Partnering with Bullard enabled the program to stretch its dollars and provide more thermal imagers last year than before. This Bullard shot shows a camera in use.
The U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA) National Fire Academy (NFA) recently announced the release of its newest online course, Command and Control Decision Making at Multiple Alarm Incidents Self Study (Q297).
On Jan. 23, the U.S. Fire Administration, in cooperation with the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, announced a new aid, titled the Skills Crosswalk, to help local and rural firefighters identify training equivalencies and needs for effectively fighting wildfires that threaten residential areas. The aid identifies critical wildland firefighting skills that structural firefighters need to be safe and effective when making an initial attack on a wildland fire in their jurisdiction, or when working with state and federal wildland firefighter agencies.
Thirty-one individuals will receive recognition in two categories: valor and service.
Embraer's EMB-500 wasn't contemplated by the existing regulation for extinguishing systems on small aircraft. The company's Phenom 100 is shown here in a 2006 photo.
Duties of the Standards Council include supervising activities related to NFPA codes and standards development, acting as administer of rules and regulations, and serving as an appeals body.
January 19 through Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will not be a holiday for many volunteers from the American Red Cross and HOPE worldwide. In ten cities across America, volunteers will be walking door-to-door to provide residents with vital preparedness information that will help them prevent and respond to home fires.
About 1,000 people die in such fires every year, and one in four victims is not the smoker whose cigarette caused the fire, the agency says.
Recently released provisional statistics reveal the largest contributing factors of firefighter death in 2007
Such laws may be in place in all 50 states by the end of this year, NFPA President/CEO James M. Shannon says. This illustration, by John Roman, is posted on the Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes' Web site.
In 2004, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, under presidential order, instituted the National Incident Management System. This nationwide initiative was targeted at getting federal, state, tribal, and local governments to work together to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents, such as terrorist attacks or natural disasters.
“Holiday lights are considered seasonal and should not be up longer than 90 days,” said John Drengenberg, consumer affairs manager for UL.
Three existing brands are linked in a three-part strategy that emphasizes the company's communication with active firefighters.
As part of its Topical Fire Report Series, the U.S. Fire Administration has issued two special reports examining fire department responses to all types of emergency situations. The two reports, the "Fire Department Overall Run Profile" and the "Fire Department Fire Run Profile," were developed by the National Fire Data Center.
'Technological masterpiece' has windows that automatically open to emit smoke during a fire emergency, officials say.
The New York City Fire Department has completed a final draft of a new Fire Code--the city's first comprehensive revision since 1918--after an extensive three-year revision project.
Fire detection systems are designed to discover fires early in their development when time will still be available for the safe evacuation of occupants. Early detection also plays a significant role in protecting the safety of emergency response personnel. Property loss can be reduced and downtime for the operation minimized through early detection because control efforts are started while the fire is still small.
OSHA is seeking public comment on its proposal (Docket No. OSHA-2007-0079) to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in its Standard on Fire Brigades (29 CFR 1910.156).
U.S. home fires peak on Thanksgiving Day, so NFPA channels safety for holiday meals.