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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
Attention
The US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense at Aberdeen Proving Ground,
We would like to present to you an advanced-level education opportunity from the US Army, the HM-CBRNE course. It offers healthcare professionals state-of-the-art instruction that may save lives in a major WMD incident. Designed for civilian and military healthcare managers and providers, it is presented by some of the nation’s leading authorities in biological, chemical, and radiation incident management. This course was developed with hospital level objectives – clinical and non-clinical. It features interactive seminar discussions and dynamic exercises. The HM-CBRNE course is intended to help mitigate the existing gaps in support of hospital operations during a major WMD event. Additionally, it benefits all other routine and crisis hospital operations. It also provides a great opportunity to meet other professionals from across the nation who faces the same challenges you do.
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#1
Our department is putting together a Safety Manual for our fire stations. We’d like to be specific in the material we put in the manual and not the catch-all phrase, “in case of …….contact……….”
Some of the topics we are considering (but not limited to) are: Safety Responsibilities, General Safety Guidelines, Emergency Action Planning, Infectious Disease Control, Ergonomics, Safety and Health Training, OSHA Training Reference, Promoting Safety and Health, Accident Investigation, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Management, Machine Safeguarding and OSHA Inspections.
Thank you for your help,
Chief Safety Officer
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#2
We are looking for ways (formulas, policies, etc.) to determine rates when charging for reimbursement of equipment (engine, squad, atv, etc.) and/or personnel while staffing special events in your jurisdiction.
Thank you,
Mike Hall
Captain of Community Services
(913) 971-6333
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#3
I am looking for any training outlines, PowerPoint presentations or other resources instructors have used in the past pertaining to facility fire pumps (inspecting, testing, performance etc.) The target audience will be life safety inspectors that have a basic working knowledge of fire pumps. The training objective (3-4 hours in length) will be designed to add to the inspectors skill knowledge as they inspect nursing homes and other sites similar in size.
The training will take place in September of this year. Any information you/departments are willing to share will be appreciated and any information provided will be created to the author/department.
Thank you,
Glenn Davis
Assistant Chief of Training
Helena Fire Department
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#4
I am interested in finding out what Fire Departments meter for, and with what type of meters, after a structure fire to determine if it is safe for firefighters to take of their SCBA. Any input or SOP’s in regard to this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
George L. Thomas IV
Lieutenant of Safety
B Shift
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#5
We are in the process of changing our evaluation process and need some ideas of what other Departments are using. We are a full-time department with 103 members and are all paramedic/firefighters. The process we use now is very long and is not user friendly. Any suggestions???
Dan Pearson
daniel.pearson@hoffmanestates.org
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#6
I am looking for fire simulator programs that will be used for Company Officer, multi company operations and Battalion Chief training. Ones that show the structure, then a 360 and then the fire scenario. I will be willing to reciprocate with any interested parties.
Fraternally Yours,
Lt. Don Kaderabek
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#7
We have received requests to do live fire wildland training on some private citizen’s land. We have done this training in the past numerous time but never on land owned by a private citizen. We are looking for any type of liability release form that anyone might already have that would release our department and city from liability for damage to their land caused by our units. If anyone has something like this we would appreciate your response.
Jon Neely
Chief Training Officer
5300
405 216-7309
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2009 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 45 LODD’s
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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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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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