By Chris Reed, Cedar City News The Emergency Operations Center in Zion National Park faced a fire inside its own building Wednesday night after a fire vehicle was ignited inside its own bay. A wildlands fire vehicle caught fire while parked in its bay, Zion National Park … [Read more...]
Chief Don Abbott is the "father" of MAYDAY facts in North America. His Firefighter based research has provided all of us with the reality of what causes maydays and what happens when maydays are transmitted-so we can best train & prepare. Specifically and most recently, he … [Read more...]
The NFFF has postponed the annual Fallen Firefighter memorial weekend as per NFFF Chair Troy Markel. This is due to the pandemic situation and related logistics. While disappointing, it is important to know that the nation's fallen Firefighters will not be forgotten. On October … [Read more...]
This new video provides a brief overview of the “Study of Coordinated Fire Attack Utilizing Acquired Structures” experiments conducted inside multi-family residential structures by Firefighters. The "Coordination of Suppression and Ventilation in Multi-Family Dwellings" report … [Read more...]
As Father's Day approaches, we remember the many Firefighters who lost their lives on and around Father's Day. These are just a few of the multi-LODD losses. ====The Boston Hotel Vendome fire was the worst firefighting tragedy in Boston history. 9 Boston Firefighters were … [Read more...]
Details, resources and EVERYTHING you need to have a great drill & training session this week are HERE: https://www.safetystanddown.org/ … [Read more...]
The following link will bring you to a white paper on the subject of civil unrest and the fire service, as we find ourselves challenged with that specific issue now. There are several other additional resources as well. This white paper (the first link below) on Fire Service … [Read more...]
If you are looking for a gift for Father's Day, please consider the new book "Pass It On III-Making Good Progress." -- 100% of the proceeds go to the Deputy Chief Raymond Downey Scholarship Charity Fund, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) and the Firefighter … [Read more...]
Thanks to each of you who own a copy of "Pass It On: What We Know ... We Want You to Know" and "Pass It On: The Second Alarm," as we have raised thousands of dollars for the Deputy Chief Raymond Downey Scholarship Charity Fund, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) … [Read more...]
On July 23 of 2018, Howard County (MD) Firefighter Lieutenant Nate Flynn was killed in the Line of Duty. He died while operating in a single family dwelling fire in Clarksville, Maryland. Firefighter Flynn was a member of the Special Operations Team and assigned to Station 10. A … [Read more...]
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