Saturday, November 21, 2009
Health & Safety
Departments Needed for Research Project
Researchers from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences have been funded by the American Heart Association to study the culture of the fire service as it relates to health and wellness. The project will include conducting focus groups and key informant interviews with career and volunteer firefighters and fire chiefs across the country. Participating departments are needed....
Study Lists Best Practices for LODD Elimination
Oklahoma State University has completed a study to find ways to reduce firefighter line-of-duty deaths and injuries. The goal of the research, which has evolved over the past two years, was to find ways to reduce firefighter line-of-duty deaths and injuries....
OSHA Seeks Advisory Committee Members
The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is accepting nominations to serve on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health....
Fireman's Fund Donates $6.4 Million in 2007
Initial data collected in early January show that Fireman's Fund Heritage distributed an estimated 429 grants in 2007, for an estimated total of $6.4 million. ...
The Year Ahead
It’s not Big Brother watching you — it’s every citizen with a camera phone or recording device. Fire and emergency services personnel are under constant scrutiny....
LETTERS
Readers weigh in on safety as a system and breathing-air use....
Fitness
Personal Trainer
Fire departments should consider tailoring annual health assessments for each member to maximize their effectivness....
Slow Burn
An expert in slow-repetition training tells how to stock a fitness room and how to get the most from the equipment....
Is Fitness Frivolous?
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff addressed the 2006 Office of Grants & Training National Conference in Washington, D.C., late last year. Although I believe that Chertoff is usually pretty straightforward and appears to be a bright spot amid the clouds over the nation's capital, I was struck in the sternum by one sentence in his keynote address. ...
Active Ingredients
Surely a clear understanding exists between the need for above-average levels of fitness and the activity of a firefighter. As almost any medical expert...
Knock at the Door
Michael Dubron is a firefighter/paramedic assigned to Air Operations with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. He's also a cancer survivor, and founder...
NVFC Heart-Healthy Program Screens Hundreds at FRI
The National Volunteer Fire Council’s Heart-Healthy Firefighter booth provided blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose level screening to almost 600 fire and emergency services personnel and their families at the recently concluded Fire-Rescue International conference in Dallas....
