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Maintaining Equipment Through Regular Inspections

Many fire stations have regularly scheduled times for crews to check over equipment. Here, Gregory Serio argues that tools and equipment should be inspected more frequently and suggests using the “you touch it, you test it” rule.
(Friday, May 3, 2013) read
Tags: apparatus, condition, equipment, testing, tools
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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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Three Organizations Win CFSI's Fire Service Safety Leadership Award

The Congressional Fire Services Institute and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation have selected Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue, the Office of the Oregon Fire Marshal and the Governor's Fire Service Policy Council as the recipient of the 2013 Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Fire Service Safety Leadership Award.
(Tuesday, April 9, 2013) read
Tags: CFSI, CFSI 2013, Sarbanes, Firefighter Safety and Health
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Safety & Health Week 2013 Focuses on Firefighter Behavioral Health

In addition to the normal stresses of life, fire and EMS personnel are subject to other risk factors for behavioral health problems. Chief Todd LeDuc reviews some of those contributing factors and some resources that departments can use to better assist struggling employees.
(Saturday, March 23, 2013) read
Tags: 2013 Safety Week, behavioral health, emotional health, employee assistance program, firefighter suicide, Health & Survival section, IAFC, International Fire/EMS Safety and Health Week, mental health, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, NFFF, safety, Safety Week, Saving Our Own, suicide, Saving Your Own
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Simple Steps to Help Maintain Work/Life Balance

Greg Serio considers how the fire department lifestyle can negatively impact work/life balance, and offers a set of responsibilities to help chiefs and officers manage workload and minimize disruptions to family time.
(Tuesday, March 5, 2013) read
Tags: work/life balance

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