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Long COVID: A Need for Full Situational Awareness
April 24, 2023
Looking at the long-term effects of COVID-19 on firefighter health and fitness
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Company Officer Leadership: Community Safety Equals Firefighter Safety
April 30, 2014
Every morning, when firefighters don their station uniforms to begin their shifts, the commonality they share—regardless of geography or whether ...
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Company Officer Leadership: By the Way, You`re the Safety Officer
June 2, 2014
A large portion of fire departments has a designated safety officer that coordinates the safety and risk management of the ...
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Relationship Excellence: The Key to Keeping Everyone Safe
June 2, 2014
Establishing trusting relationships quickly with the people they serve is especially important for firefighters and EMTs. On the most basic ...
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Train Like You Fight with the Rules of Engagement
June 2, 2014
Training and fireground operational safety are uniquely linked, and standard operational guidelines (SOGs) establish a baseline for effective training. Where ...
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Establishing a Safety Climate through Leadership
June 2, 2014
Leadership can be defined as how we as fire chiefs influence our fire departments to achieve a common goal. So ...
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Firefighter/EMT Safety, Health & Survival: Community Relationships
May 15, 2014
Smart, safe firefighting is the message of the day. This message resounds in every conference, every training session, every shift ...
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Emergency Medical Services: "Suicide Is Painless"
June 16, 2014
If you have ever seen the movie M*A*S*H, you may recall where a fake suicide was held as part of ...
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Firefighter/EMT Safety, Health & Survival: Culture Change Needs Climate Change as Well
June 16, 2014
Over the past decade, particularly in the wake of the 2004 National Fallen Fighters Foundation``s first Line of Duty Death ...
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Firefighter Safety Through Advance Research: Applying the Latest Research to Tactics
June 16, 2014
The latest scientific fire experiments are providing new data on vertical ventilation and suppression that suggest that fire departments may ...
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It Takes Leadership to Improve Safety
June 16, 2014
The very first initiative in the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives is Define and advocate a cultural change within the ...
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IAFC Presents on EV Battery Safety at the EV Charging Symposium
July 12, 2023
EV Charging Symposium brought together stakeholders to collaborate on EV battery safety
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National US&R Response System Strategic Plan
July 7, 2023
Provide feedback to assist with updating the US&R Strategic Plan.
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House Begins Work on Fiscal Year 2024 DHS Appropriations
June 30, 2023
Reported Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.
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