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Latest Articles In Safety Week 2012

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Safety Week Tip: Determine the Occupant Survival Profile

Our goal is to save lives, but search efforts must be based on the potential to save lives.
(Wednesday, June 20, 2012) read
Tags: IAFC, IAFF, NVFC, Safety Week, Safety Week 2012, Firefighter Safety
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Safety Week Tip: Size-Up Your Tactical Area of Operation

NIOSH investigation of firefighter fatalities has regularly identified lack of a complete 360-degree fireground assessment by the incident commander as a frequently cited contributing factor in firefighter deaths.
(Monday, June 18, 2012) read
Tags: IAFC, IAFF, NVFC, Safety Week, Safety Week 2012, Firefighter Safety
Firefighter Safety and Health
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, Safety Week 2012, SHS Section, wellness, Saving Your Own, Training
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IAFC & NVFC Join Forces for 2012 Safety and Health Week

The IAFC and the NVFC announced that Rules You Can Live By will be the theme for the 2012 International Fire/EMS Safety and Health Week, to be held June 17-23. Departments are encouraged to suspend all non-emergency activity during Safety and Health Week to focus on safety and health training and education allowing all shifts and personnel to participate.
(Thursday, February 23, 2012) read
Tags: IAFC, NVFC, Safety and Health Week, Safety Stand Down, Safety Week 2012

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