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All equipment used during a call involving hazardous material should be properly decontaminated before further use
Chief Marc Bashoor discusses how the recent NFPA LODD report accounts for decreasing firefighter LODDs and how to combat the lingering challenges
All organizations should develop an emergency action plan and train to respond to active shooter scenarios
With the upcoming Fourth of July holiday, it’s a good time to review protocols for PPE regulations when dealing with car hazards and unknowns
Firefighters being shot and killed in the line of duty is counterintuitive and can’t be treated as normal
Consider scene security, extra precautions for calls involving violence after fire captain dies in attack on responding firefighters
IAFC FRI speakers discuss how fire and EMS departments can present data to elected officials, the media and the community at-large
A Long Beach Fire Department (Calif.) fire captain was killed and another firefighter and civilian were injured in a shooting