Do I simply take my patient to the closest facility? How do I know which facility is the right one, and whether or not it has space and specialization? In San Francisco—this is bonkers, in the beating heart of the world’s technology ecosystem—for years much of this calculation has been done using a physical map …
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Firefighters in Casa Grande received concerning test results when nearly half of a hazmat team tested for elevated levels of arsenic during their annual heavy metal testing. None of the seven firefighters knew they had high levels of the naturally occurring chemical that can cause cancer. Six of the seven are stationed at the same …
DAVENPORT, Iowa- Fire Chief Michael Carlsten said workers and K-9 units searched for survivors throughout the night and rescued one person from the building — bringing the total number of people rescued by fire officials to eight. An additional 12 people were escorted out by fire crews when they first responded to the collapse on …
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Although a mayday was transmitted, all firefighters are accounted for, and two civilian lives were lost. Ladder 2 was abandoned in a defensive position to protect civilians and was caught in a collapse. Johnson said the fire was accidental and started in a spray-foam insulation trailer at the construction site The first firefighters to arrive …
On May 15, NFPA LiNK added 25 additional codes and standards within the organization’s vast scope of publications, including the latest edition of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. For those unfamiliar with NFPA 70E, this standard establishes requirements for safe work practices to protect personnel by reducing exposure to major electrical …
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This webcast summarizes research and scientific progress made in the field of cognitive neuroscience with emphasis on many complex brain functions associated with behavioral response to trauma and other stressful aspects of firefighting and emergency response. An overview of cognitive psychology principles is presented first, with an emphasis on the essential components of human behavior …
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This video from the US Fire Administration shows how the fire service can help communities create healthy landscapes that will keep people safer and create communities that are more resilient. explore how the fire service can work in landscapes around the home, within the community, and landscapes around the community.
Unfortunately, many FD’s have little to no regular FIRE related training-this might help “jump start” that process. These training scenarios will be provided to help make us think about “what if” in our communities. The goal is to be asking yourself “what would we do if this happened at our FD – how would we …
The competition was designed to encourage the development of advanced incident command dashboards for first responders, with improved user interfaces and access to data such as video, sensor and map data, as well as indoor tracking and video analytics.
We have all been there. So much is going on in our life that we get overwhelmed. In those moments in my life, I was grateful for a mentor who could help me see the big picture and learn to prioritize the competing demands on me and my time. These leadership relationships have helped me …
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