Posts Categorized: Planning
Make Plans for Safety and Health Week 2012
International Fire/EMS Safety and Health Week is less than a month away – June 17-23. What is your department doing to participate? If you haven’t started planning yet, check out the Event Planning section of the Safety and Health Week web site. It i…
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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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Solar Glass
What is Energy Glass?
ENERGYGLASS™ is the only Optically Clear Building Integrated Photovoltaic Window System in the World.
ENERGYGLASS™ is a patented Optically Clear Vertical Building Photovoltaic Window System that produces continuous Energy …
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Arson Awareness Week
This week is Arson Awareness Week, and the theme is Prevent Youth Firesetting. Fire departments across the country are encouraged to use this time to educate the public and raise awarenss to the issue of youth firesetting.
The NVFC is one of several o…
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NFPA & Green Builder® Media to partner at VISION House®
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has partnered with Green Builder® Media, North America’s leading media company focused on sustainable living to participate in the VISION House® located in INNOVENTIONS at Epcot® at the Walt Disney Wor…
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Hazards of Modern Roofs FDIC 2012
I would like to invite you to attend my class at FDIC! :)
I would be honored to have you present as I reach one of my life long dreams of teaching at FDIC the Super Bowl of Firefighting.
Here a short preview:
The class will examine…
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New codes help firefighters fight a fire in Southeast Portland home equipped with solar panels
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Portland Fire RescueFirefighters knocked down a fire in a house with solar panels — which can’t be turned off — …
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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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Sound of Clanking Dawgs – Leadership Principles in Action
Recently recieved an email from a former member, "Cap, miss hangin' out with you, these guys don't seem to have any drive to train or get better at the job!"...Not the first time I've gotten a note like that. I responded with encouragement and the beli…
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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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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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Trombe Walls
Since ancient times, people have used thick walls of adobe or stone to trap the sun's heat
during the day and release it slowly and evenly at night to heat their buildings. Today's
low-energy(green) buildings often improve on this ancient technique by …
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Safety a Priority? Never…
When an officer asks for help who has tools to help defend them self asks for help we don't question it for a second. When an EMT or Paramedic who is in a jam with nothing but maybe a heavy object that we'll get cremated for using in defense asks for help we question them. Why are you asking for police? Why do you need help? Are you still moving? Did you stop? Is this really an emergency? Do we need to make this a priority? Lets waste three more minutes making a phone call.. and when they have no answers we may as well do something about it.
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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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NVFC’s Annual Report Now Online
Check out the National Volunteer Fire Council’s (NVFC) Annual Report for 2011 to find out all of the ways the organization has been working for you over the past year. The report includes a year-end wrap-up including legislative activities, membership,…
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ICC Code Development Process
Model building and fire safety codes that are adopted and consistently enforced ensure the highest level of safety for firefighters in the built environment. These codes ensure that all buildings are constructed safely by reducing fire risks through eli…
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Slide Bolt Forcible Entry
Feel free to print it out and post it in the firehouse.
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Free Green Building Codes 101 Webinar
Green Building Codes 101: Navigating the Standards, Codes, and Rating Systems.
This webinar addresses many of the questions about the relationships between green standards, codes, and rating systems. This webinar was developed collaboratively by ICC, …
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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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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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