Posts Tagged: John Shafer
Solar Panel Cause of Fire at Webster Groves High School
WEBSTER GROVES • Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire Saturday on the roof of Webster Groves High School, officials said.
The fire broke out about 1:45 p.m. The cause has not yet been determined, but Webster Groves Battalion Chief Tom Yohe said it…
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FDIC 2013
The Super Bowl of Firefighting is just about a month away! If you have never been then you need to make plans to attend NOW!
I am very happy and honored to be presenting again this year and would like to invite you to attend my class on 4/25/2013
V…
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Structural Insulating Sheathing
Combines insulative and water-resistant barrier benefits with structural properties to offer an affordable method of bridging the thermal short-circuiting of a building’s frame.
Exterior walls must provide multiple functions including weather a…
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Close the Door for Life!
From our very beginning in New Amsterdam, the role of the fire service was to be proactive and save lives through fire prevention. In 1647 Fire wardens would inspect houses and chimneys, fining the owners for potential hazards, to prevent fires from happ…
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Best of the Rest – Boots, I-Stairs, Some Spirituality, Lexington Eng. 8 Close Call, Helmet Cam Video’s, and more!
Best of the Rest - Boots, I-Stairs, Some Spirituality, Lexington Eng. 8 Slides, Helmet Cam Video's, and more!
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THE I-STAIR – A NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION HAZARD
I would first like to give a special thanks to the staff at Firefighters CloseCalls for sending this information to me. So I could share it with you all on Green Maltese.
Also a special thanks goes out to Lt Steve Dykema City of Wyoming Mi. Fire…
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Doomsday!!!! Are you prepared for those who are preparing?
ANNOUNCING DISASTER PREPPERS!
Rather the world ends on the 21st or not this is a growing concern that just adds one more thing for the fire service to be prepared on.
Please spend a few minutes with us and watch this very informative module on wh…
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Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings Report
Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings
Author: Brian Meacham, Brandon Poole, Juan Echeverria and Raymond Cheng, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Re-posted by permission of Brian Meacham NFPA
Introduction
Many new commercial facilities are…
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Solar Panel Safety for Firefighters
The Fire Training Program at the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST), in partnership with the Washington County Fire Training Association (WCFTA), recently hosted a one-day class on Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) Safety for Fire F…
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Is your Fire Prevention message up to date?
As most firefighters should know this week is National Fire Prevention Week . I am sure many of you are out spreading the message of Fire Prevention this week. I would like to say thank you for serving your communities and you will probably never kno…
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Air Management & More
Greetings to all,
This post will not be about Green Construction however I wanted to take the time and share some other things I am also involved with.
My good friend Christopher Huston from EngineCo22 and I have partnered on another project. T…
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New NIST Laboratory to test Net-Zero Home
The following information was released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):
NIST Unveils Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility to Improve Testing of Energy-Efficient Technologies
In a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, the …
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Fire Training Toolbox
Greetings to all,
I am very excited to tell you about the newest endeavor we have started. Many of the training officers around me already knew that I would do a monthly group email to my list of training folks. Sharing what training outlines and su…
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Cold Formed Steel
Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) is the common term for products made by rolling or pressing thin gauges of sheet steel into goods. Cold-formed steel goods are created by the working of sheet steel using stamping, rolling, or presses to deform the sheet into a us…
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Safe Building Codes Incentive Act
A bi-partisan bill seeking support from public safety aims to reduce loss of life and damages after disasters.
A hearing for the Safe Building Codes Incentive Act is set for this Tuesday, July 24 at 10:00 a.m. and will be webcast live.
Th…
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Green Construction & Building a Brighter Future
Before I share a special guest article.I would like to invite everyone to join me this Friday at Firehouse Expo @Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, MD
I am very excited and honored to be teaching this year.
Green Building Construction For The…
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Stuck On A Hill & Gusset-less Trusses
Here are two quick topics for discussion around the firehouse kitchen table as we try to stay cool when temperatures soar.
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WHAT ARE SIPs?
SIPs is an acronym for Structural Insulated Panel. Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are a high performance building system for residential and light commercial construction. The panels consist of an insulating rigid foam core sandwiched between two st…
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The Greenest College Campuses
Compiled By: Online Colleges Guide
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Greenroofs: Wind & Fire Video from Virtual Summit 2011
This is a great discussion about Green Roof Wind & Fire Codes from Virtual Summit 2011 panel.
Panel members:
Kelly Luckett, Mike Ennis, and Jim Kirby
Description:
No longer can the green roof be deleted from a project due to failure to…
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Bethlehem Fire Department responds to incident involving solar concentrator
The fire alarm was activated and Hever and WDIY's Executive Director Bill Dautremont-Smith evacuated WDIY volunteers from the building before the Bethlehem Fire Department arrived and doused the smoldering panel.
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Ventilation Crew vs Goats
I would love to hear the roof report from the crew who found this condition on the roof! LOL
[caption id="attachment_878" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Goats feed on oat grass on the roof at Siegel 's Cottonwood Farm in Crest Hill, IL o…
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20 Questions – John Shafer of GreenMaltese.com
This is the "20 Questions" interview with John Shafer who runs the blog GreenMaltese.com. Shafer is an 18 year veteran of the fire service, and is currently a Lieutenant and the Training Officer for the Greencastle Fire Department.
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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.
Click on Pictur…
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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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