The wildfire season has begun in the western United States, and it's evident that at least one of the critical lessons from last year's catastrophic fires in the Southern California wildland-interface has yet to be learned, or employed.
Rapid intervention teams (RIT), rapid intervention companies (RIC), firefighter assist and search teams (FAST), or whatever you call them—all serve the same purpose.
Nothing tests a firefight-er like fire rescue in a smoke-filled building—haz-mat disposal, medical calls, auto extraction, and other emergencies not withstanding, The many obstacles may include an unknown floor plan; limited visibility, noise, and breathing; and a rapidly closing window of opportunity to find trapped or unconscious residents or firefighters in a smoke-filled room.
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TELE ATLAS and FIRST RESPONDER SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY (FIRST) announced a joint strategic initiative to deliver navigation, mapping, and data sharing products to the public safety agencies in the United States.
We have been discussing injuries on the fireground and their direct relationship to the performance or nonperformance of a vital tactic needed to support the interior firefight in a structure on fire.
The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) reviewed and purchased multiple copies of FiRST™ Responder Systems & Technology, LLC's HAZ-GUIDE™ HAZMAT RESOURCE SOFTWARE and will use it as part of a citywide haz-mat response.
I read an editorial the other day concerning safety. It basically addressed the issue of safety and how we seem to have such disregard for the matter in our daily operations, yet it is a topic in our face every minute of every day.
President George Washington was ex officio mayor of the City of Washington, one of three cities in the 10-mile-square District of Columbia donated to the Federal Government by the states of Maryland and Virginia.