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June 30, 2010
FEMA grant helps West Plains Fire
Department buy sprinkler safety house
The West Plains Fire Department will have a simulator to educate West Plains
and surrounding communities about fire safety and residential fire
sprinklers following delivery of a $69,830 ...
June 14, 2010
Firefighters' teaching trailer
A new fire safety tool will allow firefighters to educate the public on how
to react when common household fires break out arrived at the Columbus Fire
Department station house last week. The...
May 4, 2010
Charleston council gets demo of new fire department safety trailer
CHARLESTON — The freight train-like roar of a tornado sounded at the
conclusion of the City Council meeting Tuesday evening. The tornado sound
effects were part of a demonstration put on by the...
May 4, 2010
Winston-Salem Fire Department has a mobile Fire Safety House to teach
children about safety in the home.
April 23, 2010
Myrtle Beach police and firefighters hold safety demo
Firefighters and police officers gave demonstrations and promoted safety
Friday at Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach. The firefighters showed people
how to put out grease fires and gave sprinkler demonstrations inside their
fire safety trailer. Watch the
fire safety
video at Carolina Live.
April 23, 2010
PCTI Students Receive a Safety Lesson
Wayne, NJ - A little known fact: most house fires result from mishaps in the
kitchen. In order to act as preventative medicine, two firefighters from
Paterson visited the Culinary Arts program at PCTI to make...
April 22, 2010
WQOW News 18 in Eau Clair Reports on New Fire Safety Trailer
February 9, 2010
Fire Safety
Odessa Fire Department Fire Inspector Johnny Prieto talks to Blanton
Elementary third-graders about what they can do to prevent a kitchen fire as
well how to safely evacuate their home Monday in the Kid’s Safety House.
February 2010
Watch the Video
Peoria firefighters run emergency scenarios for primary school children at
the fire safety house.
December 2009
Local Hero - Amarillo Texas
Amarillo, TX - One local family were able to escape their burning home late
last night. They have one of their own to thank that no one was
injured. The fire started just before 12 last night and what happened next
can only be attributed to an act of heroism...
November 20, 2009
Fire Chief in Y.C. Retires
The path to firefighting was not an unnatural one for Marc Boomgaarden. His
grandfather battled blazes with Marysville Fire Department, and a cousin,
who fought fires with the Yuba City Fire Department, lured the former Yuba
College athlete toward lights and sirens...
November 17, 2009
FEMA grant helps Nebraska fire department buy sprinkler safety house
TThe Columbus Fire Department will have a simulator to educate Columbus and
surrounding communities about fire safety following the City Council's
approval Monday of an $82,701 combination sprinkler/fire safety house.
The safety house will be utilizing a 2009 Fire Prevention Safety grant from
the...
November 13, 2009
State Farm Donates $45k to Cleveland Fire for Safety House
The State Farm Insurance Co. contributed $45,000 to the Cleveland Fire
Department to purchase of a new fire safety house. The "smoke house" will be
used by the fire department to teach children and adults the importance of
how to plan...
October 16, 2009
Fire House Teaches Kids a "Cool" Lesson
As the simulated smoke entered the room, Keshauna Briggs showed her
classmates what to do. With the assistance of a local firefighter, the
third-grader at Harrison Primary School got down on the ground, crawled on
her hands...
November 2, 2009
Safety Alert! Public fire safety campaign kicks off
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) launched an
effort to encourage everyone to install and maintain home smoke alarms and,
if possible, sprinklers. More than 3,000 people die in...
October 8, 2009
Gilbert Students Get Drive-Up Fire Lessons
Gilbert firefighters are heading to schools during Fire Safety
Month, educating third-grade students with a new fire-safety training
program in October...
October 7, 2009
Unique
Fire Safety Experience for Local Students
This week is National Fire Prevention Week and local fire fighters
are giving District 150 students a unique experience in fire safety...
October 6, 2009
Open
House to Tout Fire Safety
With the success of last year's open house at the Don Twichell
Memorial Fire Station, firefighters plan a sequel Saturday to observe
national Fire Protection Week once again...
September 29, 2009
"Your City at Work" Features Paducah Fire Department
This episode of Your City at Work is devoted to the four divisions
of the Paducah Fire Department: administration, suppression,
prevention, and training. At the beginning of the episode, viewers
will learn about the rich history of the Paducah Fire Department...
October 3, 2009
YFD Carnival - Safety & Fun
Representatives from YFD, The State Police and The DCR conducted
demonstrations, gave safety tips and supervised fun games for the kids,
including a moon bounce, ball tossing games and dunk the firefighter.
Thankfully the dunkee had...
July 27, 2009
ISFSI Appoints
Shane Ray as Director of Government Affairs
Long time ISFSI member Chief Shane Ray has been appointed as ISFSI
Director of Government Affairs by the board of directors. Chief Ray
has tremendous experience in public policy and will represent the interest
of the fire service instructor in Washington, D.C. Chief Ray will
serve...
August 30, 2009
Panhandler Pumpers Put on a Show
You don't have to be a fire apparatus buff to enjoy the fourth
annual Panhandle Pumpers Society Fire Muster set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 13 at Heritage Port along the scenic Ohio River in Wheeling.
But it helps if you enjoy antique fire equipment, water games...
August 13, 2009
MADD "Touch a Truck" Fundraiser a Success
Touch a Truck, the family fun fundraiser put on by Mothers Against
Drunk Driving WV in early August, had 200 adult and child visitors viewing
and climbing into 21 vehicles, according to a release from the organization.
Operators opened doors and cupboards, lifted hoods, sounded...
August 7, 2009
FEMA
Awards Over 200 Grants to Fire Departments
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) awarded $173,865 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grants
(AFG) program to local fire departments and organizations in the state of
Texas. Nationally, the fiscal year (FY) 2008 AFG awards will provide
approximately $500 million to fire departments...
July 16, 2009
Fire Dept. newest teaching tool: Life Safety Trailer
Frank Szivos, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Burn Care
Foundation, which sends about 70 severely burned children to a special camp
every summer, said he would like nothing better than for...
June 21, 2009
Plenty of
fun at Whitby Community Safety Day
WHITBY -- Aside from telling their kids to “get out quickly” if
there’s fire, the Liu family doesn’t have much of an escape plan in place.
“I’m a little embarrassed about it now...
June 8, 2009
Youngsters get
realistic lesson in fire safety
Smoke billowed out of the window as Johnathan and Jackie Beaulieu climbed
out the bedroom window of the Fire Safety House on Saturday at U.S. Cellular
in Tilton. Tilton-Northfield Fire & EMS ...
May 29, 2009
Sparky’s House lands donation
through insurance companies
Sparky's House, the inspiration of late Fredonia fireman Dale
Vanvolkenburg, has served as a teaching tool for thousands of young children
over the past nine years. "Since 2000, it has traveled ...
May 20, 2009
Students Learn Fire Safety
WINFIELD — With the flick of a switch on the wall, Debbie Gartrell set off
the beep, beep, beep of a smoke detector in the tiny bedroom. As a cloud of
baby powder “smoke” filtered into the room, the group of...
April 30, 2009
Fire Victims Install Sprinkler System
The Bell family unfortunately knows what it is like to see their home burn
down before their eyes, and they are now taking steps to make sure it
doesn't happen again. Matt Bell came to his Painesville Township...
April 30, 2009
Fire Safety Presentations
The Carrollton Rotary Club purchased and donated one of the most exciting
new fire safety teaching tools to our community. The fire safety house is
one of the most modern fire safety teaching tools used to...
September 30, 2008
Home Hazards: Can Children Recognize the Dangers?
To have effective injury prevention programs for children, solid education
must be provided. Initially, the parental responsibility includes protecting
and instructing the child about dangerous...
September, 2008
Planning and
Building a Mobile Safety Classroom
The Mobile Safety Classroom (MSC) project began as an idea to bring fire
prevention, emergency medical and life safety instruction to places where
there was limited or no facilities for education...
April 19, 2006
Don’t worry, it’s only a test
New simulator offers lessons in fire safety
April 19, 2006- On their hands and knees, all 28 kindergartners crawled to
“safety” inside a state-of-the-art Chicago Fire Department simulator as it
filled with thick, blinding smoke Tuesday...
May 26, 2006
SCOTTY Saves -
Greensboro North Carolina
In the past five years, the fire safety education program of the Pinecroft
Sedgefield Fire Department in Greensboro, North Carolina has an incredible two
saves...
August 16, 2004
Fire Safety House
Provides Aid During Busy Hurricane Season
After Hurricane Charley slammed into the city of Punta Gorda,
Florida with 145 mile per hour winds on Aug. 13, the fire department needed
a place to house personnel...
October 2003
The Handprints On The Wall
Once the blaze of a 12-unit apartment complex in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was
knocked down, fire investigators made several startling discoveries. One was
the...
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2006
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2005
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2004
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Military Proudly
2003
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