Recommendation: The training staff must ensure all participants in a "live" fire training exercise "have received the training and opportunities to properly perform the job." And this is pivotal to safety measures for recruits: A student's first exp Continue Reading...
The main question one might therefore ask is whether their combined experience and training were not sufficient to prevent their deaths. Both men had Fire Fighter Level I training and years of experience. When investigating the circumstances leading Continue Reading...
The idea of this and similar programs is to keep physical demands high of fire fighters in order to keep them in the best physical health possible. Routine medical checks are required, along with a strenuous exercise routines and expectations. Addit Continue Reading...
Physical Program for Virginia Fire Fighters
The Need for a Physical Fitness Program for Virginia Fire Departments
Fire fighters hold a special place within American society. They help keep our urban and rural landscapes safe from blazes of all kind Continue Reading...
NIMS and Charleston Warehouse Fire
June 18, 2007 witnessed the death of nine heroic firefighters in a conflagration at the site of a furniture warehouse in Charleston, South Carolina. The nine fatalities were "the worst death toll for firefighters s Continue Reading...
Safety Managers Program
There was the new act of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, called OSHA in short introduced in 1970. This new act gave rise to a lot of growth in the development of Safety officers. At the same time it also led to Continue Reading...