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FireRescue1 Member News April 28, 2008 Volume 250 |
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 Report on Charleston firefighter deaths expected in two weeks |
SoCal wildfire forces hundreds to evacuate
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A team of consultants investigating the deaths of nine Charleston firefighters at the Sofa Super Store plans to release its report in two weeks, according to the head of the expert panel.
The report had been expected as far back as December, and more recently it was anticipated by this week. The latest time frame would thrust the findings out just ahead of the fire's one-year anniversary, June 18. That timing is likely to intensify emotions, particularly for the families and colleagues of the fallen firefighters ... Full Story Related Article:  Charleston Fire Department: Up from the ashes |
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| View from Across the Pond | |
| Two Nations Divided by a Common Language | |
| By Steve Dudeney, FireRescue1 columnist | |
Oscar Wilde claimed that "the Americans and the British are identical in all respects except, of course, their language." The same can be said about the way we fight fires, as both can claim to be among the most advanced in the world. The UK has its advanced firefighting technology, while the United States and Canada have traditionally had a much wider tactical approach. Full Article |
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| What'cha Gonna Do When They Come For You? |
| By Dave Murphy, Eastern Director, Fire Department Safety Officers Association |
 Pull up any popular fire-related web site, what do you see all too often? "Fire truck involved in wreck, firefighters injured" or "Live burn training fire goes horribly wrong." It is never a good thing when you are the six o'clock news. What do these headlines have in common? A lack of accountability. Full Column |
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| HAZMAT Response Education: Chemical, Radiation Hazard, and Pesticide Recognition |
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One potentially deadly set of circumstances involving liquid and gas fuels is a boiling-liquid, expanding-vapor explosion, or BLEVE. A BLEVE can occur when a liquid fuel is stored in a vessel under pressure. Full Article |
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Press Release: READY RACK acquires Sling Link Rescue Harness Systems [Ready Rack] Atlanta budget cuts hurt fire service, police [Atlanta] Boston firefighter on leave arrested for painkiller purchase [Boston] 150 homeless after Conn. apartment fire [Norwich, Conn.] Canadian captain demoted for painting station team's colors [Montréal] |
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Press Release: Chavies VFD "ATV Rescue Team" Performs First Off-Road Rescue One Week After Delivery [///Emergency Equipment] Morocco mattress factory fire leaves 55 dead [Casablanca, Morocco] Fla. community creates unique 9/11 memorial [Pembroke Pines, Fla.] Dwindling volunteers change Maine firefighting [Scarborough, Maine] Antique ammo evacuates N.H. firehouse [Pelham, N.H.] |
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