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Charleston Documentary Shows How Leadership and Vision Led to Change

In 2009, nine firefighters perished in the Sofa Super Store Fire in Charleston, S.C. That tragic event set the stage for what was possibly the most ambitious rebuilding of a department in fire service history. Now, a new documentary looks at that change from the point of view of those who lived it.
(Friday, May 10, 2013) read
Tags: charleston, Dave Statter, Sofa Super Store, Firefighter Safety
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The ISO’s Checklist for Fireground Safety

The ISO’s job is dynamic and complex. As such, effective ISOs have developed an incident scene management strategy involving checklists to divide their duties into manageable parts. Here, John Tippett goes through a sample checklist.
(Tuesday, May 7, 2013) read
Tags: Strategy and Tactics
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Basic, But Life-Saving Lessons Learned at FDIC 2013

Do you know the basics when you arrive on scene of a working structure fire? They may be easy to understand, but they can also be easy to forget, especially when a "routine" fire suddenly becomes anything but. Chief Billy Goldfeder reviews some simple lessons taken from recent incidents that lead to a firefighter injury or fatality.
(Tuesday, April 30, 2013) read
Tags: Andre Kelley, back to basics, Billy Goldfeder, Eric Wallace, FDIC 2013, Gregory Pickard, size-up, tactics reminders, Firefighter Safety and Health, Firefighter Safety, Saving Your Own, Strategy and Tactics, Line of Duty
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Study Shows Leather Boots Cut Risk for Slip and Fall Injuries

Your boots play an important role in your protection and safety, and for years, there has been thought that leather boots provided better footing. Now, thanks to a joint research study by Auburn University and the University of Mississippi1 there is support for this thinking.
(Saturday, April 27, 2013) read
Tags: FDIC 2013, Gore, Firefighter Safety
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Scott Safety Announces New Products at FDIC 2013

Scott Safety introduced three new products at FDIC 2013.
(Friday, April 26, 2013) read
Tags: Air-Pak, Air-Pak X3 SCBA, AV3000 HT facepiece, Epic 3 voice amplifier, FDIC 2013, NFPA 1981, NFPA 1982, Scott Safety, X3, Firefighter Safety

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