Saturday, November 21, 2009
Training
Inspectors Must See with Firefighters' Eyes
It is the fire inspectors who get into the community on a regular basis. Every inspector must look at all occupancies they inspect as though they were fighting a fire in that establishment....
Study Group
A new joint-use public safety training facility uses state-of-the-art props to enhance both team and individual preparedness....
Braced for Attack
United Kingdom emergency-response agencies drew up a CBRN plan, then put it to the test....
First Breath
SCBA gives firefighters the power to save lives. And although the early versions weren’t as light, durable or reliable as today’s SCBA, their effect on firefighting was just as profound....
No Room for Ad-Lib
The attitudes condoned at the training division will infect the entire organization. Are these messages and attitudes positive or negative?...
Disaster Training in the E.U.
International large-scale disaster training reveals how much is needed to overcome systemic differences....
Apparel
THE LAST DEFENSE
New research shows how using the right underwear can save your hide....
First Breath
SCBA gives firefighters the power to save lives. And although the early versions weren’t as light, durable or reliable as today’s SCBA, their effect on firefighting was just as profound....
UL Offers Turnout Certificate Program
Underwriters Laboratories has a new certificate program for firefighting garment repair organizations. The program allows groups that repair structural...
IMF Offers Cancer Tips
The International Myeloma Foundation issued the first guidelines for firefighters for the prevention and treatment of myeloma, a cancer of cells in the...
UL Offers Certificate Program for Turnout Menders
The program allows groups that repair structural and proximity firefighting garments to NFPA 1851, Selection, Care and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting, to obtain formal certification....
Fire Research Foundation Receives FEMA Grant
The Fire Protection Research Foundation's $990,000 grant will support research in fire safety code compliance, firefighting tactics under wind-driven conditions and thermal capacity of firefighter protective clothing....
