Saturday, May 17, 2008
DHS Awards Almost $4 Million in Fire Prevention Grants
DHS will award approximately 300 awards totaling $27 million to fire departments and other eligible organizations to reduce losses from fire and fire-related hazards. ...
Sprinkler Association Hosts Free Webcast
The program, hosted by Ronny Coleman, will feature information about how residential sprinkler systems work, including special topics such as installation costs; designing systems to work with tanks, wells and small water meters; and installation of systems in freezing climates....
USFA Selects Arson Awareness Week Theme
The goal of “Vehicle Arson: Who Pays for this Crime?” is to expand the resources and support necessary to reduce this crime by drawing people's attention to the statistics about vehicle arson....
Herskowitz Wins 2007 NVFC Fire Prevention Award
The National Volunteer Fire Council presented the 2007 Fire Prevention Award to Kimberly Herskowitz during an awards banquet on March 30. Herskowitz is the fire prevention officer for the Neffsville Volunteer Community Fire Company in Lancaster County, Pa., a position she has held since August 2006. ...
Teen CERT Training Earns National Approval
The program is designed to "change the culture of disaster preparedness and response by empowering youth in disaster mitigation.”...
Fire Corps Releases New Citizen Corps Toolkits
This toolkit, created specifically for Citizen Corps Councils, includes a sample letter introducing a local fire or EMS chief to the Fire Corps program, as well as a starter kit with the tools and resources needed to start and implement a program locally. ...
Oregon Seeks to Ban Novelty Lighters
Oregon State Fire Marshal Nancy Orr is leading a nationwide effort in calling for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prohibit the sale and distribution of novelty lighters, which resemble toy versions of such common items as cell phones and footballs....
Firewise Communities Now 211-Strong
In its fifth year, Firewise Communities/USA now recognizes 211 communities in 33 states for their wildfire mitigation efforts. ...
NFPA Study Finds Improvement, More Need
Despite modest progress, three-fifths to three-fourths of the nation’s fire departments still do not have enough fire stations or the firefighters to staff them, to achieve widely recognized response-time guidelines and lack key equipment, prevention programs and training. ...
Sarbanes Award Goes to Cumberland Valley
The Congressional Fire Services Institute and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation have selected the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association for the Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes Fire Safety Leadership Award....
What About Fire?
By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director
What if the White House called a last-minute press conference? Imagine President George W. Bush standing at the podium before the media and stating: "Tonight, I am issuing an order mandating every fire and emergency department in the United States to review and reinforce their citizen education programs for their community." ...
Firewise Awards Seek WUI Leaders
The National Firewise Communities Program is launching its second 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. ...
Who's in Charge?
By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director
In the past 12 months, there have been 33 separate fires in the United States that involved two or more fatalities. Eleven of the 33 fires killed four or more people. In the past four months alone, nine people were killed in one catastrophic fire, 10 people in another two separate fires, and 12 people died in another....
Campus Firewatch Hosts Roundtable
The one-day educational program focused on methods for improving fire safety for students at college campuses nationwide....
SFPE: Americans 'Misjudge' Fire Risk
A nationwide survey conducted by the Society for Fire Protection Engineers found that 65% of Americans feel safer in their homes than they do in commercial high-rise buildings, despite the fact that 83% of all civilian fire deaths were the result of fires in the home. ...
15 Die Annually in Clothes-Dryer Fires
Between 2002–2004, an annual average of 12,700 clothes dryer fires occurred in residential buildings, according to a new report from the U.S. Fire Administration. These fires were responsible for an estimated 15 civilian fire deaths, 300 civilian fire injuries, and $88 million in property loss each year. ...
Exit Routes
By Manny Muniz
The path to egress signage regulations is a long and well-documented one. So why are some people still left in the dark? ...
Save Lives & Then Some
By Azarang Mirkhah
The nation’s fire problem costs more money and ends more lives than a military conflict...
Firefighting Documentary to Re-air
Into the Fire also will be released on DVD on Feb. 1....
FIRE Grants Office Posts Workshop Schedule
Each year the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program's regional staff conducts hundreds of workshops nationwide to provide up to date AFG grant information to applicants. The workshops are scheduled and conducted by AFG regional representatives and offer current program information for any fire and/or EMS organization that wishes to submit a 2007 FIRE Grant application....
Almost 100 Dead in Campus-related Fires Since 2000
Following a recent fatal off-campus fire in Huntington, W.Va., that killed three Marshall University students and two visitors, Campus Firewatch offered steps for students to take to help prevent fires. ...
NVFC, Spartan Partner for Junior Firefighter Program
“The need for well-trained and highly-motivated volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel throughout America’s communities has never been greater,” said Philip C. Stittleburg, chairman of the NVFC. ...
NVFC Seeks Fire Prevention Award Nominations
Just over two weeks remain for National Volunteer Fire Council Fire Prevention Award nominations to be made. Nominations must be submitted to the NVFC by Jan. 15, 2007...
USFA Releases December and Holiday Fires Topical Report
The U.S. Fire Administration has released a report on December and holiday fires occurring between 2002 and 2004. During that period, an annual average of 128,700 fires occurred during the month of December. These fires were responsible for an estimated 415 civilian fire deaths, 1,650 civilian fire injuries and $990 million in property loss....
USFA Releases Heating Fires Report
The U.S. Fire Administration has released a report regarding heating fires in residential buildings. According to the report, an annual average of 49,100 heating fires occurred in residential buildings between 2002 and 2004...
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