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FireRescue1 Member News October 3, 2007 Volume 190 |
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Dear FireRescue1 Member: Fire departments across the country are preparing for fire prevention week, which begins Sunday. Do you have a plan in place to educate your community about the importance of preparedness in case of danger? Are you working to educate department members on education techniques? Let us and the rest of the FireRescue1 community know what you're up to at the 2007 Fire Prevention Week thread at FireRescue1 Forums. Also, visit the NFPA's Fire Prevention Week section for the fire service for more information on how to successfully plan and implement your Prevention Week activities. — The FireRescue1 Editorial Team |
| Fire Prevention Week: What you can do |
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| The Safest Fire | |
By Jamie Thompson,
FireRescue1 News Editor Throughout the nation next week, departments will be reaching out to their communities to spread the fire prevention message in a variety of ways, including open houses and school visits. Fire Prevention Week represents the fire service's best opportunity of the year to drive home the safety message to communities. While there is certainly positive impact from these efforts, the true challenge is keeping the momentum going for the rest of the year ... Full Story Related Resource:  Visit the NFPA's Fire Prevention Week section |
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By Steve Dudeney, FireRescue1 Columnist |
| FireRescue1 is pleased to welcome the London Fire Brigade's Steve Dudeney to our columnist ranks. In future articles, I will be discussing many areas of firefighting, command and general fire matters in the UK in the hope of sharing some of our better procedures — and learning where we have failings. But let me start by introducing you to firefighting in the UK and my department, the London Fire Brigade. Full Column |
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| By Tom Knight, Hepzibah Fire Department Firefighter/EMT, Ga. | |
| It seems some departments think they have a better idea than those passed down by the NFPA. The NFPA spends a great deal of time and money determining what is safe and what is not.
I think, based on the number of firefighter deaths that occur each year, that it is time to get on board with the national safety standards that are established ... Full Tip |
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