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Coffee Break Training: Fire Alarms and Detection: Fire Alarm Plan Submittals
Learning Objective: The student shall be able to identify the minimum submittal requirements for fire alarm systems. (PDF, 272 Kb)
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Digital Fireground Radios Undergo Second Round of Tests
The test is designed to compare digital and analog communication technology in laboratory representations of public-safety communications environments. Speech and noise from such environments will be tested in a manufacturer-independent manner using reference communication systems, which enable the testing of communications technology.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection Infogram Headlines
Shooting Incident Resources, Free HazMat Training Opportunities, DHS Private Sector Resources Catalo, National Domestic Preparedness Coalition
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Wildfire Study Urges Call-Center Consolidation, Volunteer Stipends
Earlier this year, San Diego County officials hired Citygate Associates to conduct a regional fire-deployment study that would assess the county’s fire-service resources, fire-suppression capabilities and shortcomings. The study came after a rash of fast-burning, acreage-charring fires hit the county.
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Wildfire Study Urges Call-Center Consolidation, Volunteer Stipends
Earlier this year, San Diego County officials hired Citygate Associates to conduct a regional fire-deployment study that would assess the county’s fire-service resources, fire-suppression capabilities and shortcomings. The study came after a rash of fast-burning, acreage-charring fires hit the county.
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Fire Protection Research Foundation Receives Smart-Grid Grant
NIST is undertaking a comprehensive series of programs to help develop technology that enables next-generation power distribution throughout the smart grid, and the grant will support the standardization of such technologies
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Fire Protection Research Foundation Receives Smart-Grid Grant
NIST is undertaking a comprehensive series of programs to help develop technology that enables next-generation power distribution throughout the smart grid, and the grant will support the standardization of such technologies
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Coffee Break Training: Building Construction: Smoke Dampers
Learning Objective: The student shall be able to explain smoke damper installation requirements. (PDF, 266 Kb)
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Critical Infrastructure Protection Infogram Headlines
Dam Failures, Planning Guidance for Nuclear Detonation, Interim Planning Guidance for Mass Casualty Events, National Fire Incident Reporting System
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Shreveport FD Uses SUVs to Save EMS Costs
The Shreveport (La.) Fire Department now uses single paramedic rapid-intervention non-transport (SPRINT) units instead of full-sized fire engines on medical calls. Chief Brian Crawford said that a pilot program showed that SUVs were more economical to maintain and service than full-sized engines and could respond to medical calls quicker.
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Shreveport FD Uses SUVs to Save EMS Costs
The Shreveport (La.) Fire Department now uses single paramedic rapid-intervention non-transport (SPRINT) units instead of full-sized fire engines on medical calls. Chief Brian Crawford said that a pilot program showed that SUVs were more economical to maintain and service than full-sized engines and could respond to medical calls quicker.
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Coffee Break Training: Building Construction: Structural Strength and Stiffness
Learning Objective: The student shall be able to explain the difference between structural "strength" and "stiffness." (PDF, 319 Kb)
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Motorola Teams with Florida Department to Develop P25 Multiband Radio
Motorola unveiled at APCO 2010 its APX7000 XE, a multiband portable radio developed based on firefighter feedback and field-testing. The Project 25, Phase II-compatible radio features GPS location tracking and an AMBE digital vocoder, and supports voice and data.
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Motorola Teams with Florida Department to Develop P25 Multiband Radio
Motorola unveiled at APCO 2010 its APX7000 XE, a multiband portable radio developed based on firefighter feedback and field-testing. The Project 25, Phase II-compatible radio features GPS location tracking and an AMBE digital vocoder, and supports voice and data.
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EF Johnson Develops Fireground Software
EF Johnson Technologies introduced FIRESafe, a software suite that complements their new fire radio. The software addresses firefighters concern about digital radios’ reliability on the fireground, said Ed Kelley, the company’s vice president of marketing and business development.
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EF Johnson Develops Fireground Software
EF Johnson Technologies introduced FIRESafe, a software suite that complements their new fire radio. The software addresses firefighters concern about digital radios’ reliability on the fireground, said Ed Kelley, the company’s vice president of marketing and business development.
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USFA Releases One- and Two-Family and Multifamily Residential Fires Topical Reports
Based on data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) for 2005 to 2007, the reports document that cooking is, by far, the leading cause of fire in both building types, followed by heating.
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New National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Web-Based Data Entry Tool
USFA recently made available a new National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) web-based data entry tool known as the Data Entry Browser Interface (DEBI). The new DEBI enables total web-based data entry into NFIRS, eliminating the need to download and install client software on the NFIRS user's computer.
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Tactical Medics Save Officers' Lives
Such medics are trained paramedics from area fire departments who -- after rigorous training -- are taken off their firefighting shift during a SWAT incident and sent to the scene to assist officers.
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Tactical Medics Save Officers' Lives
Such medics are trained paramedics from area fire departments who -- after rigorous training -- are taken off their firefighting shift during a SWAT incident and sent to the scene to assist officers.
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