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2012 International Fire/EMS Health and Safety Week

Over the last 8 years, the Safety Stand Down has evolved from a one-day event with a specific focus on preventing LODDs to a one-week event that’s part of a larger system designed to promote firefighter safety and health. Keith Padgett shares a little of the history and provides some tips for how you and your department can get involved.
(Tuesday, May 1, 2012) read
Tags: Fitness, IAFC, International Association of Fire Chiefs, line-of-duty deaths, LODD, mayday, Safety Health and Survival Section, Safety Stand Down, Safety Week, SHS Section, wellness, Saving Your Own, Training
Technology
Preparing to Implement Firefighter Tracking Systems

More than a decade of research on firefighter tracking and physiological monitoring has culminated in several systems that are now close to market. Editor-in-Chief Tim Sendelbach asks, is the fire service prepared to embrace the technology we’ve so long demanded?
(Tuesday, May 1, 2012) read
Tags: accountability, firefighter tracking, GLANSER, PHASER, physiological monitoring, tracking, WASP, Firefighter Safety and Health
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Firefighting Overtakes Construction as Deadliest Job in Massachusetts

Fifty-eight workers died on the job in Massachusetts last year and firefighting supplanted construction as the most dangerous job in the state, according to a report from the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health.
(Thursday, April 26, 2012) read
Tags: Firefighter Safety and Health
Firefighter Safety and Health
Understanding the Thermal Protective Performance of Your PPE

The thermal protective performance (TPP) test revolutionized how we measure the protection PPE provides. But there’s more to the story. Robert Tutterow weighs in on what you need to know about the TPP rating of your gear.
(Monday, April 23, 2012) read
Tags: burn injury, F.I.E.R.O., personal protective equipment, PPE, PPE Symposium, thermal protection, thermal protective performance, TPP
Firefighter Safety and Health
The Swedish Perspective on Safety

Dr. Stefan Svensson is a Swedish firefighter and scientist who has studied the differences between the U.S. and Swedish fire services. In a recent presentation, he offered his perspective on how the Swedes keep firefighter LODDs so low.
(Sunday, April 22, 2012) read
Tags: FDIC 2012, Stefan Svensson, Sweden, Swedish Fire Service

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