Tuesday, June 30

Focus on Fire Safety: Fireworks Fire Safety

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Focus on Fire Safety: Fireworks Fire Safety

For Americans, Fourth of July celebrations usually signify summer fun, vacations, and the gathering of family and friends, but Independence Day can also bring tragedy. On average, an estimated 30,100 fires and 9,500 injuries result from fireworks each year according to statistics from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

 

Sparklers, firecrackers, and rockets are the leading contributors to these injuries.  Because most fireworks injuries are preventable, everyone can enjoy a safe and happy holiday by following a few fireworks safety tips.

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NEWS FROM NFA ABOUT THE TRADE PROGRAM

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To the members of the TRADE network: 

As many of you are aware, Warren Campbell is leaving NFA for another job with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. His last day was June 26th. We are anxiously waiting for the posting of the job announcement. 

In the interim between Warren Campbell’s departure and the appointment of his replacement, Education, Training and Partnerships staff have accepted temporary reassignments of Warren's TRADE-related duties: 

·         NFA-sponsored 6- and 10-day (“regional”) and Enfranchisement Deliveries: Unlike those that follow, this program has a permanent assignment change. Effectively immediately, Terry Glunt now manages this program, including the course call and coordination.

Contact Information: Terry.Glunt@dhs.gov /301-447-1402

·         TRADENET newsletter
TRADE contact information changes
TRADE information email distribution, including quarterly course development updates

Contact Information: Lori.Welch@dhs.gov / 301-447-1013 

·         All other questions or information/assistance requests

Contact Information: Diane.Close@dhs.gov / 301-447-1376 

I am available for any questions you may have, as well. My information is below. 

Edward J. Kaplan, Section Chief
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Phone: 301-447-1127
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U.S. Fire Administration Civilian Fire Fatality Notification Update

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Monday, June 29

The Nation's news media is reporting the following residential fire (non-arson) fatalities:

  • 2 dead – Occurred Friday, 6/26 – Newark, NJ (New York, NY):  A man and woman were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 6/28 – Winfield, KS (Wichita – Hutchinson, KS):  A man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 6/28 – Nashville, TN:  A man in his 70s was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 6/27 – Upton, KY (Louisville, KY):  A 50-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 6/27– Burlington, NC (Greensboro – Winston Salem, NC):  A person was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Friday, 6/26 – Leggtown, AL (Huntsville, AL):  A person was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 6/24 – Manchester, NH (Boston, MA):  A one-year-old boy was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

To find out more about any of the reported incidents, please contact news media in the vicinity where the fatal fire occurred. USFA does not have any additional information other than what is listed here.  

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U.S. Fire Administration Coffee Break Training Update 2009-26

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The environment beneath a commercial cooking hood is the perfect place for a fire: plenty of oxygen and aerosolized flammable vapors.

 

Today’s Coffee Break Training, “Grease Collection Container” explains one requirement to help remove some of the flammable grease.

 

Your Coffee Break can be downloaded from http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/coffee-break/cb_fp_2009_26.pdf

 

Always refer to nationally recognized design and installation standards, the product manufacturer or listing details for specific information.   

 

Please share this Coffee Break Training segment and others with your peers. Previous Coffee Breaks may be found at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/coffee-break/

 

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

 

The United States Chemical Safety Board has a new safety video, “Emergency Preparedness.”   The video can be seen at www.csb.gov on the CSB home page.  It runs about 20 minutes, and features computer animations and news footage to show various problems with responses to chemical emergencies, some of which result in death and injury to firefighters and others responding.

 

The CSB is an independent federal agency that investigates chemical accidents.

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Monday, June 29

Supreme Court rules for white firefighters in promotions - USATODAY.com

Supreme Court rules for white firefighters in promotions - USATODAY.com
WASHINGTON — The city of New Haven wrongly discarded the results of a firefighter promotion test after whites outscored blacks and Hispanics, a bitterly divided Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision likely to impact job practices nationwide.
The 5-4 decision controlled by the court's conservative bloc raises the bar for employers that try to change job tests or other seemingly neutral criteria after they discover the tests disproportionately screen out racial minorities.

The decision, which reverses a lower court decision that had been joined by current Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, elicited an impassioned dissent from the bench from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.


SCOTUS: Firefighter ruling draws cheers, jeers

In the majority opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court said New Haven violated a provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that bars discriminatory treatment in hiring and promotion.

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New Haven officials had said they were trying to meet the demands of a separate Title VII provision that prohibits tests and others standards that cause a discriminatory impact. The officials said they tossed the results because they believed the test was flawed and they feared lawsuits from the blacks and Hispanics who failed to qualify for promotion.

"The city … turned a blind eye to evidence that supported the exams' validity," Kennedy said, as he declared that the city lacked a "strong basis in evidence" that it had to discard the exam results.

Rejecting the city's assertions about problems with whether the tests truly measured leadership skills, Kennedy added, "Fear of litigation alone cannot justify an employer's reliance on race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions."

In her dissent, Ginsburg emphasized the "two pillars" of civil rights law and said the majority had minimized the provision adopted by Congress to ensure that individuals are promoted based on qualifications necessary to do the job.

She said the court majority ignored a history of race discrimination in New Haven firehouses and nationwide. "Firefighting is a profession in which the legacy of racial discrimination casts an especially long shadow," she said and asserted that the written test that counted for 60% of the promotional exams did not truly measure who would be good candidates for promotion to lieutenant or captain.

"As a result of today's decision," she wrote, "an employer who discards a dubious selection process can anticipate costly disparate-treatment litigation in which its chances for success — even for surviving a summary-judgment motion — are highly problematic."

Kennedy was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

Ginsburg was joined in dissent by Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter and Stephen Breyer.

Barbara Arnwine, executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said she agreed with Justice Ginsburg that the decision "will not have staying power."

"We are shocked by the decision and we will continue our work to preserve the vital protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964," she said.

Roger Pilon, vice president for legal affairs at the Cato Institute, cheered the ruling and said, "The city engaged in outright intentional discrimination."

Monday's dispute traced to a decision by New Haven officials to cancel the results of a 2003 exam after no blacks and only two Hispanic applicants qualified for promotions based on their scores. (Of the 118 applicants for promotion to captain or lieutenant who took the test, a total 50 were racial minorities.)

White firefighters sued, contending the city's action constituted "overt racial balancing" that violated Title VII and the Constitution's equality guarantee. They argued that the city lacked the grounds to believe it would be liable for indirect discrimination claims. They claimed the decision was political.

The lead plaintiff in the case, Frank Ricci, is dyslexic. He said he spent $1,000 on materials to prepare for the exam.

Sotomayor was part of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that endorsed New Haven's action. She joined a short opinion that said, "The (New Haven) Civil Serivce Board found itself in the unfortunate position of having no good alternatives. We are not unsympathetic to the plaintiff's expression of frustration. Mr. Ricci, for example, who is dyslexic, made intensive efforts that appear to have resulted in his scoring highly on one of the exams, only to have it invalidated."

U.S. Fire Administration Civilian Fire Fatality Notification Update

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Thursday, June 25

The Nation's news media is reporting the following residential fire (non-arson) fatalities:

  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 6/24 – Houston, TX:  A 26-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The fire was caused by a stove.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 6/24 – Moscow, ID (Spokane, WA):  A person was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 6/24 – Eustis, FL (Orlando - Daytona Beach, FL):  An 18-month-old boy was killed in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 6/24 – Columbia, MO (Columbia - Jefferson City, MO):  A 57-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 6/17 – Roanoke, AL (Atlanta, GA):  A 37-year-old woman was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Officials found no smoke alarms in the home.

To find out more about any of the reported incidents, please contact news media in the vicinity where the fatal fire occurred. USFA does not have any additional information other than what is listed here.  

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U.S. Fire Administration Firefighter Fatality Notification - Craig, CO

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The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Brett Stearns

Rank: Captain

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Status: Career

Years of Service: 10

Date of Incident: 06/26/2009

Time of Incident: 1630hrs

Date of Death: 06/26/2009

Fire Department: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Little Snake Field Office

Address: 455 Emerson Street, Craig, CO 81625

Fire Department Chief: Field Manager John Husband

Incident Description: While working at Freeman Reservoir on a hazard tree abatement project with a dozen other BLM firefighters, Captain Stearns was struck and killed by a falling tree.

Incident Location: Freeman Reservoir

Funeral Arrangements: Pending

Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending

Tribute is being paid to Captain Brett Stearns at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, 52 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009; 51 from incidents that occurred in 2009 and one from a previous year incident.  Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online @ http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm

 

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Thursday, June 25

U.S. Fire Administration Training, Resources and Data Exchange Network (TRADENET) Update

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PLEASE NOTE CHANGE BELOW:

Send email requests for inclusion in the TRADENET Newsletter to Lori Welch.

 

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If you have a question or comment for inclusion in the weekly TRADENET newsletter, please send it and your contact information to lori.welch@dhs.gov.  Please be sure and include your Department or Organization name, your email address and any other method you wish to receive feedback.  USFA reserves the right to edit content submitted or reject any material submitted.

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Wednesday, June 24

The Nation's news media is reporting the following residential fire (non-arson) fatalities:

  • 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 6/23 – Unicoi County, TN (Tri-Cities, TN):  A 61-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 6/23 – Brewton, AL (Mobile, AL - Pensacola, FL):  A person was killed in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 6/22 – Lucerne, CA (San Francisco, CA):  A man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire was careless smoking.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 6/21 – Campbellsburg, KY (Louisville, KY):  A 35-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

To find out more about any of the reported incidents, please contact news media in the vicinity where the fatal fire occurred. USFA does not have any additional information other than what is listed here.  

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U.S. Fire Administration Training, Resources and Data Exchange Network (TRADENET) Update

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Welcome to TRADENET, TRADE's Training Network, a National Fire Academy sponsored activity.  The objective of TRADENET is to provide a forum for members of Fire Service organizations to maximize performance through quick and easy information sharing.

 

The information provided here must be non-commercial and non-copyrighted.  None of the material shared should be incorporated into any copyrighted programs.

 

The TRADENET newsletter is distributed through the USFA/FEMA server.  This allows you to control your subscription easier by allowing you to add new email addresses or delete old ones.  There are over 31,202 subscribers worldwide to the weekly newsletter.  This is an increase of 113 subscriptions since last week.  If you know of someone who wishes to subscribe, all they need to do is go to the following site, http://service.govdelivery.com/service/multi_subscribe.html?code=USDHSFA and enter your email address.  They will then be taken to a page which will allow them to select their choices of newsletters.

 

If you have a question or comment for inclusion in the weekly TRADENET newsletter, please send it and your contact information to robert.w.campbell@dhs.gov.  Please be sure and include your Department or Organization name, your email address and any other method you wish to receive feedback.  USFA reserves the right to edit content submitted or reject any material submitted.

 

Are you familiar with the training program called “Coffee Break Training?”  It is on the USFA website and can be found at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/coffee-break/.  Please access this training and provide any feedback to the Deputy Superintendent Robert Neale at Robert.neale@dhs.gov.  He will be happy to receive any feedback regarding this program.

 

Remember the Website for the National Fallen Firefighters program is http://www.everyonegoeshome.com/.  Also, please visit their Resources page at http://www.everyonegoeshome.com/resources.  This page contains many PowerPoint presentations and downloadable video clips available for your use.

 

Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education Program

 

Be sure to check out the new look for the model curriculum in its print-/handout-ready format. While there, view the new FESHE bachelor’s courses outlines that reflect the new Web-based formats delivered by the Degrees at a Distance Program schools. You can also download under the “Tools and Resources” section the new FESHE brochure in its DHS/FEMA configuration or take the same marketing piece without our logo and customize it with your own logo and content. You can also download the artwork for a FESHE tabletop display for conferences and classroom buildings which, again, is in both formats.

 

Visit the new page at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/higher_ed/index.shtm.

 

The link to the USFA/NFA TRADE Site is: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/trade/

 

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To enroll in NFAOnline, visit www.nfaonline.dhs.gov and browse the course catalog through the ‘New Students’ option.

 

Go to NFAOnline to see the complete COURSE CATALOG

 

Additional courses are now available on NFA Online:

 

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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Hot Topics in Fire Protection (P138) Pilot Courses Scheduled

The United States Fire Administration (USFA), Department of Homeland Security, is recruiting students and instructor candidates to attend pilot classes for its new six-day on-campus course Hot Topics in Fire Protection. The pilot will be offered October 18 to 23, 2009 at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Students will arrive Saturday October 17 and depart Saturday, October 24.

Hot Topics in Fire Protection is intended to help students discover what’s new in fire protection by exploring how current events, products and trends apply to you and your jurisdiction.

Learn

  • How to “scan the environment” and conduct valid research into new technologies, trends, laws and products.
  • How to read, interpret and apply fire protection research, human behavior studies, fire dynamics research, fire protection law and emerging issues.
  • How to identify emerging local, regional and state fire protection challenges; and develop technically-based strategic solutions.
  • How technology develops and can be transferred to solve local issues.
  • What significant changes are in the short- and long-term future for fire protection systems and equipment.
  • How fire protection plays a part in all-hazards preparedness and response.

Using modern research tools, and student-centric learning, attendees will learn: how to evaluate technological and human behavior topics that exist in fire protection, the wide variety of research resources available, and how to collect and present that information in a meaningful way that can effect change to reduce fire losses or enhance understanding of new technologies.

Pilots are highly participatory among the instructors, course developers and students.Attendees are expected to contribute their ideas and expertise to improve course content and delivery.Attending a pilot does not affect a student’s ability to obtain another travel stipend within the fiscal year.

More information and application at: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/nfa-061809.shtm 

 

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#1

The Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services is looking for polices/SOP’s that determine the class determinations for weather/environmental conditions that firefighters will be working under.  This also includes training academies.  The class determinations are based on temperatures.  Thanks in advance for your assistance.

George L. Thomas IV

Safety Lieutenant "B" Shift
Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue
(301) - 600 - 9331
gthomas@fredco-md.net

 

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#2

Our department is currently looking at various methods of determining permitting fees for fire protection systems in order to adopt an ordinance to begin this process, specifically fire suppression, fire alarm, and kitchen fire suppression systems.  If your department has a system that you would care to share we would greatly appreciate you doing so.  Please use one of the contact methods below to send it to us.

 

Thank you in advance…

 

Joby Smith

Fire Inspector

Foley Fire & Rescue

(251) 971-6028

firefighter325@gulftel.com

 

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#3

I’m looking for sample copies of FTC “Red Flag Rules” identify theft prevention compliance policies/plans from Fire-based EMS providers.

 

Thanks,

 

MARC SCRIVENER, BSBM, MM

Deputy Fire Chief

Willimantic Fire Department

mscrivener@windhamct.com

 

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#4

We are in the process of updating the way we track on-duty injuries and accidents. I want to develop an Access or Excel database for this purpose. I am interested to hear from anyone who currently uses such a system. I am also interested to know what is done with the information (i.e. what variables are measured, how often it is reviewed/reported, etc).

 

Any assistance you can provide is greatly appreciated,

 

Lane M. Pearman, Captain

Wichita Fire Department-Training/Safety Division

(316)337-9148

lpearman@wichita.gov

 

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#5

As a Lt. in a small rural Fire Dept I was given the task of resurrecting the Jr Fire Fighter program in order to obtain future fire fighters for our Dept.  Do you have or know of anyone who may have training materials related to this subject?

 

Lt. Michael Brunetto

East Litchfield Fire Dept.

East Litchfield Ct

mbrunetto210@gmail.com

 

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#6

Our department is looking at developing an SOG in regards to close calls.  Wondering what other departments have in regards to reporting, investigations/fact finding as to cause of the close call and how it is documented.

 

Thanks

 

Michael Quint

Assistant Fire Chief

Director of Training

Watertown Fire Department

920-261-8812 ext 339

mquint@cityorwatertown.org

 

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#7

We are an ALS transporting fire department that has been using Plano 747 medical boxes to carry our equipment.  However, these boxes are becoming cumbersome and some of the younger firefighters are requesting that we change to a new box/bag.  My request is for anybody that is using a different system: what are you using?

 

Please send any information you can, pros and cons, to:

 

Jim Talmadge

Asst Chief EMS

Portage Fire Dept

219-762-7404

jtalmadge@portage-in.com

 

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2009 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths                         51 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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VIRTUAL TRADING POST

“NEW AND IMPROVED”

 

If you find the Virtual TRADEing Post useful, please send an email to Nashid Hasan mhasan1@lsu.edu.  Nash is the mastermind behind the structure of the Virtual TRADEing Post.  So, please let Nash know how much you appreciate the availability of this material and how useful you find it.

 

The VIRTUAL TRADING POST SYSTEM now allows you to search for material by key word(s).  Check it out!  Go to Louisiana State University Fire and Emergency Training Institute's NFA TRADE page: http://feti.lsu.edu/trade/

 and access it there.

 

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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

 

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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.

 

The United States Fire Administration recommends everyone should have a comprehensive fire protection plan that includes smoke alarms, residential sprinklers, and practicing a home fire escape plan.

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