Fire Prevention
The fire prevention topic encompasses a host of articles on creating public safety programs and community risk reduction ideas, as well as how to impress upon new fire department members the importance of sharing the fire prevention message.
Identify the neighborhood to maximize impact, assemble your team, and get into the community
You’ll undoubtedly have to answer at least one of these questions when speaking with members of the community, so be ready
4 fires in one morning, 1 firefighter injured
Tried to add gasoline to restart fire from embers
Three non-functioning smoke detectors found at scene
Investigators watching property saw 3 men pour accelerant throughout grocery store
Firefighters must seize every opportunity to talk fire safety with adults and children
Department used federal grant at end of 2011 to purchase 100 bed shaker alarms and 100 strobe-light alarms
Man, dog killed in house fire on Saturday
Human error found at fault in only half of the appliance fires
Education targeted at youth ages 3-18 as an intervention
Report issued by Reno Fire Department on Friday says electrical engineer from the U.S. ATF concurred in its findings
Neighbors questioned whether firefighters might have been able to save 2 kids if emergency vehicles had been able to use blocked entrance
Two young siblings died Tuesday while their mother, 8 months pregnant, was fast asleep, according to surviving brother
Senior Fire Inspector Mark Parrish: Fire inspectors previously had not cited plant for allowing metal dust to accumulate, but that was an oversight
To find out just how important smoke alarms can be, you can look at the circumstances of a Joe Stevens from last year
Suspect hurled crude firebombs at Islamic cultural center partly because he wasn’t allowed to use its bathrooms
Shervin Lalezary, a 30-year-old Beverly Hills real estate attorney, ‘believes in the community service aspects of the reserve deputy’
While some of these vehicle fires were the result of collisions, the majority were due to mechanical or electrical defects in cars
Becoming a firefighter is a rigorous process that requires a focused effort from those who want to make a career of it
The fire warden career profile notes that it’s an administrative position involving the planning, direction and supervision of all activities in regards to the protection of U.S. Forest Service properties from forest fires
Kitchen, electrical, heater and smoking-related fires are particularly common types of fires
The fire triangle’s three sides illustrate the three elements of fire: heat, fuel and oxidization
Home had been subject of 3 housing complaints, 8 city inspections, numerous code violations over past year, according to city records
Rusty, unsafe fire escapes, smoke detectors and fire alarms that did not work, malfunctioning elevator among alleged problems
“Blinded by my hunger, I ignored safety, and spat in the face of science...”
The Madison, Wis., Fire Department has decided to crack down on kitchen-related calls
Police: 2 garages, 3 vehicles, piles or bags of leaves, Dumpster, retaining wall burned in string of arsons in 13-block area
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has vowed to sue to invalidate tax once first bills are sent out, state senator says
Detached garage behind private dwelling had been illegally converted into private dwelling with multiple bedrooms, kitchen, dining room
2-alarm blaze sent apartment residents into street on Saturday; 3 apartments destroyed by fire did not have functioning smoke alarms
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