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Thursday, January 8, 2009

FEMA Responds to Data Leak 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a statement after personal data on Hurricane Katrina victims surfaced on two Web sites....

Ask a Firefighter Program Promotes Safety 

Hosted by firefighter and public fire and life safety educator Dayna Hilton, the "Ask a Firefighter" program is geared toward children and promotes fire safety, shares information about fire departments and firefighters, and strives to build relationships within fire departments and communities nationwide....

NVFC Receives Grant 

The Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation awarded a grant to the National Volunteer Fire Council to support NVFC's National Junior Firefighter Program....

Yield of Dreams 

By Joseph Bruce

A fire district took its plans for a state-of-the-art training facility to the community and neighboring agencies and found mixed results. ...

50th Anniversary of Our Lady of Angels School Fire 

Dec. 1 will mark the 50th anniversary of Chicago's Our Lady of Angels School fire, where inadequate building design contributed to the deaths of 92 children and three nuns....

Mich. Department Receives Award  

Fire Corps presented its 2008 Award of Excellence to Macomb Township (Mich.)....

NFFF Holds Contest 

The National Fallen FireFighter's Everyone Goes Home initiative launched the Save a Life, Tell the Story contest to promote best practices in fire safety prevention and education....

Fatal Home Fires Jump 68% in Cooler Months 

According to the U.S. Fire Administration, from October 2007 to March 2008, there was a 68% increase in the number of fatal home fires and a 67% increase in the number of people killed in home fires, compared to the warmer months....

Study Measures Effects of Alcohol and Fire Victims 

The Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute conducted a study measuring the effect of alcohol on a person's ability to leave an apartment during a fire....

Interface Code Adoption 

By Paul Summerfelt

Done right, the fire department and the community can have a fire code they each can live with. ...

Free Speech Liability Targets Middle Manager 

[ David Comstock Jr. ]

A fire chief should selectively choose whom they appoint to conduct a disciplinary investigation.… If an employee has any prior experience with the investigator, the employee will use that if adverse action is taken. ...

USFA Launches Blog 

The U.S. Fire Administration has launched of an interactive blog at usfa.dhs.gov for the fire service to share comments, ideas and success stories about fire prevention, preparedness and response....

FIRE 20/20 Offers Diversity Recruitment Video 

FIRE 20/20, a nonprofit helping fire and EMS to recruit and retain firefighters and paramedics is offering its new targeted recruitment video called "Why I Chose Fire" to fire departments and college fire science programs at no cost. ...

XL GAPS and UL Release Sprinkler Findings 

XL Global Asset Protection Services and Underwriters Laboratories recently unveiled research on water dynamics and fire sprinkler performance that could significantly improve the insurance industry’s fire-safety and fire-modeling capabilities....

New Emergency Management and Business Continuity Standard in Canada 

The Canadian Standards Association, a leading developer of standards and codes in Toronto, has developed a new emergency management and business continuity programs standard, CSA Z1600, based on the National Fire Protection Association 1600 Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs standard....

NFPA Campaigns for More Home Sprinklers 

The National Fire Protection Association has launched a campaign to increase the number of homes protected by sprinklers...

Heating Cost Concerns May Lead to Fires 

As winter approaches, fire chiefs should prepare themselves, their departments and their communities for the dangers presented by alternate heating sources....

Fire Marshals Honor NFPA's Greene 

The newly created NASFM Olin Greene Fire Prevention Award was presented to Greene at the 2008 NASFM annual conference....

Fire Marshals Honor NFPA's Greene 

Olin Greene, the recently retired southern regional manager of the National Fire Protection Association, was recognized with a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of State Fire Marshals. ...

IAFC to Launch Internet TV 

The International Association of Fire Chiefs will launch 24-hour internet television programming on Nov. 1. ...

Brooks New CPSE Director 

Paul D. Brooks was named the new executive director of the Center for Public Safety Excellence. He begins on Nov. 3....

Campus Fire Safety Month Launched 

Eighty students and campus fire-safety advocates joined law- and policy-makers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to launch National Campus Fire Safety Month. ...

NFPA Offers Fire Safety PSAs 

The National Fire Protection Association has prepared ready-to-use public service announcements that fire departments can send to media outlets to promote fire safety during next month's fire safety week....

Security Expert: Time to Step up Anti-Terrorism Efforts 

Anti-terrorism and homeland security expert, William Loiry, says now is not the time to diminish the terrorism threat levels in the United States and overseas....

Ga. Firefighters Teach Public Safety 

Firefighters, emergency medical service workers, police and other emergency personnel from Whitfield County and Dalton, Tenn., participated in a public safety fair at the North Georgia Fairgrounds to help promote crime prevention and safety awareness....

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