For the fourth year, the Stewiacke fire department in Nova Scotia is giving rides home to people who have had a few drinks and shouldn’t be driving. The best part? Inebriated adults can live out childhood dreams of riding in a big red fire truck.
Proposed amendments to Manitoba’s Fire Prevention and Emergency Response Act would increase maximum fines to $125,000 from $1,000 for a first offence and $250,000 from $10,000 for a second offence. The proposed maximum fines for a corporation would be $250,000 for a first offence and $500,000 for a second offence.
http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Province-to-hike-fire-safety-fines-233359241.html?thx=y
The November issue of Fire Chief Magazine — the final edition — will be a collector’s item. Staff was notified that the plug was being pulled on the operation by Penton, the parent company.
http://www.firehouse.com/news/11245108/penton-media-closes-fire-chief-magazine
Wet Pipe Nitrogen Inerting is a safe, effective, and affordable corrosion control method in wet pipe sprinkler systems. Nitrogen is fully compatible with sprinkler systems and non-toxic.
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick told the State House News Service holding a fire drill at Boston’s Logan Airport on the anniversary of September 11 was “Just dumb.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/boston-airport-apologizes-after-fire-drill-on-9-11-sparks-outrage/
Your couch probably has flame retardants embedded in the foam which have been linked to cancers and a range of other problems from obesity to reproductive defects. A growing number of studies in humans and animals suggest that the problems are real and many scientists don’t think the flame retardants are worth the risk.
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/are-you-sitting-down-on-a-couch/?_r=0
This article contains a link to an interesting PowerPoint presentation which suggests the three platoon – 24 hour shift system – provides substantial cost savings.
Three fundamental changes to mind-set that are critical to any effective use of social media when managing an emergency.
1. From ‘We hold the information the community needs and we expect them to come to us’ to ‘We realise we need to go to the community’
2. From ‘We will decide what the community needs’ to ‘The community will tell us what they need’
3. From ‘The public is a liability’ to ‘The public is a resource’
One firefighter remains hospitalized after an engine overturned with five on board. It is time to remind your EVO’s that winter conditions are upon us. This type of incident is avoidable.
“Why is fire management on public lands being turned over to profit-seeking corporations?”, asks the Executive Director of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology. The main concern is that private companies may put profit first.