This booklet is described as an excellent resource for explaining the hazards associated with combustible dust and outlining the best practices for pre-incident operational preparation by emergency responders.
Article explains what criteria are used to determine suppression actions for wildland fires.
Judge rules that the City set qualifications specifically to exclude members of their fire department from the chief’s position.
Longer days and warmer temperatures signify the start of barbecue season. This is a good article on barbecue fire safety you may want your media to reprint.
Captain Michael Goodwin, a 30 year veteran of the Philadelphia Fire Department, was killed when a third floor roof collapsed. Firefighter Andrew Godlewski was injured while trying to rescue Goodwin and is in stable condition in the hospital.
Two new devices being used by fire departments are a carbon monoxide monitor that helps paramedics tell if people have been exposed to carbon monoxide and a handheld device that uses light technology to help find people’s veins, allowing IVs to be started quickly and successfully.
New technology may provide a direct satellite video link that allows operations specialists located in a central command centre to watch fire-fighting operations live in support of the Incident Commander on the scene. The cameras can be installed on top of fire apparatus and come with zooming and panning capabilities.
The Scottish Crown has now decided to invoke criminal charges under their health and safety laws against the fire service. They are charged with breaching section two of the Health and Safety at Work Act, which states “it shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees”.
A second charge pertains to failure to carry out risk assessments at work.
The fire department is using social media as part of a new initiative to make appeals and provide arson awareness messages after incidents.
There is an email going around suggesting that egg whites may be a miracle cure for burns. Urban Legends discounts this claim.