Saturday, July 19, 2008
Public Education
Kidde, Danger Rangers Offer Discounts
Kidde and Danger Rangers are offering a special discount during July on fire safety products and educational materials to help fire departments prepare for Fire Prevention Month in October....
FRI Exhibitor Preview
A sample of the products and services FIRE CHIEF advertisers will display in Denver, Aug. 14–16. Visit FIRE CHIEF at Booth 3021...
Apparatus About Town
By Carrie Cleaveland
The Lacey (Wash.) Fire District Uses its newest truck as a public-education tool. ...
NFPA Offers Summer Safety Materials
The National Fire Protection Association offers reports, safety tips and other resources to the media working on Fourth of July stories and other topics related to summer safety....
CMC Rescue on Travel Channel
CMC Rescue's founder and president Jim Frank will appear on John Ratzenberger's show, "Made in America," on the Travel Channel on Wednesday, June 25, at 11:30 p.m. EST. ...
School Bill Includes Fire Safety
The National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association has inserted fire life safety alarms language into the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act....
San Diego Wins PR Award for Wildfire Response
The Public Relations Society of America presented its Public Relations Professional of the Year award to San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders' communications team for its handling of citywide communications during the wildfires in October 2007....
FDIC Exhibitor Roundup
By Rick Markley
Each April the Indianapolis Convention Center bursts at the seams with fire and emergency equipment. This year was true to form. ...
NFPA Launches Web Tools for Kids
The National Fire Protection Association introduced a new cast of characters to help kids learn valuable safety lessons in a web environment. ...
Sprinkler Association Appoints Regional Manager
The National Fire Sprinkler Association, appointed Bruce Lecair regional manager for the western region, which includes California and Hawaii....
Media Kit Available for Arson Awareness Week
Arson Awareness Week is May 4–10 and this year’s theme is “Toylike Lighters — Playing with Fire.” The U.S. Fire Administration has released a media kit to help fire departments create awareness of this danger in their community....
Custom Frame
By Elizabeth Enos
Dissecting a city’s EOP with a strategic frame analysis shows areas in need of improvement. ...
Digital Dilemma
By Michael J. Ward
Blogs give the public near-instant access to information. Use them to your advantage....
Vision Quest
By Rick Markley
Program Chairman Jim Crawford hopes a clear picture of fire prevention emerges from a budding IFE initiative....
Campus Firewatch Media Project Launched
The Campus Firewatch Media Project, jointly sponsored by Campus Firewatch, the People's Burn Foundation and the Michael H. Minger Foundation, will provide an opportunity for students to write original material and be published each month throughout the 2008–2009 academic year in Campus Firewatch....
Harvard State and Local Government Program Executives Selected
The U.S. Fire Administration in Washington (D.C.) has selected eight senior fire officials to attend Harvard University’s Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program conducted by the John F. Kennedy School of Government....
USFA Releases Civilian Fire Injuries Report
The U.S. Fire Administration issued a report, part of its Topical Fire Report Series, examining the causes and characteristics of civilian fire injuries occurring in residential buildings....
FESHE Launches New Web Site
After years of development, the new FESHE Web site now is live. ...
Educational Wildfire Resource Empowers Homeowners, Aids Firefighters
Prepare Stay Defend (PSD), a California non-profit organization, has launched a Web site that empowers homeowners against wildfires. ...
Free ‘Supporting America’s Bravest’ T-Shirts
Chapman Innovations’ seeks to raise awareness and increase support for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) with a T-shirt giveaway at its FDIC booth (153)....
AHRI Program Addresses Infrared Heater Safety
The Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute has developed the Infrared Heater Safety Council, a safety education initiative dedicated to reducing fires caused by the misuse of infrared heating equipment used in commercial buildings....
U.K. Prevention Works
By Philip Schaenman & Mick Ballesteros
Our neighbors across the pond have taken serious steps to reduce fire fatalities through public education, and they’ve seen serious results. ...
USFA Releases Fire-Risk Reports
The U.S. Fire Administration has issued three special reports as part of its Topical Fire Report series, examining the risk of death or injury from fire by various demographic, geographic and socio-economic characteristics....
Cooking Top Cause of Home Fires
Cooking was involved in an estimated 146,400 home structure fires in the United States in 2005, according to a National Fire Protection Association report. Cooking fires accounted for 40% of the home structure fires in 2005, and these cooking fires resulted in 480 deaths, 4,690 injuries, and $876 million in direct property damage....
Fire is Not Child's Play
By Rick Markley
Juvenile fire expert Robert Cole examines the problem of fires started by children and how fire chiefs can prevent it....
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