Friday, December 5, 2008
News & Trends
NFPA Names Board of Directors
The National Fire Protection Association named new members and officers of the board of directors at itsWorld Safety Conference & Exposition. ...
Kenneth Richardson Receives Lamb Award
The National Fire Protection Association honored J. Kenneth Richardson with the 2008 Paul C. Lamb Award. ...
Redlands Downsizes Fire Management Posts
As a result of budgetary cuts, city officials in Redlands, Calif., will eliminate several fire and police department management positions but also hire as many as 14 others, according to the Press-Enterprise....
Fire Chief and Assistant Chief Retire
John Thela, assistant chief of New Port Richey's (Fla.) Fire and Emergency Services, has retired after 29 years of service, and Chief Dan Azzariti, plans to retire at the end of September....
DOJ Settles Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit
The Department of Justice reached a consent decree with the Robertson Fire Protection District of Hazelwood, Mo....
Company News
Pierce Mfg. Inc. received the top honor in the 2006 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards, winning the Grand Award for excellence for businesses with...
First-Hand Reports Critical in Near Misses
By John Tippet
One of the questions asked on www.firefighternearmiss.com is how the reporter is involved in the event. The genesis of this question can be traced back...
People News
Kenneth Torain was promoted to chief of the Roxboro (N.C.) Fire Department. He was one of two captains leading the department on an interim basis after...
Common Thread
By Cliff Jones
Safety for emergency personnel is woven throughout the fire department accreditation self-assessment process....
Microwave Measures Up to Fire Detection
Another improvement over conventional smoke and flame detection technology has been demonstrated at the Universitt Duisburg Essen, Germany, this one using...
White Paper Addresses Smoke Alarm Gap
In 2003, fire departments responded to 388,500 home structure fires in the United States more than 1,000 every day. Eight people a day died in those fires....
People News
Sharonville (Ohio) Fire Department Chief Dale Duermit has received the 2006 Ohio Fire Service Distinguished Fire Service Award. The award recognizes Duermit's...
IAFC Announces Plan for Mutual Aid
The International Association of Fire Chiefs recently released a plan for addressing intrastate and interstate mutual aid in the event of large-scale...
Naval Fire Department Wins Valor Award
Asst. Fire Chief Timothy Ybarra; Firefighters Ramon Pravia, Jeronimo Enriquez, Javier Arellano and David Jiminez; and Driver/Operator Manuel Ramos have...
NVFC Award Winner Promotes Fire Safety
Johnson County (Ark.) Rural Fire District #1 Public Fire and Life Safety Educator Dayna Hilton, the recipient the National Volunteer Fire Council's 2006...
Structure Fires, Civilian Deaths Decline
According to a new report published in the NFPA Journal, there were an estimated 511,000 structure fires in 2005, a decrease of 3% from 2004 and the lowest...
People News
Goshen, Mass., has selected Susan Labrie to be the town's new fire chief. She succeeds Chief Francis Dresser, who retired in July after more than 50 years...
New Turnout Selector Helps Beat the Heat
Douglas Page, Correspondent
As most firefighters know, choosing the turnout gear system that best matches desired performance can be complicated. Help is just a click away. Researchers...
Company News
Dixon Fire of Chestertown, Md., has announced its acquisition of the Powhatan brand of fire control products from Kidde Fire Fighting. Among Powhatan's...
Agencies Differ Over LODDs
Eighty-seven on-duty firefighters died in the United States in 2005, according to a new report released by the National Fire Protection Association. That...
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