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ICS Simulation Courses: Ranch House, Mansion, Nursing Home, Town House, Wildland, and Strip Mall
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#1
I am doing a research on what do other departments send to commercial fire alarm and why even through a great deal of them are false alarm. Do any one have a resource response plan to answer commercial fire alarms e.g. what engine(s) or company(ies) will respond?
Willie Townsend, Jr.
662-417-9814
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#2
We have just taken delivery of the Scott NxG7 SCBA, I was wondering if any others have this product and if you have available a power point or other type of training presentation on these SCBA. We are current Scott users, but these units are new to us and we currently do not have any of the features on our current Scott SCBA that the new SCBA has. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Frank Ricci
Battalion Chief/Training Officer
Casa Grande Fire Department
Station 520-421-8777 x5988
Fax 520-836-9528
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#3
I would like to know how other departments would "backfill" a neighboring department if requested to fill one of their empty stations. For example, how would you communicate with the
Lt. Willie Townsend, Jr.
662-417-9814
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#4
Looking for S.O.G. information for violence in workplace.
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#5
After the tragic death of Boston Fire Lt. Kelley this past January there has been a lot of discussion across the state regarding safety inspections for fire apparatus. In response to that, we have been asked to determine what procedures other state training agencies have in place to ensure vehicles are safe to operate.
If you could please send along any policies or procedures (either formal or informal) that would be greatly appreciated. Our current procedure is to have all drivers conduct a DOT circle check prior to vehicle operation. Each vehicle receives annual third party state and DOT safety inspections as well as inspections by our own mechanics during all preventative maintenance.
Thank you for your assistance on this.
Edmund Walker
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#6
I would like to gather as much information as possible concerning accountability procedures. The procedure that my department currently utilizes does not appear to work as efficiently as it should. If you have any S.O.P.s, guidelines, or any other information on how your organization keeps accountability please send them to the e-mail address provided below. Thank you and stay safe.
Christopher S. Murtha
Captain
Public Information Officer
302.576.3152 (office)
302.247.0259 (pager)
christopher.murtha@cj.state.de.us
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#7
I am working on a research project for a Masters in Disaster Sciences and I’m looking at the use of non-operational volunteers. I would appreciate it if you would complete this short, 10 question survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=fHOoL2KWOlIGB3GHf_2f6CNw_3d_3d
Eddie Buchanan, Division Chief
(804) 317-1610
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#8
I am looking for any information regarding a "mayday" simulator. I am particularly interested in the construction of the simulator with any plans or drawings that could aid our department in building it, and/or lesson plans used with the simulator. If plans or drawings are not available, pictures of any simulators that could guide us in its construction would be appreciated.
Steve Mills, Captain
Ridge Road Fire District
1299 Long Pond Rd
Rochester, NY 14626
Office: (585) 227-2123
Fax: (585) 227-2020
smills@rrfd.org
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#9
Does anyone happen to have proven numbers for the following questions?
How much time does your average occupant have to be rescued in your average residential fire?
How does this compare to say 30 or 40 years ago with the increased use of synthetics inside occupancies, the increased heat and the increased toxicity of smoke ?
I have checked the usual agencies (NFPA, NIOSH, etc) without success! Thanks for any assistance
Otto Sandleben
Assistant Chief Training and Safety
Largo Fire Rescue
(727) 587-6714
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#10
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service is looking for programs or initiatives to enhance relations with businesses while continuing our aggressive fire protection systems inspections. The current economic environment has created significant conflict as we cost the business additional money to operate. We plan to offer workshops to increase knowledge about regulations, fire protection and prevention; show the benefits of risk management through properly installed and maintained systems; provide some visual presentation that identifies them to their customers as meeting a level of compliance; improve communication, etc. I recall a program in
Chief Michael Love, EFO, CPM
Division of Community Risk Reduction Services
Voice (240) 777-2439
Fax (240) 777-2415
michael.love@montgomerycountymd.gov
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2009 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 20 LODD’s
2008 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 114 LODD’s
Visit FIREFIGHTERNEARMISS.COM and check out the Report of the Week(ROTW) for an incident description followed by review questions designed to spark discussion. We can all learn from these.
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Several people have experienced difficulty accessing the TRADE's Virtual TRADEing Post through the address published and have contacted me for suggestions. The system was unavailable for a short time but is back up and running. Go to Louisiana State University Fire and Emergency Training Institute's NFA TRADE page: http://feti.lsu.edu/municipal/NFA/TRADE/ and access it there. Look for improvement on how the material is organized very soon.
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LESSONS LEARNED INFORMATION SHARING
LLIS.gov Partners with US Fire Administration
As part of its continual effort to improve information sharing across the emergency response and homeland security communities, LLIS.gov launched a new partnership with the US Fire Administration (USFA). The USFA strives to provide national leadership to local fire and emergency services departments. To highlight the new partnership, LLIS.gov has created a new USFA Resource Page where members can access USFA technical and special reports, related LLIS.gov original content, featured documents, and valuable links. To access the resource page, log onto LLIS.gov and click on US Fire Administration under LLIS.GOV PARTNERS.
The LLIS.gov Team continues to post new Lessons Learned, Best Practices, Practice Notes, and Good Stories to the system on a regular basis. Weekly updates about new original content can be found in the NEW LLIS.GOV CONTENT box on the homepage of LLIS.gov. LLIS.gov recently posted the following original content documents drawn from USFA Technical Reports:
Lessons Learned
- Fire Operations: Determining if Local Water Systems Can Meet Demand during Major Fires (Reno, NV Twelve-Fatality Hotel Arson, 2006)
Fire departments’ pre-planning processes should determine if local water systems are capable of meeting the demand necessary for fighting major fires. - Incident Management: Locating Public Information Operations Close to the Command Area (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Incident commanders should consider locating public information operations in close proximity to the command area. - Emergency Management: Updating Incident Action Plans Throughout an Incident’s Response (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Incident commanders should consider having incident action plans routinely updated during extended response activities. - Fire Operations: Training Personnel in Specialized Tactics for Incidents at Power Plants (Rhea County, TN Watts Bar Hydroelectric Plant Fire, 2002)
Fire departments that have power plants located within their area of operations should ensure that their personnel are trained in the appropriate specialized tactics. This will enable the departments to respond successfully to incidents at the plants. - Incident Command: Appointing a Public Information Officer (Ardent Sentry Full-Scale Exercise, 2007)
Incident command should ensure that an appropriately trained individual serves as public information officer during an incident response. This individual should understand his or her media management responsibilities and should be able to interface with the emergency operations center and joint information center. - Incident Management: Identifying Remote Staging Areas (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Incident commanders should identify potential remote staging areas for use during response operations when resources may be exposed to unacceptable hazards. This enables incident commanders to relocate and protect resources from potential exposures. - Mass Evacuation: Planning for the Evacuation of Special Needs Populations (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Emergency managers should develop clear, concise plans that address the evacuation of their special needs populations in the event of an incident. - Pre-Incident Site Planning: Acquiring Diagrams and Plans for Power Plants and Industrial Facilities (Rhea County, TN
Fire departments should acquire diagrams and pre-plans for local power plants and other industrial facilities in their area. It is critical that these facilities provide fire departments with all information necessary to respond to an incident on their premises.
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LLIS.gov has partnered with the Emergency Management and Response – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) to provide LLIS.gov members access to the EMR-ISAC’s free, critical infrastructure protection (CIP) information. Located at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD, the EMR-ISAC was developed to collect, analyze, and disseminate timely, consequential information to assist in the practice of critical infrastructure protection by the leaders, owners, and operators of the nation’s Emergency Services Sector.
The EMR-ISAC, a no-cost information sharing program within the Department of Homeland Security, specifically provides information necessary to protect local internal critical infrastructures (i.e., personnel, physical assets, and communication/cyber systems that must be intact and operational 24 x 7) against all hazards, from natural disasters to terrorist activities. The program’s main focus is ensuring that emergency response leadership, their organizations, and local policy leaders have both the internal and external support and resources to aid in disaster protection, prevention, and response to enhance survivability, continuity of operations, and mission success.
The EMR-ISAC can be contacted at emr-isac@dhs.gov or 301-447-1325. To view the EMR-ISAC page on LLIS.gov, please click here or login to LLIS.gov and click on the EMR-ISAC link on the homepage. To subscribe for the free critical infrastructure protection (CIP) information disseminated by the Emergency Management and Response—Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC), please click on the following link: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/subjects/emr-isac/infograms/index.shtm.
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