Posts Tagged: Fffipp
Leading Recommendations for Preventing Fire Fighter Fatalities, 1998–2005
NIOSH issues Report on: Leading Recommendations for Preventing Fire Fighter Fatalities, 1998–2005
The United States currently depends on approximately 1.1 million fire fighters to protect its citizens and property from losses caused by fire. Each ye…
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Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program: Leading Recommendations for Preventing Fire Fighter Fatalities, 1998–2005
NIOSH issues Report on: Leading Recommendations for Preventing Fire Fighter Fatalities, 1998–2005The United States currently depends on approximately 1.1 million fire fighters to protect its citizens and property from losses caused by fire. Each year i…
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Incident Melt-down and Command Failures
Check out the story and references to the controversial 8-alarm fire that occured on December 14, 2007 at the Lorraine Apartment Building in Gloucester, MA. The fire, just across the street from the Central Fire Station, left a 70-year-old man dead, dest…
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Fire/EMS Survival Alert from the IAFC
Fire/EMS Survival Alert from the IAFCWe know all fire chiefs and most members of the fire/EMS service are focused on budget and related issues these days. With some very recent firefighter line-of-duty deaths, it’s also important for all members of the…
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Situational Awareness and Risk during Fireground Operations
On the February, 2009 edition of Firehouse.com, Training and Tactics Talk, host Chief Douglas K. Cline looks at the role of size-up in today’s “strategy and tactics” on the fireground.Chief Cline and Christopher J. Naum focus this program on equipp…
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USFA Releases Provisional 2008 Firefighter Fatality Statistics
USFA Releases Provisional 2008 Firefighter Fatality StatisticsThe United States Fire Administration (USFA) announced there were 114 on-duty firefighter fatalities in the United States as a result of incidents that occurred in 2008. During this period, th…
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Everyone Goes Home
Everyone Goes Home® is a national program by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to prevent line-of-duty deaths and injuries. In March 2004, a Firefighter Life Safety Summit was held to address the need for change within the fire service. Throug…
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2009 Safety, Health & Survival Week; June 14-20
2009 Safety, Health & Survival Week: June 14 - 20This year's theme - Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health & Survival Are Your Responsibility encourages chiefs and Fire/EMS personnel to focus on what they personally can do to manage risk and enhance thei…
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360 Degrees of Separation
360 Degrees of Separation. The fireground often has competing or conflicting incident priorities, demands or distractions before a complete appreciation of all mission critical or essential information and data has been obtained. The effective assessment…
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Recent NIOSH Investigative Reports
NIOSH has recently released the following Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports:F2008-20 May 06, 2007Volunteer fire fighter dies while performing exterior fire suppression at a large machine shed fire – Illinois http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/repo…
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