Author: Sellon, Bruce
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 5, hazmat response, NFPA 472, training qualifications/standards, training policies, OSHA 1910.120, training records, task book system, hazmat technicians
Initiative Research
Initiative 5: Training & Certification
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When responding to fires in high-rise buildings, firefighting crews of five or six members-instead of three or four-are significantly faster in putting out fires and completing search-and-rescue operations, concludes a major new study* carried out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with five other organizations.
Members of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s Everyone Goes Home® program delivered Courage to Be Safe ® and other LODD prevention courses to the Philadelphia Fire Department cadet classes.
Firefighters across Iowa now have more access to Everyone Goes Home® programs and training thanks to a new partnership between the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) and the Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau (FSTB).
For the members of the Raleigh Fire Department, celebrating 100 years of service to the community was reason enough to don formal attire and attend the Fireman’s Ball.
