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Company Officer Leadership - Applied Research and Hazmat Issues
May 19, 2016
Applied research is a form of systematic inquiry involving the practical application of science; it refers to the scientific study and research that seeks to solve practical problems. Those of us that are enrolled in or have graduated from the ...
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Firefighter Cancer Registry Bill Clears Congress
June 22, 2018
Legislation will create an anonymous, voluntary registry for firefighters at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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SAFECOM, OEC Want to Hear from Fire Chiefs
February 7, 2018
Please complete this nationwide survey by Feb. 23.
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Cancer Prevention at Natick Fire Department
April 3, 2017
Natick (Massachusetts) Fire Department is taking these steps to protect their firefighters and are share them in hopes they’ll help other departments find the best approach to protect their firefighters as well.
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Firefighter Physicals: Where Are We Now?
April 3, 2017
Three years ago, the SHS Section decided to take on the proverbial 800-pound elephant: mandatory annual medical evaluations for all firefighters. Here’s a snapshot of the progress we’ve made to date.
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Safety & Health: Research and Innovation
April 3, 2017
The fire service is perceived by many as slow to evolve. There may be some truth to this, but some of us are witnesses to increasing acceptance of innovative thinking: One of the greatest drivers is the practical application of scientific research.
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Safety & Health: Survive Alive
November 2016
More than four years ago, the board of the IAFC’s Safety, Health & Survival Section (SHS) met in Virginia over several cold and blustery January days to create a new strategic plan. Much of the discussion during these meetings focused ...
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FSTAR Health Shares New Guide to Improve Firefighter Physicals
October 2016
The Healthcare Provider’s Guide to Firefighter Physicals is coming soon to a fire department near you. Although there are indications the environment is improving, there is still a significant gap in the provision of healthcare for firefighters. Some firefighters receive annual ...
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Looking for Research? Visit the New FSTAR Website
September 18, 2015
The IAFC is pleased to announce the launch of FSTAResearch.org. As the new flagship website of the Firefighter Safety ...
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Numbers Matter
September 18, 2015
The fire service is generally an action-oriented profession. We’re doers, and we’re trained to take charge when everything seems to ...
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Fire & Life Safety: The Role of Data - Focusing on the Right Need
May 19, 2016
Data-driven is a term that can be overused, misunderstood and even scoffed at sometimes. After all, don’t we already know ...
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Cancer in the Fire Service
May 14, 2019
There is no question that we have a cancer problem in the fire service. We must do something differently or continue to lose our brother and sister firefighters—and possibly ourselves—to cancer.
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TargetSolutions and IAFC VCOS Now Accepting Nominations for 2019 Training Officer Recognition Award
May 13, 2019
Nominations for the 2019 Training Officer Recognition Award are being accepted through June 30.
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Safety, Health And Survival Section Spotlight: Hanover SMARTER Program
May 10, 2019
Learn how Hanover utilized federal grants to implement wearable technology to study firefighter health and wellness, implement data-driven decisions based on those results.
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