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.
A recent fire in Plainville is the fourth fatal fire in the month that involved smoking materials and home oxygen
The Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act is expected to be passed by Congress in the coming days
Nearly a dozen contributing factors, including a lack of pre-incident planning and crew integrity, are listed in the report on the death of a Spring Valley firefighter in 2021
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
Fire department: ‘We always remind everyone that we have year-round fire season in Southern California, even though veteran firefighters consider fall true fire season’
Take the time to share these stories with your communities so your citizens can learn lessons
On average 17 or 18 people die in Maine fires each year
Children from schools in all five boroughs visited the Rockefeller Center to learn valuable fire safety lessons and take the oath
An ongoing effort to educate our citizens must remain a primary effort of our fire department
If you’re visiting schools this week, here’s some pupils you could well recognize as you deliver your talks...
Members of the student council insisted the homecoming decorations were fire-retardant
Thousands of acres of farmland already have caught fire recently, including giant fires this week in central Nebraska and south-central South Dakota
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