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  • Aug. 25, 2011
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    NFPA is Bullish About Electric-Vehicle Training Program

    The response to the program generally was positive and the pilot didn’t reveal any “gotcha” lessons, according to Jason Emery, an NFPA consultant who is the lead trainer within the association’s electric vehicle training program. However, some graphics and language will undergo minor revisions to make them clearer....More
  • Feb. 24, 2011
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    NFPA Pilot Focuses on Firefighting Approach to Electrical Vehicles

    The pilot program was developed to address firefighters’ misconceptions regarding emergency situations involving hybrid or electric vehicles....More
  • Jul. 1, 2010
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    Shipboard Firefighting is a Different Animal

    The first rule to remember is that for every gallon of water used on a shipboard fire, a gallon of water also has to be pumped off. Failure to do so may subsequently sink the ship....More
  • Jun. 21, 2010
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    NFPA Receives DOE Grant for Electric-Vehicle Training Program

    The training program will include NFPA-developed classroom training courses, handbooks, simulations, Webinars, videos and other computer-based training tools....More
  • Jul. 1, 2009
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    Rail Pass

    D.C. Chief Dennis Rubin discusses incident command, multiagency response and media management at a recent train crash....More
  • Apr. 1, 2009
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    By Land & By Sea

    A Pacific Northwest maritime protection program sets the standard for multiagency response....More
  • Jun. 1, 2006
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    Study Analyzes Fire Spread in Tunnels

    In a number of catastrophic tunnel fires, fire often spreads from vehicle to vehicle over surprisingly large distances, occasionally hundreds of meters....More
  • Aug. 24, 2005
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    NFPA Reports Vehicle Fires Big Part in Fire Problem

    Last year, vehicle fires killed more people than apartment fires, according to a new study by the National Fire Protection Association that called vehicle fires “a major component of the fire death problem.” According to "U.S. Vehicle Fire Trends and ......More
  • Jun. 1, 2004
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    Small Town, Big Woes from Wild Blue Yonder

    Aircraft incidents like blimp crashes or airshow tragedies are rare, but even jurisdictions without an airport can have a small craft fall from out of...More
  • May 13, 2002
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    Tunnel built in Maryland to teach rescuers how to face subway threats

    http://www.worknews.pwpl.com/content/fetn/fetn%200502/f051002s4.htm...More
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