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U.S. Fire Administration Civilian Fire Fatality Notification Update: 12/29/09

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December 29, 2009

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

  • 2 dead – Occurred Monday, 12/20 – Springfield, MO – An 86-year-old woman and her 50-year-old daughter were killed in a home fire. The daughter died on 12/21 and the mother died on 12/28. The fire was caused by an overloaded extension cord connected to a space heater.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 12/23 – Beaver, WV (Bluefield - Beckley, WV) – A 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 Firefighter Fatality Notification - New Holstein, WI

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

Name: Steve Koeser

Rank: Firefighter

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Status: Volunteer

Years of Service: 15

Date of Incident: 12/29/2009

Time of Incident: 1920hrs

Date of Death: 12/29/2009

Fire Department: St. Anna Fire Department

Address: N 126 School ST, New Holstein, WI 53061 (USNG: 16T DP 1006 6055)

Fire Department Chief: Bob Thome

Fire Department Website: http://www.stannafiredept.com/

Incident Description: Firefighter Koeser died from injuries sustained from a large explosion in the parking lot of a manufacturing plant. Details are pending, but initial reports indicate that the plant was closed and no employees were at the scene when the fire was reported in a dumpster by local law enforcement on patrol in the area. The St. Anna Fire Department responded to the scene and a short time later an explosion took place killing Firefighter Koeser and injuring several other firefighters, one critically. The cause of the fire and explosion remains under investigation by local, state, and federal agencies.

Incident Location: W2002 County Road Q (USNG: 16T DP 0864 6051)

Funeral Arrangements: Pending

Memorial Fund Contact and Address: In honor of Firefighter Steve Koeser, c/o St. Anna Fire Department, N 126 School ST, New Holstein, WI 53061

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Steve Koeser at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, 93 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009; 90 from incidents that occurred in 2009 and three from previous year incidents.  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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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 32,737 subscribers worldwide to the weekly newsletter. This is an increase of 65 subscriptions. 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 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.

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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#1

Greetings,

 

We have purchased the MSA Sirus and Altar 4 multi-gas detection detectors, we were provided with materials from MSA to train our personnel on them; however as we all know fire service professionals are very resourceful and usually prepare much better materials. So, I was wondering if anyone has their own power point developed for these monitors they would be willing to share with me, so I have a tool for in-service training and annual re-fresher training for my crews.

 

Thank you all in advance and Happy Holidays!!!!

 

Frank Ricci

Battalion Chief/Training Officer

Casa Grande Fire Department

Casa Grande, AZ

Station:  (520) 421-8777 x5988

Fax:  (520) 836-9528

Nextel:  (520) 251-3007

D.C.     128*25*1658
fricci@casagrandeaz.gov

 

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#2

I am looking for a PowerPoint program on chimney fires. Any help would be appreciated.
 
Michael Kane
Division Chief of Training
McCutchanville Fire Dept.
Mike.Kane@McCutchanvillefire.org

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#3

Looking for input on creating a laminated Safety Officer checklist to include all items that a Safety Officer should be considering during an all-risk incident, I.E. risk vs. benefit, accountability, severity and frequency, etc.

 

Please submit your inputs and/or already created checklist to:

 

Captain Ross K. Rytting

Safety & Training Division

City of Reno Fire Department

Reno, NV

ryttingr@ci.reno.nv.us

ryttingr@reno.gov

 

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#4

I'm looking for SOP's or any ideas to do with county wide paging and zone / district paging. We have 17 volunteer fire departments in our county and we are short handed during the day time. So we are trying to set up a way to page out multiple departments in a zone / district for different calls and one tone for the county. Our 911 center is asking we write the protocol on this. If anyone has anything to do with paging SOP's or where to start writing one please send it to me.

Thanks

 

Todd Torbett

Fire Chief

Notchey Creek Volunteer Fire Department

(423) 519-4224 (if no answer leave message)

firechiefncvfd@aol.com

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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.

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U.S. Fire Administration Firefighter Fatality Notification - Belmont, NC

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

Name: Richard Adam Miller

Rank: Firefighter

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Status: Career

Years of Service: Pending

Date of Incident: 12/29/2009

Time of Incident: Pending

Date of Death: 12/29/2009

Fire Department: Belmont Fire Department

Address: 301 Keener BLVD, Belmont, NC 28012 (USNG: 17S MU 9654 9910)

Fire Department Chief: George Altice

Incident Description: Firefighter Miller collapsed while on duty at the Belmont Fire Department headquarters station, reportedly while participating in physical fitness training activities.

Belmont firefighters immediately began resuscitative efforts and Firefighter Miller was transported to Gaston Memorial Hospital where he later passed away.

Investigation continues into the cause and type of fatal injury resulting in Firefighter Miller's death.

Incident Location: 301 Keener BLVD, Belmont, NC 28012 (USNG: 17S MU 9654 9910)

Funeral Arrangements: Pending

Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Richard Adam Miller at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, 92 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009; 89 from incidents that occurred in 2009 and three from previous year incidents.  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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