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  An evaluation of the role of fire extinguishers sharedaim 590  Views 1  week ago   Behaviour, Premises, Limited, Tackling, Portable, Extinguisher, Studies, Guidance, Dwelling, Extinguishers, Fires A report considering the role of a fire extinguisher in human terms identifying the gap between policy assumptions and the evidence from real fires. It considers the implications arising from this and makes a number of recommendations to create an evidence base and enhance current fire safety policies/advice. READ

  ASHI and MEDIC First Aid Blog Subscription Instant notifications right to your inbox! Fire Emergencies: Older Adults Are At Increased Risk By Emergency Care Blog Team, March 30, 2021 A fire department in the U.S. responds to a fire event every 24 seconds, according to the  National Fire Protection Association  (NFPA). Although anyone can experience a fire, older adults are especially vulnerable. Read more »  

Original Post Virginia Bixby The Charlottesville Fire Department’s Community Risk Reduction branch has been working over the past year to identify areas of inequity in Charlottesville neighborhoods in hopes of preventing emergencies before they happen. Joe Powers, Deputy Chief of Community Risk Reduction for Charlottesville Fire Department, said that community risk reduction focuses mainly on public engagement, community partnerships, and comprehensive risk assessment. “Recently, the fire service as an industry started to move towards community risk reduction and less focus on fire prevention,” Powers said. “Charlottesville is one of the few departments throughout the country that has a ‘true’ community risk reduction branch.” For example, if an area of the city had a high prevalence of heart attacks, it would be important to provide education about healthy habits to that specific neighborhood and teach residents hands-only CPR techniques, Powers said. In 2017, Charlottesville Fire Dep...

 Original Post Taking the Long View 3.27.2021 (Charlottesville Fire Department photos) Leadership’s Defining Edge of Excellence for Fire and Emergency Services By Joe Powers and Ben May Are We Courageous Enough to Create Our Own Future Now? Walt Disney said: “Courage is the main quality of leadership.” Leadership in the fire and emergency services today defines the truth of his statement. Courage is one of the defining characteristics for every man and woman who takes the oath to serve and protect our citizens day and night. There is no nobler mission. But it’s not as easy as it was some years ago. We don’t mean “easy” in the challenges to do the job. That’s never been easy. It takes a special kind of person to be a firefighter–or any kind of first responder. It’s an extremely high bar in mental and physical ability and dexterity. The decision to lead firefighters and officers is the high ground of courage. It’s never easy to lead. It’s messy; sometimes we don’t know if we’ve made ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2021 Contact: Donna Clark 240-723-0615   AFTER THE FIRE PODCAST EPISODE 6 Part II: THE 2019 McMICKEN EXPLOSION AND NEAR MISS INCIDENT OF SURPRISE ARIZONA   SURPRISE, AZ - The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, in collaboration with Firefighterskills.com, LLC, announces Episode 6 Part II: The 2019 McMicken Explosion and Near Miss Incident of Surprise, Arizona. This episode will be available on March 29, 2021 at  www.afterthepodcast.com .   Surprise Fire-Medical Captain and Paramedic Shawn Marty recounts the 2019 lithium ion battery plant explosion that resulted in several near misses. His ability to recall the specifics of this unfortunate experience over a year later speaks to the lasting impact of this event. This is an amazing story of survival and bravery not to be missed.   Joining Captain Marty are National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Director of Fire Programs, Chief John Tippett; Surprise Fire-Medical Chief, Tom Abb...

From Ed Comeau, Communications and Digital Media Manager, Vision 20/20 We heard from so many people that were working on their FP&S grants, which fell right at the same time we announced the Call for Presentations for the seventh Model Performance in CRR Symposium...and we can sympathize! So we are extending the  Call for Presentations  to Friday, April 30 to give everyone more time to put together a stellar proposal for S7. Want to know what we are looking for?  Check out the Presentation Rubric  and  download the Checklist. Or  watch the Webinar and listen to the Podcast  featuring Monica Colby explaining the process. Do you need some help crafting your proposals? We are offering a  Coaching service  featuring experts in the field of CRR and who have presented or reviewed presentations from previous Symposiums.  We want you to be as successful as possible in not only putting together your proposal, but in sharing your pro...

Leaders look to $24 million Firehawk helicopter, further forest thinning to combat worsening fires By BRUCE FINLEY |  bfinley@denverpost.com  | The Denver Post March 15, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. Federal forest firefighter Ben McLane got a visceral feel for the West’s intensifying wildfire predicament when his 20-man Hotshot crew rolled into Colorado last summer and faced the lightning-sparked Pine Gulch blaze — flames racing across bone-dry land and, each day, leaping beyond containment boundaries the firefighters hacked into soil. “You’re not going to stop   megafires ,” McLane said this week as increasingly arid states braced for more battles. “They’re getting bigger, faster, putting us on our heels.” Read the full article

EFD says that this is the third fire caused by young children playing with lighters in the last five weeks. Author: Hope Sloop Published: 5:38 PM EDT March 21, 2021 Updated: 5:38 PM EDT March 21, 2021 EUCLID, Ohio —   Editor's note: the video in the player above is from a story published on March 16, 2021.  The Euclid Fire Department (EFD) is issuing a grim warning to parents today after a devastating apartment fire complex Saturday. According to a Facebook post, EFD was dispatched to 26801 Brush Avenue last night around 10:30 p.m. with 16 uniformed firefighters sent to fight a blaze.  Read the full article  

3/18/1951 Sparky® the Fire Dog was born, Happy Birthday Sparky!  “The legend of Sparky the Fire Dog began with a small Dalmatian puppy sitting outside a fence surrounding a school. The Dalmatian pup loved to watch the children at play. One day he decided to follow two of the children home. Tired from the walk, he decided to nap under a tree outside the house. He was awakened to see the children’s house on fire. The puppy ran to the nearby fire station to alert the firefighters. Under the pup’s direction, the firefighters rushed to the house and extinguished the flames. After putting out the fire, the firefighters noticed the pup shivering under a tree and gathered him up in their arms. They introduced him to the children’s family as the hero who saved them. The firefighters named the Dalmatian, Sparky the Fire Dog, and kept the brave pup at his new home at the fire station from that time.”   3/18/1937 Consolidated School in New London, TX was destroyed by a natural gas explosi...