Posts Tagged: Nfpa
Haix Fire Flash Xtreme Boot Review
It has been about two months since first zipping up the Haix Fire Flash Xtreme boots.
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Latest from DC: Like Detroit, ladder trucks in Nation’s Capital not inspected. Chief says lack of reserves last year is the reason.
No indication if DC will take Detroit's solution and keep firefighters off aerial ladders unless there is an imminent life safety issue.
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Charlie LeDuff blew this one. But can his message about another Detroit Fire Department outrage still be right when his facts are wrong?
Dave shoots the messenger even though he knows his message is right.
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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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Must read memo: Detroit Fire bans firefighters from climbing city’s aerial ladders unless immediate life threat. Ladders out of compliance with NFPA testing requirements.
Only exception is immediate life threat to the public or firefighters.
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Response to Violent Incidents: Nine Questions You Should Ask.
Important information that should be seen by all firefighters.
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RIT Deployed at Texas House Fire
Video shows crew withdrawing after collapse and as evacuation is sounded.
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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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Helmets and My Stupid Idiotic Chief
Today’s burning questions (yes its plural): Part I: My chief is a complete and total stupid idiot. He refuses to issue me and the other guys that came on with me in my training academy new helmets despite the fact that (1) we have been on the job for 1…
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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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Train the Trainer Vehicle Extrication Denver – Ron Moore & Brock Archer
Brock Archer is one of the few guys out there with a vehicle extrication train the trainer course. His course has been fined tuned and is a 4 day Train the Trainer that fully prepares participants to teach the latest in Vehicle Extrication. This course is in Denver and Ron Moore is also teaching a full day in the classroom bringing the knowledge he continues to grow because of his work with the NFPA, American Iron and Steel Institute, and automakers globally.
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NFPA’s Electric Vehicle Emergency Field Guide
The NFPA just released a Emergency Field Guide for sale. The price is modest at $45 for a print copy. I like to see extrication field guides hitting the market. There's a pocket electric/ hybrid guide getting ready to be released soon. A lot of re…
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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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The Right Stuff
There is a profound need to make sure the people we bring in not only have read and signed a memo telling them what our ethics happen to be, but that they LIVE these ethics.
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Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
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High-rise fires cause quarter billion dollars of property damage a year
High-rise fires cause quarter billion dollars of property damage a year according to a new NFPA Report.
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NFPA 2010 Fire Loss in the U.S. Report issued
Public fire departments responded to 1,331,500 fires in the United States during 2010, a slight decrease from the previous year and the lowest number since 1977 according to the NFPA in it's report release.
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NFPA releases state-level fire service needs assessment for every U.S. state
NFPA releases Third Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service with state-level fire service needs assessment for every U.S. state.
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Dislodged Hose Dragged By Engine Strikes Massachusetts Man: The Need For Hose Restraints
A Revere, Massachusetts man was injured last Friday when he was struck by hose that had dislodged and was being dragged by a passing engine company. The video below shows the man being struck. While not a legal issue per se (yet anyway) - much of the la…
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Fire Loss in the United States 2010 report from the NFPA
The NFPA published its Report on Fire Loss in the Undited States for 2010. U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1,331,500 fires. These fires resulted in 3,120 civilian fire fatalities, 17,720 civilian fire injuries and an estimated $11,593,000,000 in direct property loss. There was a civilian fire death every 169 minutes and a civilian fire injury every 30 minutes in 2010.
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New Book; Vehicle Extrication: Levels I & II: Principles And Practice
Vehicle Extrication: Levels I & II: Principles And Practice provides all the critical knowledge and skills necessary for technical rescue teams to perform in these environments. You can test drive a whole chapter of the book; Chapter 8: Vehicle Sta…
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2011 NFPA Home Structure Fire Report
U.S. Home Structure Fires
U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 373,900 home structure1 fires per year during 2005-2009. These fires caused an annual average of
2,650 civilian fire deaths,
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Online, self-paced training for Chevy Volt
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One million advanced electric vehicles are expected to be on the road by 2015
The National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Electric Vehicle …
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Remembering Hackensack and Gloucester
As we approach the July 4th holiday period, two significant LODD incidents previously occurred during this time frame
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Arizona Live Burn Mistakes
Third Degree Burns and a Burnt Hoseline. Lessons Anyone?