| Focus on Fire Safety: Heating Fire Safety |
| Sun. Jan 17th 2010 |
The high cost of home heating fuels and utilities has caused many Americans to search for alternative home heating sources such as wood burning stoves, space heaters, and fireplaces. Heating is one of the leading causes of residential fires. Over one-quarter of these fires result from improper maint...
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| Tactical Pre-Planning for the Big Homes |
| Tue. Apr 21st 2009 |
BRIAN COLLINS
For Firehouse.com
When we train on strategy and tactics for the fire in a single-family home, most of us think of the average home. A one- or two-story, 1,400- to 2,200-square-foot structure would probably describe most of the homes to which we respond. The standard...
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| New Study Focuses on Crew Size |
| Sat. Feb 7th 2009 |
SUSAN NICOL KYLE
Firehouse.Com News
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- When the engines rolled up and four firefighters jumped off and grabbed ladders and hoses, it appeared to be just another drill at the Montgomery County Fire-Rescue Training Center.
But, that wasn't the case at all.
Those ...
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| Experts Now Recommend Hands-Only CPR |
| Mon. Jun 2nd 2008 |
You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR - rapid, deep presses on the victim's chest until help arrives - works just as well as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest in adu...
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| New Harnesses Can Help Save Firefighters' Lives |
| Mon. Jun 2nd 2008 |
Florida - Delray Beach Fire-Rescue officials took notice when two New York City firefighters trapped in a 2005 Bronx blaze were forced to jump and died because they didn't have safety ropes. Lt. Curtis Meyran and firefighter John Bellew, along with four others who were injured, fell fo...
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| On-Duty Firefighter Fatalities In 2007 |
| Sat. Jan 5th 2008 |
On-Duty Firefighter Fatalities In 2007
January 3, 2008
This provisional report contains a preliminary snapshot of statistics that will be presented in USFA's annual report Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2007. Statistics below are complied for the period January 1, 2007 thro...
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