Fire Department Safety Officers Association

Full list of Fire Department Safety Officers Association results

• How we're changing the status quo

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  Efforts to reduce LODDs seem to be paying off for the U.S. fire service but more still needs to be done

• Reducing the need for Rapid Intervention Crews

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  More effort must be directed to keeping firefighters out of harm's way in the first place

• A Decade Dedicated to Safety

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  By Michael PetroffVice Chairman of the FDSOA BoardThe U.S. fire service met the dawn of a new decade and the end of the 20th century on a somber note. In December 1999, nine firefighters died at fi...

• A Checklist for Safety

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  By Michael PetroffBattalion chief/training officer (ret.)Checklists provide a systematic approach to actions necessary to complete a task — and the fire service has long used them for daily equipme...

• Safety Rules for SCBA

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  Editor's note: Are you on Twitter? Sign up to follow FR1's live tweets throughout FDIC starting Wednesday. We'll be keeping you updated on all the news, sights and sounds from the show. By Dan Paul...

• Overcoming Hazards of Lightweight Construction

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  By Chief Gary Bowker Everyone Goes Home Program Kansas AdvocateBlue Diamond signs outside buildings alert firefighters to potential dangers on arrival. Related Resources: Dangers of Lightweight Con...

• Dangers of Lightweight Construction

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  By Chief Gary Bowker Everyone Goes Home Program Kansas AdvocateRelated Video: Wood Truss test Burn Related Resources: NIOSH: Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Fire Fighters Due to Truss System Fail...

• Someone is Missing Tonight

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  By Fire Marshal Gary Bowker Kansas Everyone Goes Home Advocate As I sit beside the fireplace while writing this, it has been 14 months since having heart bypass surgery and all is well with the Bow...

• How to buy fire training products

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  By Michael Petroff Retired battalion chief/training officer News reporters use the memory jogger of "Who, What, Where, When, Why and How" to gather information for articles. This memory aid can be ...

• Being a Champion of Safety

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  By Michael Petroff Retired battalion chief/training officer The 2008 Summer Olympics produced all sorts of champions. Swimmer Michael Phelps proved to be the "champion of champions," returning with...

• 12 Ways to Reduce Firefighter Injuries

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  By Dave MurphyPhoto Mike MeadowsAn injured Los Angeles firefighter is taken for treatment following a house fire in July. His injuries were not life threatening.The IAFF recently released a report ...

• A Workplace Culture Based on Safety

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  By Dan PaulsenFDSOA International DirectorEvery workplace has its own culture based on beliefs and actions that have become automatic and often go unchallenged. One can recognize those beliefs and ...

• My Steps to Fitness

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  By Richard C. MaddoxFDSOA Vice ChairmanFor anyone who knows me, I have become the couch potato king. Yea, I know that heart attacks and strokes are the number one killer of males in the United Stat...

• Fireground Accountability – A 'System' to Keep Firefighters Safe

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  By Phoenix Battalion Chief Brian ParksFDSOA Western DirectorFireground accountability is a system that is used to track the location of fire crews while operating in the hot zone on the emergency s...

• Alternative Fuel Hazards for Firefighters, Safety Officers

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  By Michael Petroff FDSOA western region director AP Photo/Jamie-Andrea Yanak Derailed railroad cars burn in Painesville, Ohio, last October. Several cars from the freight train hauling ethanol and ...

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