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If We Can't Prevent Line-of-Duty Deaths, Let's Just Compensate the Survivors

<?xml:namespace prefix = dme />Never before in the history of the fire service has as much attention been paid to firefighter safety as what has occurred over the past six years. In March 2004, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) and U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) held the first Firefighter Life Safety Summit. This was a gathering of various fire service leaders, industry experts and other concerned folks who were apparently tired of killing more than 100...

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Michael O'brian

Michael O'brian
New Life Safety Codes Increase Safety
A sample of the codes that are of interest to the fire service that are part of the 2009 code documents.

Burton Clark

Burton Clark
The Princess, the Governor and the Firefighter
Since the first National Fire Service Safety Stand Down Day in June 2005, too many firefighters have been killed and injured in because they did not wear their seat belts.
 

Recent Podcasts

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 00:20

The Apparatus Architects look at a number of topics this month and their guest, a Los Angeles Fire Department Captain, talks about the LAFD's operations and apparatus assignments.

Friday, February 5, 2010 - 11:35

In this episode of the Leader's Toolbox, host Dr. Richard B. Gasaway focuses on the Everyone Goes Home initiative and the Courage To Be Safe program.

Chief Gasaway interviews Ron Dennis, executive director of the Arizona Fire Chiefs Association and the training liaison for the Everyone Goes Home initiative. He also talks with Billy Hayes, director of community affairs for the Washington, DC, Fire Department and the advocate manager for the initiative.

 

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If you don't fully understand how a building truly performs or reacts under fire conditions and the variables that can influence its stability and degradation, movement of fire and products of combustion and the resource...

 

Upcoming TrainingLive Webcasts

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Jeffrey Pindelski

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 03:00

Rapid intervention and firefighter survival skills are often considered advanced, but do you have a firm grasp on the basic skills of firefighter removal? This webcast, based on case studies and proven statistics, will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied to basic, everyday fireground survival.

 

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