Friday, March 12, 2010
Tech Dependence Needs Simple Cure
By Mike Chiaramonte
To avoid technology dependency syndrome, train with and without the technology. This ensures that the safest and most efficient action will take place instinctively if the technology malfunctions. ...
Tags, Not It?
By Matthew Tobia
Who's in the building? It's a simple question but one that far too many incident commanders find themselves unable to answer. The issue of fireground...
IAFF to Develop CBRN-Ready Turnouts
The federal government has awarded the International Association of Fire Fighters a contract to develop new structural firefighting personal protective...
IAFF Receives DHS Contract to Develop CBRN-Ready Turnout Gear
A Staff Report
Fit to Breathe
By Janet Wilmoth
Shortly before Sept. 11, 2001, a large metropolitan city purchased $7 million in new breathing apparatus for its fire department. Within weeks, they found...
Dress Blues
By Mica Calfee
With changes in society and new NFPA regulations, many departments are weighing their uniform choices. While the trend toward the casualization of work...
Uniforms Offer More Choices
Jim Zahrt USTA Marketing Director
Few images instill as much pride and confidence as that of firefighters in full protective gear on their way to a call. But when the outer gear comes...
4.9GHz Emissions Mask Under Fire
BY DONNY JACKSON
Public-safety and vendor officials have continued their debate concerning the appropriate emissions mask for equipment operating in the newly allocated...
Blow Up
By Mark Brady
Every year on Valor Day, firefighters and paramedics from the Prince George's County (Md.) Fire/EMS Department receive recognition for their heroic acts...
DHS Approves CBRN Ensembles, Detectors
In late February, the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Division approved standards for first responder PPE and radiological and...
The New Normal
By Mike McKenna
The world order is changing, and many of those changes will have a direct impact on the fire service's role as primary first responder. In that role,...
RISING STAR
By Douglas Page
The dispatcher activates emergency traffic tones, then announces a collapse where firefighters have been trapped. Command adjusts tactics from suppression...
Nomex-based coveralls fireproof U.S. soldiers, save money
Douglas Page
The U.S. Army is making a fashion statement in Afghanistan. Nomex coveralls sent to a group of combat support soldiers participating in Operation Enduring...
New suits chill CBRN responders
Emergency responders working in encapsulated protective suits may soon be more comfortable, thanks to a new portable cooling system under development...
NIOSH approves Scott, Interspiro respirators for use against CBRN
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has approved the Scott Model Air-Pak 4.5 respirator...
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