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    The Firehouse.com Community Risk Reduction product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various fire prevention materials, fire and life safety equipment, community risk reducation materials and outreach options.
    Steven Coleman receives 3 lifetime sentences in Sterling apartment fire that killed 3 people
    Community Risk Reduction

    Man Gets Life Sentences for '20 IL Arson that Killed Three

    Oct. 18, 2024
    The victims' families' emotional testimony and sentencing continued without the murderer present because he refused to leave his cell.
    New York City Mayor Eric Adams indicted
    Leadership

    FDNY Pressured by Mayor to Open Turkish Consulate Despite Safety Issues, Feds Say

    Sept. 27, 2024
    “The FDNY official responsible for the FDNY’s assessment of the skyscraper’s fire safety was told that he would lose his job if he failed to acquiesce,” according to the indictment...
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    Arson has been cited in the Line, Park and Thompson wildfires.
    Community Risk Reduction

    Arson Cited in Nearly Half of Acres Burned in CA Wildfires

    Sept. 26, 2024
    Suspects have been identified for starting wildfires that destroyed 475,000 of the 995,974 acres burned.
    NFPA
    Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 6–12, 2024, and this year’s theme is “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!”
    Community Risk Reduction

    Latest U.S. Smoke Alarm Data Reinforces Critical Importance of Fire Prevention Week

    National Fire Protection Association
    Sept. 26, 2024
    Newly released survey findings show nearly all U.S. households now have at least one smoke alarm, but 61 percent test them less often than recommended.
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    Community Risk

    The Firehouse Yak: Daniel Byrne, Laura Kondor, Ben Shearer – Where is Community Risk Reduction Today

    Peter Matthews
    Sept. 23, 2024
    Three community risk reduction members share how their fire departments have built partnerships to expand public outreach efforts, including fire prevention, the opioid epidemic...
    The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate
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    Tech & Comm

    DHS S&T Marks National Preparedness Month with First Responder Forum

    Sept. 23, 2024
    The highlight of the forum was the delivery and phased implementation of wildland fire sensors throughout Colorado that can detect the early stages of wildfires before they spread...