A groundbreaking study in Illinois could change the way firefighters attack the hottest and most dangerous fires. The Milwaukee Fire Department is taking part in the study, but a retired New York City battalion chief says the researchers are all wet.
It may sound elementary, but scientists in suburban Chicago are studying whether applying water on a fire from the outside should come before search and rescue on the inside.
Legislation set to be introduced to Congress on Thursday would create a new national standard for when police officers can use deadly force and require police academies to teach officers de-escalation techniques — the latest in a series of measures to be proposed during the current national conversation on police reform.
In 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to celebrate EMS practitioners and the important work they do in our nation's communities. Back then, EMS was a new profession, and EMS practitioners had only just started to be recognized as a critical component of emergency medicine and the public health safety net.
Fires kill about 3,000 Americans every year, according to federal death statistics, and researchers are finding that newer homes are burning faster than older ones -- and the results can be deadly.
Experts with UL LLC, formerly known as Underwriters Laboratories, discovered 30 years ago, families had an average of 17 minutes to get out of their homes after a fire started.
The Primary Response Incident Scene Management (PRISM) series was written to provide authoritative, evidence-based guidance on mass casualty disrobe and decontamination during a chemical incident. The PRISM documentation comprises three volumes:
After speaking at a recent panel hosted by the Department of Commerce and the Industrial Fabrics Association International at the Smart Fabrics Summit, FRG Director Daniel Cotter, said the use of smart fabrics as a technology platform is “something FRG can build off of.”
The deadly fire that preceded a massive 2013 explosion at a fertilizer facility in West, Tex., killing more than a dozen people and injuring hundreds, was intentionally set, federal authorities said Wednesday.
The Chicago Fire Department is collecting PPE from all paramedics, a move some say is putting the responders' lives in danger.
Chicago Sun Times reported that SCBA were removed from 75 Chicago ambulances two years ago. In addition, 70 paramedics graduating from the fire academy weren't issued fire helmets, boots and PPE.
The military is checking U.S. bases for potential groundwater contamination from a toxic firefighting foam, but most states so far show little inclination to examine civilian sites for the same threat.
The National Fire Protection Association (“NFPA”) Standards Council is in receipt of New Project Initiation Requests for the development of an ANSI Accredited Standard on operational protocol and professional qualifications for operators of Emergency Responder Robotics (including Unmanned Aerial Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and other robotics utilized in emergency responder applications).
