Posts Tagged: Cdc
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
Video Clip recorded live by Fire Department Network News TV (FDNNTV) at the 50th IAFF Fire Fighter Convention in San Diego, CA on August 23, 2010.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, also known as NIOSH, is a federal agency …
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NIOSH Compilation of Line-of-Duty Injury and Death Investigation Reports and Publications CD
If you're looking for a great resource check this out at NIOSH’s Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Program and Prevention Program. HERE.
NIOSH is offering a Compilation of Line-of-Duty Injury and Death Investigation Reports and Publications CD. Th…
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H1N1 and Pre-Hospital Care
Last week, my daughter got the flu. The doctors office tests for influenza, but not specifically for H1N1 or the "swine flu". The doctor said that she tested positive for the flu and they don't test for swine flu, but that it was the only flu going aroun…
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CDC Says 1 in 3 Will Contract H1N1
The CDC is concerned that Americans don't fully appreciate the magnitude of this deadly pandemic. As ER's begin to swell beyond capacity, a majority say they will pass on the vaccine, and many parents may not vaccinate their children. How will this affect first responders? Pretty damn hard.
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A New Weapon for Hi-Rise Fires-The Hero Pipe
The HERO PIPE was created by a veteran fire fighter with 20 years experience in downtown Chicago who recognized the limited capabilities when battling modern high-rise fires.
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360 Burn Around the Fire Web
Fire Daily lights up the scene with posts by FireGeezer.com, FirehouseZen.com, FireCritic, and ChiefReasonArt.com, all blog posts worth your time.
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LODD- Capt. Carl Nordwall, Norfolk Airport Fire Dept.
Captain Carl Nordwall of the Norfolk Airport Fire Department passed away in the line of duty Tuesday after collapsing during shift change on Saturday from an apparent heart attack.
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Putting Things In Perspective
As much as the media hype is annoying and excessive, my heart breaks for the parents of the first swine flu death in the United States, as well as for all of the other deaths that have occurred so far. As the parent of three young children, I can only im…
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Multiplicity of Command
How many more times does disaster have to strike before responders finally learn the lesson of the need for unified command? How many times do agencies need to experience a tug-of-war over resources, slow response to needs due to poor inter-agency comm…
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The Importance of Being Earnest
For some reason today I was reflecting on two of the worst teachers I had when I was in school (back around the Ice Age) and just why they were such terrible teachers. I suppose that other than their lousy personalities, it would have had to be their p…
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Telling The Story
There's all kinds of supporting documentation regarding the differences in simply sending a message and telling a story. In doing the research for a paper I mentioned earlier on this blog, I found that some companies like 3M and Nordstrom used the art …
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It Can't Happen Here
From yesterday’s Island Packet (my local newspaper, of all places), something poignant to discuss: If at any point in your career you convince yourself “it can’t happen here”, I’ll say to you “it’s just a matter of time”.
Two peop…
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It Can't Happen Here
From yesterday’s Island Packet (my local newspaper, of all places), something poignant to discuss: If at any point in your career you convince yourself “it can’t happen here”, I’ll say to you “it’s just a matter of time”.
Two peop…
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What Is "Better"?
I was playing around with Twitter the other day and blundered onto a site that discusses social media, coincidentally named Social Media Insider, which of course, led me to a link (and to another) in regard to quality. The title of the blog was actuall…
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Just Wanna Have Fun
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I started to title this, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", but no matter what I did, that title wasn't fitting really well. Soooo, as you may be ab…
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Places I Have Been
So I was going to bed and I just wanted to look over the stats for Firehouse Zen. You know, you all aren’t a really talkative bunch, so I do look over the numbers from time to time to see if I am reaching anyone (and maybe by looking at which pages a…
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NIOSH, 9/11, WTC and Cancer