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Fire Inspector Says Weak Economy Means More Unmaintained, Vacant Buildings and Greater Loss of Life
Las Vegas inspector Sherri Wilcox said many cash-strapped building owners are unable to sell empty properties, and they inevitably let fire prevention slip.
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Coffee Break Training: Fire Investigations: Building Construction Part 3: Fire Protection Systems and Codes
Learning Objective: The student shall be able to recognize various types of building fire protection systems and related fire codes and their relationship to fire investigation. (PDF, 153 Kb)
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Coffee Break Training: Building Construction: Motorized Fire Door Radii
Learning Objective: The student shall be able to identify the minimum track radius for a motorized fire door installation. (PDF, 246 Kb)
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Focus on Fire Safety: Residential Hazardous Materials Safety
Residential hazardous materials (hazmat) safety is important in preventing fires in and around your home. Hazmat safety involves the proper handling and storage of combustibles and flammable liquids such as gasoline, kerosene, propane, oil, aerosols, certain household cleaning products, and painting supplies.
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Coffee Break Training: Fire Investigations: Building Construction Part 2: Building Loads and Fire Spread
Learning Objective: The student shall be able to recognize various types of construction and materials, building "loads," and fire spread as related to fire investigation and the safety of personnel on scene. (PDF, 166 Kb)
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Lack of Unified Command Hurt Efforts to Clean Up BP Oil Spill, Gulf Coast Chiefs Say
Baldwin County, Ala., fire chiefs fired a letter to BP and federal officials claiming that their departments were rebuffed in their efforts to help protect beaches and waterways from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection Infogram Headlines
Independence Day Preparatory Measures, Fireworks: Safety Issue for Citizens and Responders, Interim Guidance for Protecting Deepwater Horizon Responders, Gang Awareness for First Responders
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Coffee Break Training: Building Construction: Fire Dampers
Learning Objective: The student shall be able to explain fire damper installation requirements. (PDF, 239 Kb)
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Fire Station Brownout His Only Option to Save Money, San Diego Chief Says
To address additional budget shortfalls without cutting from his staff of 850 firefighters, Javier Mainar currently is browning out between one and eight engine companies daily from the city’s 13 fire stations.
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Maine Agency is the Little Department that Could — Write Grants
Goodwin's Mills, Maine, will break ground this week on an addition to its 7-year-old fire station, thanks to $879,000 in federal stimulus funds from a grant proposal that Fire Chief H. Rodney Carpenter wrote, plus $100,000 in local money.
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NVFC Launches Smoking-Cessation Web Site
The Put it Out campaign Web site includes a “quit calendar;” steps for how to quit; statistics and facts about smoking; sample documents such as press releases and no-smoking policies, outreach letters, motivational tools; and more.
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NFPA Helps Departments Prepare for 4th with New Fireworks Video
“Exploding Myths: The Dangers of Consumer Fireworks” depicts headlines of fireworks tragedies from across the country and lists all of the consumer fireworks that cause fires and/or injuries each year.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection Infogram Headlines
DHSI Secure Portal Continuation, New Standards for Private Sector Preparedness, Suspicious Packages, Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
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Chicago Names New Fire Commissioner
Robert Hoff, a third generation Chicago firefighter, was chosen this week by Mayor Richard M. Daley to serve as the city's fire commissioner.
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Interim Fire Administrator Looks Ahead to Funding Challenges
Chief Glenn Gaines was appointed interim U.S. fire administrator after Kelvin Cochran returned to his chief position at the Atlanta Fire Department.
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Coffee Break Training: Fire Investigations: Building Construction Part 1: Building Construction Types
Learning Objective: The student shall be able to recognize and understand various types of construction, and their relationship to fire investigation, and the safety of personnel on scene. (PDF, 160 Kb)
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Ark. Chief Braces for Property-Tax Failure, Quarter Staff Cut
To demonstrate what his department would look like without additional funds from a proposed public-safety tax, Chief Leonard Jadrich cut $1.2 million from a practice budget. This resulted in the reduction of 27 firefighters and a higher ISO rating.
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