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Toledo Fire Department issues report on man’s body found after demolition of burned apartment building. Provides details of search done after initial evacuation order.

Firefighters had already rescued five as fire traveled from second floor to the attic. Read More »

Operational Safety at Buildings Under Renovation

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_rSeUQQYM A multiple alarm fire consumed the county courthouse in downtown Pittsboro, North Carolina yesterday. The building was undergoing renovations at the time of the fire and was occupied and operational. The fir… Read More »

Pin-Point Ka-Booming

TWO CRUMBLING, UNSAFE SMOKESTACKS at a former mill building in Lawrence, Massachusetts, were demolished yesterday so that the complex can be redeveloped. Read More »

D. C. 1st Responders Get Double-Dose of Flu Vaccine

D. C. paramedics were brought in to help with the workload and somehow about 25 police officers were accidentally give children's dosages which are double the sized dose that adults receive. Read More »

The Next Paramedic Shortage

Scope of Practice is designed to move EMS from vocational (auto mechanic) trade school training to become a health profession. I have yet to see a plan to produce the academic workforce needed to accomplish this noble goal. Read More »

Morning Lineup – October 16

Thanks to those of you who sent us emails telling that you like our new design. It was time for a face-lift anyway, but this ties in nicely with our new adventure with FireEMS Blogs. Read More »

Structural Anatomy; Operational Safety at Deconstruction & Demolition Sites

Structural Anatomy; Operational Safety at Deconstruction & Demolition Sites Fire operations for structures undergoing construction, alterations, deconstruction, demolition and renovations present significant risks and danger to operating personne… Read More »

FDNY Disciplines Seven Officers in Fatal Deconstruction Blaze

FIRE COMMISSIONER SCOPPETTA ANNOUNCES PENALTIES AGAINST SEVEN FIRE OFFICERS AFTER REVIEW OF DOI REPORT ON FIRE AT 130 LIBERTY STREETFire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta today announced that two fire officers have been permanently relieved of their comman… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Eight + 193; “There is No Day of Rest”

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Eight + 193; “There is No Day of Rest”Going Forward in 2009 and Beyond-Protecting Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityFire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week, 2009 officia… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week Postings from FFN

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week postings from Firefighter NationFire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week; T minus One; “The Opposing Spectrum of Fire Service Safety Culture”http://www.firefighternation.com/forum/topics/fireems-safety-healt… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Seven; “The Courage to be Safe”

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Seven; “The Courage to be Safe” Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityToday is June 20th, the seventh day in the Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival We… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Six: “Situations, Size-Up, Actions and Entertainment”

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Six: “Situations, Size-Up, Actions and Entertainment”Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityI had the opportunity this past April to present a large body of original re… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Five: “From Waldbaum’s to Hackensack- Worcester to Charleston; Legacies for Operational Safety”

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Five: “From Waldbaum’s to Hackensack- Worcester to Charleston; Legacies for Operational Safety”Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityToday is June 18th, the fifth da… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Three: “Dynamic Management of Risk during Combat Fire Engagement”

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Three: “Dynamic Management of Risk during Combat Fire Engagement”Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityOf the four (4) Key Focus areas in this year’s Fire/EMS Safet… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Four: “History Repeating Events”

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Four: "History Repeating Events"Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityToday is June 17th, the fourth day in the Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week. To many of you,… Read More »

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