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• Fire department preparation for fireworks season

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  Firefighters should be familiar with fireworks-focused standards and state regulations

• Understanding the fire service role in disaster preparedness, response and mitigation efforts

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  Outlining the response responsibilities helps departments better prepare and train for large-scale incidents

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• Eight firefighters injured in energy storage system explosion, underscoring the need for ESS responder safety training

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  NFPA offers free online training to help responders keep pace with the surge in alternative energy technology

• How to inspect firefighter gear for damage

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  Fire departments have many approaches but one goal in applying NFPA 1851 to keep firefighters safe

• How to conduct a firefighter PPE risk assessment

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  Identifying firefighter hazards, response area features and potential operations helps in PPE selection

• Fire pumper solutions for today’s firefighting challenges

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  Fire foam, advances in fire pump systems combat lightweight construction fire speed and contaminate hazards

• Trending topics: Should paramedics have a degree?

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  The idea of requiring paramedics to earn a college degree is a hot topic among industry personnel, with national organizations weighing in

• Does a piece of paper make you a professional?

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  Requiring degrees for paramedics places undue burden on those entering the field and fire-based EMS training programs

• IAFC, IAFF, NFPA, NVFC oppose required degrees for medics

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  In a joint statement, four national organizations state the reasons they oppose requiring college degrees for entry-level paramedics

• What meeting NFPA standards really means for firefighter PPE

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  Should fire departments be testing firefighter PPE ensemble components to evaluate their ability to keep firefighters safe?

• Intrinsic firefighter PPE safety: A new perspective

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  Recommending NFPA PPE product standards incorporate systematic ways of regulating restricted substances for new products

• Non-structural firefighter PPE

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  From EMS calls to wildland firefighting, today’s firefighters face more than just structural interior firefighting

• Active shooter standard advocates whole community approach

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  NFPA 3000 provisional standard brought EMS, firefighters and law enforcement together to tackle interagency training

• Buy used: From apparatus to SCBA, save your department money

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  A government-approved method to refurbish SCBA units and cylinders can provide significant savings to fire departments

• Fire chiefs adopt multiple positions at NFPA Urban Fire Forum

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  Metropolitan Fire Chiefs from the U.S., Canada and the U.K adopted five important documents as official UFF-Metro Chiefs position papers

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