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PITTSBURGH — Draeger Safety, Inc. this morning issued the following statement from CEO Ralf Drews: "We truly do not appreciate the misleading news report broadcast last ...
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Draeger maintains that their equipment is fine; issues range from loss of clean air to disintegrating mouthpieces ...
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As a social experiment, we offered our Facebook fans a magic wand to change one thing about their PPE. We received some innovative answers, some goofy ones and even a few from ...
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In early May of 2012, FireRescue1 conducted a survey on firefighter ’s use of Personal Protective Equipment. We have posted the results to the survey below. They represent a ...
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By Lionel Green The Sand Mountain Reporter ALBERTVILLE, Ga. — For the second time in two years, Albertville is hosting the Scott Safety Firefighter Combat Challenge, billed ...
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By Susan Spencer The Telegram & Gazette UXBRIDGE, Mass. — Fire Chief William T. Kessler told selectmen on April 23 that the department needs town meeting voters to ...
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The Intelligencer Journal/New Era Lancaster, Pa. — Two local fire departments have received almost $90,000 in grants from the federal government. Gap Fire Company received ...
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Swift water rescue team was filling raft with SCBA bottle to rescue dog trapped in creek when they separated, causing tank to fly through air ...
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By Tim Omarzu The Chattanooga Times Free Press LaFAYETTE, Ga. — Walker County firefighters soon should have a weight taken off their shoulders. That's because ...
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We live in a world dominated by electronics-based technology. In fact, many of us have become obsessed with any new gadget that offers us greater capability to do our jobs and ...
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I lost my dad, who was not a firefighter, to cancer 20 years ago. Since then, I've known too many of our brother and sister firefighters who have had to go through the same ...
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The Berkshire Eagle LENOX, Mass. — By winning a competitive, national grant for federal funding to boost public safety in local communities, the Lenox Fire Department will be ...
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By Greg Kendall-Ball Abilene Reporter-News ABILENE, Texas — A fire that broke out in a warehouse at the Salta Pipe Company yard along Highway 277 north of Abilene kept ...
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PPE manufacturer LION has acquired BullEx Digital Safety and HAAGEN Fire Training Products."With BullEx and HAAGEN as part of the LION group, we offer another critical aspect ...
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By Sandra Bradley The Union Leader MERRIMACK, N.H. — Although the basics of firefighting have remained the same throughout the past century, emerging technological advances ...
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We've seen a lot of negative stories about SCBA lately, so it's nice to see a positive example of where technology might be able to take us in the future.Without question, the ...
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Technology shows firefighters data about their surroundings, including oxygen levels, temperatures, and more ...
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I know we're all thinking of the Tulsa Fire Department and wishing FF O'Neal a speedy recovery after his harrowing experience.This isn't the first, nor will it be the last, time ...
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Firefighter James O'Neal was nearly killed but brought back to life at scene of arson fire, will be in hospital for several more days ...
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This study raises a host of questions that we, as a fire service, need to consider about the rigors of the interior structural firefighting environment as it exists today — ...
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