Friday, May 9, 2008
Public Education
Media Kit Available for Arson Awareness Week
Arson Awareness Week is May 4–10 and this year’s theme is “Toylike Lighters — Playing with Fire.” The U.S. Fire Administration has released a media kit to help fire departments create awareness of this danger in their community....
Campus Firewatch Media Project Launched
The Campus Firewatch Media Project, jointly sponsored by Campus Firewatch, the People's Burn Foundation and the Michael H. Minger Foundation, will provide an opportunity for students to write original material and be published each month throughout the 2008–2009 academic year in Campus Firewatch....
Harvard State and Local Government Program Executives Selected
The U.S. Fire Administration in Washington (D.C.) has selected eight senior fire officials to attend Harvard University’s Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program conducted by the John F. Kennedy School of Government....
USFA Releases Civilian Fire Injuries Report
The U.S. Fire Administration issued a report, part of its Topical Fire Report Series, examining the causes and characteristics of civilian fire injuries occurring in residential buildings....
FESHE Launches New Web Site
After years of development, the new FESHE Web site now is live. ...
Educational Wildfire Resource Empowers Homeowners, Aids Firefighters
Prepare Stay Defend (PSD), a California non-profit organization, has launched a Web site that empowers homeowners against wildfires. ...
Free ‘Supporting America’s Bravest’ T-Shirts
Chapman Innovations’ seeks to raise awareness and increase support for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) with a T-shirt giveaway at its FDIC booth (153)....
AHRI Program Addresses Infrared Heater Safety
The Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute has developed the Infrared Heater Safety Council, a safety education initiative dedicated to reducing fires caused by the misuse of infrared heating equipment used in commercial buildings....
U.K. Prevention Works
By Philip Schaenman & Mick Ballesteros
Our neighbors across the pond have taken serious steps to reduce fire fatalities through public education, and they’ve seen serious results. ...
USFA Releases Fire-Risk Reports
The U.S. Fire Administration has issued three special reports as part of its Topical Fire Report series, examining the risk of death or injury from fire by various demographic, geographic and socio-economic characteristics....
Cooking Top Cause of Home Fires
Cooking was involved in an estimated 146,400 home structure fires in the United States in 2005, according to a National Fire Protection Association report. Cooking fires accounted for 40% of the home structure fires in 2005, and these cooking fires resulted in 480 deaths, 4,690 injuries, and $876 million in direct property damage....
Fire is Not Child's Play
By Rick Markley
Juvenile fire expert Robert Cole examines the problem of fires started by children and how fire chiefs can prevent it....
Junior Firefighter Scholarships Available
The National Volunteer Fire Council’s National Junior Firefighter Program is offering $100,000 in scholarships to outstanding junior firefighters and grants to their departments. ...
SFPE Survey Shows Fire Safety Misconception
A nationwide survey conducted by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers reveals that 79% of Americans feel safer from fires at home than in a public building with an additional 9% feeling equally safe in both locations....
FM Global Awarded 100 Fire Prevention Grants
Commercial property insurer FM Global has awarded $245,000 in fire prevention grants through year end 2007 to help nearly 100 organizations more effectively prevent fire....
Fire Prevention Nominations Due
The National Volunteer Fire Council is accepting nominations for Fire Prevention Award; the deadline is Feb. 15....
Firewise Seeks Leadership Award Nominations
The National Firewise Communities Program is calling for nominations for its third annual awards program to recognize outstanding efforts to promote a cooperative approach to reducing the loss of lives, property and resources in the wildland-urban interface....
IAFC Joins Home Sprinkler Efforts
The International Association of Fire Chiefs has joined the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition's board....
Fire Engineers Develop Chemistry Learning Program
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers has partnered with Discovery Education to create a new in-school program called The Chemistry of Fire....
Fire Administration Warns of Smoking Dangers
The U.S. Fire Administration began a public-education campaign about the dangers of smoking and home fires. ...
Iowa Fire Chief Goes Full Time
Clint Robinson had been a volunteer chief putting in up to 20 hours per week in Waukee, Iowa. But the Waukee City Council voted unanimously to hire the 34-year-old out of 47 candidates for the full-time job as fire chief....
Congressional Staff Feels the Heat
The Congressional Fire Services Institute played host to Congressional staff who exchanged their regular business attire for attire worn by firefighters and rescue personnel to experience a day of actual training at the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute....
Exit Strategy
By Alan Tresemer
Every department needs to have a standard operating procedure on hand for evacuating its population....
Mississippi Launches Grassroots Pub-Ed Program
Safe at Home is designed to reach each community and each person in Mississippi with important messages and resources to improve fire safety....
USFA Releases Cooking Fires Report
The U.S. Fire Administration completed a report and accompanying educational tools on behavioral mitigation of cooking fires....
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