Saturday, November 7, 2009
Training
NIST to Determine Face-Mask Weaknesses
The U.S. Fire Administration and NIST have begun researching the potential weaknesses in the thermal performance of SCBA face pieces....
National Guard Trains Botswana Fire Officers
In the first civil-to-civil exchange of the State Partnership for Peace Program, a team of fire officers from North Carolina traveled to Gaborone, Botswana...
Beware the Hazards of La-Z-Boy Learning
I am particularly dismayed when the death of a firefighter is called "an unfortunate accident." There is nothing accidental about going to the scene of a fire. We go on purpose and everything we do there also should be on purpose....
Factory Approved
A rural Arizona department found a way to extend its water supply through CAFS technology and hands-on education....
DOE Criticizes Los Alamos County
A report released this month by the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General tongue-lashed the Los Alamos County (N.M.) Fire Department for inadequately training its firefighters after the agency paid 100% of the county fire department's $135 million operations under a cooperative agreement. ...
Houston Training Simulation Program Goes High-Tech
The Houston Fire Department spent millions of dollars this year to upgrade its fire-training facility, said Brian Kimberly, a training officer at the department. In fact, the training facility morphed from a garage-based facility available only to chief officers to a $2.6 million, 10,000-square-foot simulator warehouse...
Apparel
NIST to Determine Face-Mask Weaknesses
The U.S. Fire Administration and NIST have begun researching the potential weaknesses in the thermal performance of SCBA face pieces....
Chicago Firefighter Wins Suit Against Morning Pride
A retired Chicago firefighter won a defamation lawsuit against Morning Pride, a manufacturer of protective ensembles. The lawsuit accused a Morning Pride executive of publicly stating that the firefighter took a bribe from a competitor during a bunker-gear bid selection process....
Dress to Protect
The process of donning turnout gear is simple — the technology and principles behind it aren't....
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Unveils ONESuit Pro
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics unveiled the ONESuit Pro, a Level A, single-skin hazmat suit certified to two NFPA protective ensemble standards...
T-PACC Tests Fabrics, Creates Stored Heat Burn Protocol
Researchers at North Carolina State University developed and evaluated a set of protocols that test turnout gear's resilience to stored heat energy...
NIOSH Finds Uniform Pants to be Safe
FireWear, which is used by many uniform manufacturers, is a blend of cotton and modacrylic fibers that use antimon compounds for fire retarding....
