Industry Articles

INSIDE THE COMMAND POST – EPISODE 2

December 8, 2008

A look at the first arriving company and chief officers as they arrive on scene, give their size-up, perfrom a dynamic risk assessment of the situation, start developing an IAP and building the IC system. This video shows a working commercial fire as well as three apartment fires, one of which is vacant and abandoned. [...]

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New Technique Could Save More Firefighters’ Lives

March 7, 2008

DENVER (CBS4) ― More people die in house fires than wildfires. More than 80 percent of fire fatalities happen in homes and there is no place more dangerous than the basement. The stairs create a chimney effect making it tough just to get down there … too often, firefighters don’t come out a live. North [...]

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Safety Efforts Mark 5th Anniversary of Nightclub Fire

March 5, 2008

Five years ago on Feb. 20, 2003, pyrotechnics lit during a concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., started a rapidly spreading fire that caused the deaths of 100 people. Within a week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched a two-year investigation of the tragic event to understand exactly what [...]

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SBFD RIC Training Prop Featured in CSFA Magazine

February 10, 2008

The most recent issue of the California State Firefighters Association magazine featured an article on the RIC training props created by the crew from San Bernardino City fire station 221. Specifically featured was the “firefighter through the roof” prop. This event trains firefighters with different techniques on how to extract a firefighter when partially entrapped [...]

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Firefighters Send Giuliani Packing

February 3, 2008

IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger issued this statement on the decision by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to drop out of the 2008 race for president:“Rudy Giuliani’s decision to end his campaign for president of the United States is good news for our country and is a clear repudiation of his shameless effort to [...]

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Taking A Look Back At The DEADLY Sunset Hotel Fire

December 29, 2007

California Hotel Fire Leaves Four Dead And 18 Injured 29 Dec 2002 SAN BERNARDINO, CA: Four people were killed and 18 others were injured as fire spread through the top floor of a small residential hotel early morning Saturday. Firefighters managed to pull dozens out of the blaze to safety. When firefighters reached the Sunset [...]

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