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2003 Burn Kept California Firestorm From Being Much Worse

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Last week's firestorms would likely have been much worse if the Cedar and Paradise fires hadn't thinned fuel three years ago, fire officials said.

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Officials with CalFire, the state fire agency coordinating the effort to control the fires, made that observation in a comparison of the 2003 and 2007 firestorms released Monday.

The report noted several...

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Fire Marshal's Corner: Battling Sprinkler Opponents in Texas

Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 11:35

This month on Fire Marshal's Corner, host Ed Comeau looks at the residential sprinkler issue, following up on last month's show. Legislation was introduced recently in Texas in a last-minute attachment to a bill that would bar communities from allowing residential sprinkler ordinances or code adoptions. This definitely sneaked in under the radar screen and the fire service in Texas mobilized in response, holding press conferences in both Austin and Plano to draw attention to the bill and ask the governor to veto it.

Fire Marshal's Corner: Battling the Residential Sprinkler Opponents at the Local Level

Monday, April 13, 2009 - 13:49

This month on Fire Marshal's Corner, host Ed Comeau focuses on the growing issue of efforts to remove the requirements for residential sprinklers, that were put into the International Residential Code, at the state level. A number of bills have been introduced in state legislatures and the fire service is rising to the cause and working hard to make sure that profits are not coming ahead of public and firefighter safety.

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Want to Reach More People With Your Fire Safety Efforts? Give Facebook a Try!

Facebook is quickly becoming the tool of choice by many leading fire departments in helping spread the fire safety message. With more than 40 billion page views each month, Facebook is the sixth most trafficked site in the...

Model Code for Green Building

I recently came back from the first meeting of the development team for the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) Sustainable Building Technology Committee (SBTC) (they need a new, shorter name...). The...

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New Exotic Metal Extrication Challenges Responders Face

Presented By:

Ronald E. Moore

Friday, October 10, 2008 - 13:00

New vehicles are being constructed with ultra high strength steel materials, including Boron and Martensenite and this is challenging first responders at crash scenes. This webcast will teach rescue personnel how to work with these materials to safely remove accident victims from their cars.

Rope Essentials for Rapid Intervention and Survival

Presented By:

Jeffrey Pindelski

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 03:00

Rapid intervention and firefighter survival skills are often considered advanced, but do you have a firm grasp on the basic skills of firefighter removal? This webcast, based on case studies and proven statistics, will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied to basic, everyday fireground survival.

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