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FireRescue1 Member News April 16, 2008 Volume 247 |
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FCC's emergency network plan hits hang-ups |
Two volunteer firefighters, pilot killed in Colo. wildfires
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A congressional panel wants to know why a plan to create a nationwide emergency communications network failed to attract interest in a spectrum auction.
The recently completed auction of a portion of the public airwaves, while raising a record $19.1 billion, failed to attract a bidder to build the network. Disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, revealed limitations of emergency communications, like the inability of police and firefighters to communicate with one another ... Full Story Related Article:  Doubts over emergency communications network after airwaves auction |
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Prevention Matters |
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Holding the Public Accountable – What a Novel Thought! |
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| By Bill Delaney, FireRescue1 columnist | ||
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What if we actually start holding people accountable for their actions as they relate to fires? While this way of thinking might make some in the fire service queasy, I would suggest that as people were charged and fined, and the media started reporting it, we would gradually start seeing reductions in fire death and injury. It could maybe lead to a cultural change in our communities and country.
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Rehab and Revitalize |
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Fire Rehabilitation: Who is Taking Your Pulse? |
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| By James Augustine, FireRescue1 columnist | ||
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What incidents will your department identify as needing rehabilitation services? Bad weather? More than one hour? Fires only? There is now a new set of requirements intended to protect emergency responders in a broad variety of duties from as many physical stresses as can be managed in the emergency environment.
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Press Release: FLAME-Sim Software Lets You Play With Fire Without Getting Burned [FLAME-Sim] Wis. lieutenant gets 6-week suspension for false training records [Brookfield, Wis.] Related Article: Wis. police, firefighters disciplined in dust-upChicago Fire Department curtails Internet use [Chicago] Code violations magnified when three Houston apartments burn [Houston] San Francisco mayor moves to speed 911 services [San Francisco] Related Article: San Francisco 911 misses target in one fourth of calls
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Press Release: Coaxsher Introduces New RCP-1 Pro Radio Chest Harness [Coaxsher] Safety board wants new fire code for hazardous waste processing plants [Apex, N.C.] 9/11 survivors to pray with Pope at 'sacred' site [New York] N.Y. volunteer, chief's son, killed in motorcycle accident [Fort Salonga, N.Y.] Ga. firefighters prepare to 'Climb Atlanta' [Atlanta] |
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 I am trying to pull together a Mass Casualty Incident training. My department provides fire protection for an entire county with volunteers only. I want to pull everyone from the county (fire, law enforcement, EMS, hospital staff, and air ambulance) together to run through some class room time and a mock drill (a full Saturday). I need some good ideas to get everyone committed and in attendence. Our department has the funds to pull this off, but all I can come up with so far is making it free and providing food. I am very open to suggestions.  — dallasbsims, MCI training help |
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