U.S. Fire Administration Civilian Fire Fatality Notification Update

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Tuesday, December 30

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

• 2 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 12/24 – Grand Forks, ND (Fargo, ND):  A 65-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman were killed in a home fire. A radio was either left on top of, or fell onto, a hot plate and caught fire. An attempt was made by the residents to extinguish the fire but it reignited later and spread to the countertop. Toxic fumes from the plastic killed the victims.
• 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 12/30 – Clinton, SC (Greenville, SC):  A 44-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 12/29 – Austin, TX:  A 40-year-old man was killed in an apartment fire. The apartment did not have a smoke alarm. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 12/29 – Corpus Christi, TX:  A nine-year-old boy was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 12/29 – Newcastle, OK (Oklahoma City, OK):  A 47-year-old man was killed in a home fire. Officials believe unattended burning candles may have caused the fire. The exact cause of the fire remains under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 12/29 - Fairmont, WV (Charleston, WV):  An elderly man was killed in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 12/24 – Smiths Station, AL (Columbus, GA):  A 51-year-old woman was killed in a home fire. Officials believe an electrical problem in the kitchen caused the 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

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STANDPIPE EXPRESS DRAINS

 

When Class I or III standpipe systems have pressure regulated hose outlets, the system must be equipped with a means to flow test the hose stations.

 

This week’s Coffee Break Training explains the purpose of standpipe drains, and where they are to be installed.  "Standpipe Express Drains” illustrates one standpipe drain option.

 

Your Coffee Break can be downloaded from http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/coffee-break/cb_2008_53.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/

 

Disclaimer:

Any reference to or illustration of any specific product, code or other document is not to be considered an endorsement by any governmental agency.  Such references are used solely for illustrative purposes.

 

 

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U.S. Fire Administration Civilian Fire Fatality Notification Update

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Monday, December 29

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

• 7 dead – Occurred Friday, 12/26 – Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia, PA):  Two men, ages 54 and 23; one woman, age 23; and four children ages one, six, eight, and seventeen-years old were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire was due to a kerosene heater that ignited, while being filled in the basement of the home. Officials are trying to determine if the children purchased gasoline instead of kerosene for the heater. There were no smoke alarms in the home and one escape route from the basement of the home.
• 4 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 12/24 – Mount Sterling, KY (Lexington, KY):  Four children ages three, five, seven, and seventeen-years-old were killed in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 2 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 12/24 – Bourne, MA (Boston, MA):  A 77-year-old man and his 74-year-old wife were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 2 dead – Occurred Saturday, 12/27 – Miami, FL (Miami, FL):   A 61-year-old man and his 56 year-old wife were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Thursday, 12/25 – Washington Park, MO (St. Louis, MO):  A 44-year-old man was killed in a home fire. Officials believe a space heater may have caused the fire. The cause of fire is still under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Thursday, 12/25 – Granite City, MO (St. Louis, MO):  A 63-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Thursday, 12/25 – Pennsauken, NJ (Philadelphia, PA/ Camden, NJ):  A three-year-old boy was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire was due to the boy playing with a candle next to the Christmas tree, which then caught on fire.
• 1 dead – Occurred Thursday, 12/25 – San Marcos, TX (Austin, TX):  A 52-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation; however, officials believe the fire originated near the couch in the living room. There were working smoke alarms in the home.
• 1 dead – Occurred Friday, 12/26 – Hinsdale, NH (Boston, MA):  A 53-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Friday, 12/26 – Carlisle, OH (Dayton, OH):  A 41-year-old man was killed in an apartment fire. Officials determined the fire was caused by an improperly discarded cigarette.
• 1 dead – Occurred Friday, 12/26 – Swissvale, PA (Pittsburgh, PA):  A 60-year-old man was killed in a home fire. Officials believe an electrical appliance in the second-floor bedroom may have caused the fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 12/27 – Norwood, OH (Cincinnati, OH):  A 57-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 12/27 – Montgomery County, OH (Dayton, OH):  A 58-year-old man was killed in a home fire. Officials believe improperly discarded smoking materials may have caused the fire; however, the fire is still under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 12/27 – Muscoda, WI (Madison, WI):  A 71-year-old woman was killed in a manufactured home. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 12/28 – San Anselmo, CA (San Francisco, CA):  A man was killed in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 12/28 – Mills Township, MI (Flint, MI):  A 67-year-old woman was killed in a duplex fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 12/28 – Richmond, VA (Richmond, VA):  A woman was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 12/28 – Euclid, OH (Cleveland, OH):  A 45-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The man was killed when he returned to his home to rescue his dog. The cause of the fire is under investigation; however, officials say there was evidence of a cigarette and a candle in the living room, where the fire began.
• 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 12/28 – James, SD (Sioux Falls, SD):  A man was killed in a manufactured home. 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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Last Name Spelling Correction (McClenahan) - Princeton Junction, NJ

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Name: Dennis G. McClenahan

Fire Department: Princeton Junction Volunteer Fire Co. #1

 

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U.S. Fire Administration Firefighter Fatality Notification - Princeton Junction, NJ

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

 

Name: Dennis McClennan

Rank: Driver

Age: 54

Gender: Male 

Status: Volunteer

Years of Service: 37

Date of Incident: 12/27/2008

Time of Incident: 1625hrs

Date of Death: 12/27/2008

 

Fire Department: Princeton Junction Volunteer Fire Co. #1

Address: 245 Clarksville Road, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 (USNG: 18T WK 3087 6140)

Map:

http://www.fidnet.com/~jlmoore/usng/?zoom=17&usng=18TWK30876140&disp=h

Fire Department Chief: Dennis Huber

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

 

Incident Description: Firefighter McClennan returned home following a fire alarm and shortly thereafter collapsed. Despite rescue efforts he succumbed to an apparent heart attack.

 

Funeral Arrangements:  Viewing, 1800-2100hrs on 12/30/2008 at Princeton Junction Fire House, 245 Clarksville Road, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550. Funeral Services, 1100hrs on 12/31/2008 at Princeton Junction Fire House with burial at Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church.

Memorial Fund Contact and Address:  Contributions in honor of Firefighter Dennis McClennan are to be made c/o the Princeton Junction Fire Company, 245 Clarksville Road, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550.

 

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

 

To date, 111 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2008 as a result of incidents that occurred in 2008 and one from a prior year incident.    USFA does not have a Line-of-Duty-Death (LODD) criterion nor does it make LODD determinations. Please note, running totals of firefighter fatalities used on these initial notices do not necessarily reflect the number of firefighter fatalities used in totals for the (provisional) monthly year-to-date USFA firefighter fatality reports, or year-end (provisional) reports posted online (http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm). Firefighter fatalities in USFA reports are summarized by date/year-of-incident. Initial notices posted online (http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/) and distributed via USFA listserve do not represent the final on-duty firefighter fatality determination by USFA for such reports, nor LODD determination made by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (http://www.FireHero.org) for names added each subsequent year to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial at the National Fire Academy in  Emmitsburg, MD, they are the beginning of a research process for each firefighter fatality reported so that such determinations can be made.

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Firefighter and teen killed in Grand County avalanche

Denver Weather Examiner: Firefighter and teen killed in Grand County avalanche

Colorado’s avalanche season claimed two more lives Saturday, killing a South Metro firefighter and a teen. The two were part of a party of four snowmobiling near Grand Lake in the bowl between Gravel and Little Gravel Mountains in Arapaho National Forest.

Brian Kopp, a 38-year-old South Metro Fire Rescue firefighter from Larkspur and 19-year-old Mark Goetz were killed in the slide. 59-year-old Chuck Goetz and 32-year-old Harry Than were also in the party but were uninjured.

The Grand County Sheriff’s Office said Mark Goetz and Brian Kopp rode their snowmobiles up the side of Gravel Mountain in an attempt to ‘high-mark,’ a popular activity by snowmobilers where the operator tries to ride as far up a steep mountain slope as possible. The younger Goetz apparently got stuck and when Kopp went to assist, he got stuck as well. Chuck Goetz, Mark’s father, rode up the slope to assist them when he triggered the avalanche sweeping all three down the mountain.

When Kopp and Goetz were dug out of the snow, CPR was performed, but both men died at the scene, according to deputies. Neither of the riders was wearing an avalanche beacon although it isn’t clear at this time if that would have made a difference.

Kopp is survived by his wife, Jennifer and twin children, son, Alan, 11 and daughter Elli, 11.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center reports that while the avalanche danger has eased in recent days, the danger is still considerable across much of the high country. Two other notable incidents were reported in recent days including an incident near Vail Pass when a snowmobiler triggered a slide (with no fatalities thankfully) and a slide on Loveland Pass that closed the pass from Saturday until this morning.

We recently wrote about the dangerous avalanche conditions in the mountains and this serves as a sad reminder that no place is safe. Extreme caution should be exercised and those traveling in the high country should take appropriate precautions.


* See our slideshow of the avalanche including a map and what the area looked like after the event.

Bad recycling: Pay stub used as bank robbery note - Yahoo! News

Bad recycling: Pay stub used as bank robbery note - Yahoo! News

CHICAGO – The robber's threatening note made a Chicago bank job easy to solve: The FBI says the suspect wrote it on his pay stub. An FBI affidavit said the man walked into a Fifth Third Bank on Friday and handed a teller a note that read "Be Quick Be Quit (sic). Give your cash or I'll shoot."

The robber got about $400 but left half of his note. Investigators found the other half outside the bank's front doors. Authorities say that part of the man's October pay stub had his name and address.

The suspect was arrested at his Cary home. A judge ordered him held without bond Monday. If convicted of bank robbery, he faces 20 years in prison.

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U.S. Fire Administration Civilian Fire Fatality Notification Update

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Wednesday, December 24

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

• 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 12/23 – Cocoa, FL (Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL):  A 69-year-old woman was killed in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 12/23 – Burlington, CT (Hartford - New Haven, CT):  A 34-year-old woman was killed in a duplex fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation. There were no hydrants in the neighborhood so water had to be brought in by a tanker trunk.
• 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 12/22 – Eustis, Nebraska (Omaha, NE):  A 70-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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Discomfort over L.A. Fire Department's tattoo policy is more than skin-deep - Los Angeles Times

Discomfort over L.A. Fire Department's tattoo policy is more than skin-deep - Los Angeles Times

In June, I wrote about a new Los Angeles Fire Department policy requiring firefighters on duty to cover their tattoos, whether they're out on a call or in the station.

Department brass called it a simple "grooming" issue -- a way to restore public confidence in the professionalism of a department battered by harassment allegations.

But now the policy is shaping up as a test of the department's zero-tolerance stance toward harassment, and whether it applies to guys who are decorated like comic book characters.

Dan Stark has a web of tattoos on his arms, chest, neck and head. He's an eight-year veteran, the son of a firefighter, "with nothing in my file but commendations," who suddenly finds himself odd man out.

The day the policy took effect in April, he said someone left a copy of the edict on his station's kitchen table, next to a photo of a group of shrouded Muslim women, labeled with the names of five firefighters -- including him -- who are heavily tattooed.

Then he found his station locker covered with copies of the policy, he said. That meant someone had broken into it, or used the spare key kept in the captain's dorm. Later that day, he said, someone drew a picture of a mummy and captioned it "Stark's new uniform."

When he complained about the ribbing, one captain told him to quit griping and be a team player, he said. Another suggested he get some tattoos removed, as a sort of goodwill gesture. Another official said he risked ruining his career if he kept complaining. None apparently forwarded his complaints up the chain of command.

Stark shared with me his journal -- a meticulous recollection of jokes, insults and offhand comments that he said made him feel a pariah. "Why don't these members put themselves in my shoes," he wrote July 7. "All I want to do is go to work and do my job like before.

"What happened to zero tolerance? I guess that is not written for the tattooed firefighter."

That's a question being asked more and more as complaints trickle out of fire stations.

Most of the hundreds of tattooed firefighters find it easy to comply. Their uniform shirts cover their arms and chest. But about 50 are forced to wear turtlenecks, gloves and bandages.

"These guys feel helpless," Capt. Carlos Caceres said. "Some are totally surprised. They don't want to sue, they don't want money. They just want the hypocrisy to stop."

Caceres, the only captain with a body full of tattoos, has filed grievances challenging the policy and funneled firefighter complaints to investigators. "But it looks like business as usual," he said. As in, "We don't care unless you sue us."

At its heart, this isn't about tattoos, any more than the Tennie Pierce case was about a few bites of dog food.

It's about a broken discipline system and a continuing pattern of harassment and retaliation. It's about making "outsiders" uncomfortable in the fire station.

Pierce won a million dollars in his lawsuit not because he didn't like Alpo, but because he couldn't stomach the teasing and humiliation that followed, and because the department did nothing to stop it.

And his was one of several cases. The department -- and that means Los Angeles taxpayers -- has spent $16 million in the last few years paying off claims for hazing, discrimination and retaliation.

Last year, Douglas Barry was named chief to change all that. And firefighters I spoke with believe he's trying. He's visited every fire station, made his 97-page Discrimination Prevention Policy Handbook required reading, provided more training to station captains and tried to standardize the disciplinary process.

"He's very serious about this," Fire Commissioner Genethia Hayes said. "Every firefighter deserves to be in a work site where they can be comfortable. . . . . And that includes these guys with tattoos.

"They were hired, went through the drill tower, didn't get any breaks. We accepted them, and they're here and they shouldn't be subjected to harassment in the station."

If only we could hear Barry say that.

I don't know if Chief Barry is aware of the trouble brewing. None of the harassment complaints have yet made their way to the top. I tried to get Barry's views about it all this week, but his handlers wouldn't let me through. His chief of staff didn't return several calls. And Capt. Armando Hogan, the department's public information officer, said Barry was too busy attending community meetings and giving speeches to talk.

However, Barry did manage to find time Friday to hold a news conference at a fire station near the Van Nuys Airport to show off new firefighting aircraft. By the time I got there, the cameras were gone and Barry was hunkered down with Los Angeles County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman. A firefighter -- with no visible tattoos -- went to let Barry know that I wanted to see him.

But suddenly, the chief was gone. The firefighter shrugged. "Somebody said they think they just saw him leave."

Maybe I shouldn't be surprised that Barry's ducking me. He won't talk to firefighter union leaders either; they filed an unfair labor practice complaint last week over the department's continued refusal to meet over problems with the tattoo policy.

But I am surprised.

Barry was brought in, after all, to bust up the department's "code of silence" culture and restore fire station dignity.

Will it take a letter from a lawyer to make him listen?

sandy.banks@latimes.com

This was written in September but I thought it was interesting and so I posted it. Below are links to other stories about tattoo policies and professionalism.

For those looking for advice, I think doughesson had the best suggestions in the Firehouse Forum:

If it is allowed to have a tattoo on your future department,I'd say go for it,but you really need to consider several items that I think are important before getting inked.If visible tattos are not allowed,then plan on not showing them at school visits(especially not the dream girl you had done while in Subic,sailor)or do not get one where it cannot be covered.
For myself,I have 4 basic rules concerning my tats that serve me well.
#1.It should be placed on a body part that can be placed on polite public display,even if it is a "covert"job.
#2.It has to mean what inspired you to get in 20 years from now,so think before getting it done.
#3.It cannot be someone's name.What if you break up and then take up with someone whose name is different?Don't need that kind of trouble.
#4.It has to be something that you can show Mom.

Other stories:
Brad Pitt Protests Los Angeles Fire Department Tattoo Policy
The Fire Department, the Mayor and Fallout over the "No Show" Tattoo Policy
Army Changes Tattoo Policy
Too Tattooed to Work?
Discussion and advice for future firefighters
9-11 Memorial Tattoos
Thoughts? Comments?

Jumbo snow globes + sunlight = consumer hazard - Yahoo! News

Jumbo snow globes + sunlight = consumer hazard - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some 7,000 jumbo-sized snow globes were recalled by Hallmark Cards Inc. because the holiday decorations can act as a magnifying glass when exposed to sunlight and ignite nearby combustible materials, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.

The snowman-shaped snow globes were sold in October and November at Hallmark Gold Crown stores nationwide for about $100 each.

The consumer agency said Hallmark has received two reports of the snow globes igniting nearby materials but no injuries have been reported.

Consumers who bought the snow globes, which measure 11 by 12 by 17 inches (28 by 30 by 43cm), should immediately remove them from exposure to sunlight and return to a Hallmark Gold Crown store for a full refund.

Details about the recall were posted at the government agency's web site at: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09073.html.

(Reporting by Julie Vorman; Editing by Bill Trott)

Quick! Better get Frosty out of the sun!

U.S. Fire Administration Firefighter Fatality Notification - Blenheim, SC

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

Name: Steve Hagan, Sr.

Rank: Lieutenant

Age: 48

Gender: Male

Status: Volunteer

Years of Service:  4

Date of Incident: 12/22/2008

Time of Incident: 2330hrs

Date of Death: 12/23/2008

Fire Department: Blenheim Fire Department

Address: PO Box 128, 104 E. High St., Blenheim, SC 29516 (USNG: 17S PU 2369 1962)

Map:

http://www.fidnet.com/~jlmoore/usng/?zoom=15&usng=17SPU23691962&disp=h

Fire Department Chief: David Rogers

Incident Description: Lieutenant Hagan responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident. While at the scene, he began to feel sick and was taken to the hospital in Bennettsville.  Hagan was subsequently transported by ambulance to the hospital in Florence, SC, where he went into cardiac arrest and was unable to be revived.

Funeral Arrangements:  12/27/2008 @ 1400hrs in Blenheim, SC.

Memorial Fund Contact and Address:  In honor of to Lieutenant Steve Hagan, Sr., C/o Blenheim Fire Department, PO Box 128, 104 E. High St., Blenheim, SC 29516

Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant Steve Hagan, Sr. at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, 110 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2008 as a result of incidents that occurred in 2008 and one from a prior year incident.    USFA does not have a Line-of-Duty-Death (LODD) criterion nor does it make LODD determinations. Please note, running totals of firefighter fatalities used on these initial notices do not necessarily reflect the number of firefighter fatalities used in totals for the (provisional) monthly year-to-date USFA firefighter fatality reports, or year-end (provisional) reports posted online (http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm). Firefighter fatalities in USFA reports are summarized by date/year-of-incident. Initial notices posted online (http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/) and distributed via USFA listserve do not represent the final on-duty firefighter fatality determination by USFA for such reports, nor LODD determination made by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (http://www.FireHero.org) for names added each subsequent year to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial at the National Fire Academy in  Emmitsburg, MD, they are the beginning of a research process for each firefighter fatality reported so that such determinations can be made.

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