The 2007 edition of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1982, Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS), is now available at www.nfpa.org/pass.
This month’s problem is not about looking for a solution to a particular issue but what to do when the “fix” is not something that all the parties agree is best.
Dive into the topics you can't ignore - everything from the role of emerging technology to leadership and management insights for today's fire service.
In October 2006, a two-vehicle accident occurred in northern New Jersey in which there was frontal off-set damage and a driver was medically entrapped.
An officer and a firefighter on a handline enter a structure fire and begin extinguishment when without warning the floor gives way and they fall into the basement.
ONSPOT OF NORTH AMERICA has shipped its 50,000th set of automatic tire chains to Klam America of Denver, Colorado, which received a surprise “no charge” invoice with the delivery along with a “Thank You” note for its business.
It has been more than five years since 9/11. It’s time to take a few minutes for a self-analysis to see where our fire service and your fire department are today.
Where is your training center? Don’t answer just yet. You might be thinking that I am talking of a fixed or acquired training area where you “light it and fight it” again and again or perhaps a place you can fill with artificial smoke to practice your search/SCBA skills.
We’ve all seen those B horror movies. We’ve all heard the “dum-dum-dum” spooky music build to a crescendo just as the villain reaches out from the shadows and decapitates the lovely unsuspecting cheerleader.