Saturday, May 17, 2008
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....
Fresno Plans for Pub-Ed, Growth
The Fresno (Calif.) Fire Department recently was named a finalist for the 2007 Fire Service Award for Excellence for its strategic community outreach and public education campaign. The department’s goal is to educate the community as a whole via public service announcements, innovative signage and local media....
It Takes a Village
By Rick Markley
Building the granddaddy of all safety villages takes more than deep pockets....
Underwriters Laboratories Starts Safety Tour
Underwriters Laboratories launched its mobile UL Safety Tour. The program is an interactive exhibit of high-tech demonstrations and challenges to engage and educate consumers on hidden household dangers....
Study: Families not Prepared for Fire
New research commissioned by the national nonprofit Home Safety Council finds that while a majority of mothers have talked with their children about preparing for emergencies, very few have taken action to ensure that their family is prepared to respond in the event of an emergency. ...
Free Fire Safety Video for Children
To commemorate Fire Prevention Week, Liberty Mutual is giving away the fire safety video, Be Fire Smart...
USFA Report Shows Sprinkler Benefits
The U.S. Fire Administration issued a benefit-cost analysis report that measures the expected present value of net benefits from installing a multipurpose network fire sprinkler system in a newly constructed, single-family house....
Kingsport Delivers In-Your-Face Fire Safety
Rick Markley
The Kingsport (Tenn.) Fire Department is getting putting its fire safety message in residents faces or at least their windshields and television screens....
Jr. High Students MIME Texas Crews
The Copperas Cove (Texas) Fire Department recently was named a finalist for the 2007 Fire Service Award for Excellence, presented by the International Association of Fire Chiefs and U.S. Safety Fire Technologies. The department was honored for its Mentoring Industrious Minds & Educating Students Program....
Las Vegas Chief Wins First IAFC Fire, Life-Safety Award
The board of directors of the International Association of Fire Chiefs' Fire & Life Safety Section named Azarang Mirkhah of the Las Vegas Fire Rescue Department as the first winner of the Excellence in Fire & Life Safety Award. The award, sponsored by the International Code Council, honors individuals who have dedicated themselves to saving lives and property through the development of codes, fire-prevention practices and leadership techniques....
Safety Officials Urge College Students to Focus on Fire Safety
The National Fire Protection Association, Consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. Fire Administration shared information from a report released by NFPA and urged students and their parents to brush up on fire prevention and safety....
NFPA Releases Two Smoke-Alarm Studies
Audible smoke alarms remain the most effective alarm to wake a sleeping person with mild to moderately severe hearing loss, but may not be effective with young adults who are impaired by alcohol....
Fraternity Row
By Ed Comeau
High fire death rates in off-campus and Greek housing have fire departments and universities taking a closer look at the retrofit issue....
Americans React Incorrectly to Fire
A nationwide survey conducted by the Society for Fire Protection Engineers reveals Americans' first reactions to fire could place them in greater danger....
Know Your Enemy, Then Open Negotiations
By Azarang "Ozzie" Mirkhah
Our real enemies are those who allow buildings to be built with little regard for the occupants' safety and even less regards for the firefighters' safety....
Alcohol-Impaired Young Adults Less Likely to Wake to Emergency Alarms
The effectiveness of most sounding alarms decreased when individuals were alcohol impaired and asleep; alternative non-sounding methods also were found not to be effective for waking this group....
NFPA: Sounding Alarms Effective for Moderately Hearing Impared
Based on the study, the overall single best option for alerting people with mild to moderately severe hearing loss are low-frequency square-wave auditory signaling devices, which surpass bed shakers, pillow shakers and strobe lights when presented alone....
SFPE: 'Americans React Incorrectly to Fire'
Only 28% of respondents answered that they would evacuate when asked, “If there were a fire in your building, what would be your first action?” This is compared to the 39% of respondents who said they would call the fire department....
North Charleston Receives NFPA Pub-Ed Honor
The department will use the $5,000 award to support its ongoing Smoke Alarm Assistance Program, which aims to reduce the home fire death and injury rates in the community by identifying areas at the highest risk for residential fires and providing smoke alarm inspection and installation in these areas. ...
Register with Junior Firefighter Program
The National Volunteer Fire Council and Spartan Motors have teamed to create the National Junior Firefighter Program. This program will allow young people the opportunity to learn about their local fire, rescue and EMS organization in a safe, controlled, educational and fun environment. ...
Reaching Out
By Rick Markley, Editor
A new survey shows how far fire departments are reaching into their communities to teach fire prevention....
Market Research
Targeted messages and outside-the-box ideas will increase mass appeal for prevention, says Washington DNR educator Sandra Williams....
NFA Adds Off-Campus Fire Prevention Courses
The three one-day courses strongly emphasize the roles of fire research, product safety testing, fire safety standards, and computerized fire modeling for safety in the built environment. ...
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