Thursday, January 8, 2009
People News
Marco Island, Fla., Fire Chief Mike Murphy has been named the Florida Fire Chiefs' Association's Chief of the Year. Ron Stephens, a 29-year veteran of...
Company News
HMHTTC Response Inc. has opened a regional response center in Salt Lake City. The new center, the company's 18th region, is located minutes from I-80,...
Conference to Focus on Large-Scale Evacuations
As the Chicago Fire Department continues to seek ways to be better prepared for emergency situations, it feels it's crucial that lessons learned be shared with others. To that end, it will be holding the 2006 edition of its Life Safety Conference Aug. 16-19....
People News
Comings and goings, from our July issue...
Company News
The latest on fire service manufacturers and organizations, from our July issue...
USFA Offers Chemistry Refresher CD
The U.S. Fire Administration has released a self-study refresher on CD-ROM titled Review of Chemistry for Emergency Response. This program is designed...
Smoke Detector Tests Reveal Design Flaw
Comparisons of two different commercially available photoelectric smoke detector models found significant differences in how the detectors responded to...
Study Analyzes Fire Spread in Tunnels
In a number of catastrophic tunnel fires, fire often spreads from vehicle to vehicle over surprisingly large distances, occasionally hundreds of meters....
HSC Offers Home Safety Month Materials
June is Home Safety Month and the theme set forth by the Home Safety Council for this year’s campaign – Hands-On Home Safety – encourages the public to take some simple hands-on steps to create a safer home environment. To help in your department’s home safety initiatives, the HSC is offering a free kit of materials to Command Post readers...
Staffing Tops Chiefs' Worries
Staffing, funding and increased demands for service are three common and resounding challenges facing fire departments across the United States....
People News
Comings and goings, from our February issue....
USFA Releases Fire, Older-Adult Report
Adults age 65 and older are two-and-a-half times more likely to die in fires than the overall population, and as Americans age their fire risk increases....
VCOS Releases Combo Transition Report
The report was researched and written by fire officers who have experienced transitions in their communities and fire departments in the United States. ...
Congress Passes Spectrum Legislation
Congress has passed legislation to set a firm date for making spectrum in the 700MHZ band available to public safety....
Company News
The latest on fire service manufacturers and organizations, from our February issue....
People News
Comings and goings from our January issue....
NVFC Rebuts Poor Media Portrayal
The National Volunteer Fire Council recently issued an open letter from Chairman Philip C. Stittleburg regarding the state of the volunteer fire service....
People News
Comings and goings, from our December issue...
IAFF: PASS Signals Can Fail at High Temps
Exposure to high-temperature environments may cause the loudness of personal alert safety systems alarm signals to be reduced....
NFPA Passes Hose Storage Changes
The Technical Committee for NFPA 1901, Automobile Fire Apparatus, has passed a temporary interim amendment regarding hose bed design....
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