If so, your assistance is needed by adding yourself as a member of the firefighter Safety health and Survival Section. There are numerous projects being worked on related to firefighter survival and your involvement in encouraged and needed. To add your membership to the SHS, … [Read more...]
As you know. FDNY Firefighters pulled a resident to safety in a genuinely heroic roof rope rescue early yesterday morning from that apartment building fire on the Upper East Side that left one person dead. Rescue 1 FF Jimmy Lee harnessed to the rescue rope, was lowered over the … [Read more...]
One South Hadley (Massachusetts) Firefighter received burns on his face and another suffered concussion symptoms in an explosion during Massachusetts Fire Academy training. Both Firefighters have been released from the hospital after sustaining the injuries in that explosion … [Read more...]
NIOSH Respirators User Notice
Issue Date: November27, 2013From: Roland Berry Ann, Acting Chief, Technology Evaluation Branch, NationalPersonal Protective Technology LaboratorySubject: ChemicalWarfare Agent (CWA) Testing for NIOSH CBRN Respirator ApprovalsBACKGROUND: The NationalInstitute for Occupational … [Read more...]
Tiredof your tactical worksheets getting rained on; Velcro falling off of yourCommand Board tags; losing pieces to your magnet board? Have you been searching for a real worldsolution to track personnel on your fire scenes? With all of the new technology out … [Read more...]
Attachedis info on a new type of stair construction for residential buildings, and asafety bulletin that I put out for my department. The stairs are constructedusing 2x4s for the main support. The triangles shown hold the stair riser andtread in place. The metal on the bottom of … [Read more...]
GO NO GO DECISIONMAKING – www.FireTrainingToolBox.com
Thanks to our friends at www.FireTrainingToolBox.com for sharing this drill and video with us on GO - NO GO Decision Making. Check it out! … [Read more...]
Engine Company 22 and Green Maltese present: Basement Fires A freeonline Training Module. To access the presentation visit: http://engineco22.net/modules/basement/index.html … [Read more...]
U.S. auto-safety regulators are examining the safety of lithium-ion batteries that power all plug-in electric vehicles after a General Motors Co. Chevrolet Volt caught fire, people familiar with the probe said.The regulators have asked automakers, including GM, Nissan Motor Co. … [Read more...]
Approximately 36% of the baseline vehicle's BIW is made of PHS and AHSS. In the optimized S-in motion solution, PHS and AHSS equate to 54% of the BIW weight. Although the AHSS amount remains nearly identical, the PHS amount in the S-in motion is 25% vs. the baseline's 6%. The … [Read more...]