick 30 Second Survey and get the NFFF $5. Deadline Dec. 7th
Do the NFFF a favor and take this quick 30 second survey. I assure you it will not take much longer, don't worry it isn't one of those 12 page surveys asking you about everything under the sun. It is quick and painless!
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Firefighters to Unite for a Good Cause
My friends at FireRescueTv are in the running for a $50,000 prize from the Pepsi Refresh Everything Project.
The idea is to fund 13+ volunteer fire departments with the Fire Rescue TV News and Training Network. If you haven't seen this very cool product, you should take a look!
This project is perfect, it helps VFD's with getting the network, as well as educates others about what Fire Rescue TV offers. Everyone wins!
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The Daily Show and Fire Daily Both Agree: Former Volunteer Firefighter Brian Williams Should Have Reacted Differently
Today, a video out from the folks over at Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" shows just how foolish the response was.
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Jon Stewart blasts Brian Williams on fire safety. But STATter911.com uncovers the real story behind near tragedy at 30 Rock & names names.
Putting on his fire investigator's helmet Dave determines who pulled the alarm during NBC Nightly News Tuesday night.
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NBC blew it. Then they blew it again.
What happened Tuesday evening is another huge blow to the fine folks in the fire prevention bureau. Then they blew it the next night as well.
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NFPA 2010 Fire Loss in the U.S. Report issued
Public fire departments responded to 1,331,500 fires in the United States during 2010, a slight decrease from the previous year and the lowest number since 1977 according to the NFPA in it's report release.
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Tremendous Loss of a Talented Storyteller
Although I never had the opportunity to meet or speak with the man, I was "in his presence" on a few short occasions and was always impressed by his talented writing abilities.
Today we mourn the loss of fire service and news world l…
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Finally saved a life….
Kohler. Or maybe "Sir Pterry(the Pterrydactyl) quackin duck."
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Impact of the Digital Age on Recruitment and Retention
The world is changing rapidly and the fire service is getting caught up in the tornado effect of technology on our society.
More and more fire departments are smartly using web sites, e-mail and social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter to …
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