If you're like many of us, you are still sorting through the documentation and findings of all the recent studies and tests that numerous fire departments and agencies have performed.
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. issued a product safety alert in response to isolated incidents of seam-tape separation observed in turnout gear in North America-using both Gore and non-Gore moisture barriers-that has been stored in its original packaging for three or more years before being issued and worn.
Nextteq's portable HAZMAT KITS come in standard (pictured) or deluxe versions and provide rapid identification of unknown chemicals and can detect contaminants competitors may miss.
>> The Drayton Valley Fire Services, Brazeau County, Alberta, Canada, protects mostly rural land and large forest areas. It has in service two types of…
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Since the late 1980s, the national fire service has been forewarned about lightweight construction, yet only two states have adopted legislation to identify lightweight truss construction with a building placarding system.
At 1122 hours on August 9, 2013, the station alert tone broke and the dispatcher's voice crackled: "Structure assignment ... Charter Oak Avenue plane crash ... into a house."