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2008 ERG at 2004 Pricing
The 2008 edition of the ERG is expected to be released in early 2008.
Reserve your copies now at 2004 pricing — you won't be billed
until they ship!
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By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director
When I recently purchased new living-room furniture, I glanced at the
label and asked the salesperson if the material was flame-resistant? She
said yes, but I knew better.
Last month I attended Underwriters Laboratories' two-day Smoke
Characterization Seminar. The sessions covered fire smoke basics,
hazards and research, and the audience included firefighters, training
officers, arson investigators, Centers for Disease Control officials,
and smoke alarm manufacturers.
"When I look at this room, I don't think of tables and chairs, I think
about fuel," said J. Thomas Chapin, Ph.D., UL's director of research and
development in his keynote address about fire and the smoke continuum.
"You can't have a fire if you don't have fuel." Click
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Polycom's Grant Assistance Program (PGAP) helps fire departments find
and apply for funding sources, such as the Assistance to Firefighters
grant, to buy critical communications equipment for training and
distance learning. Go to www.polycom.com/pgap to learn
more. We provide up to $1,500 towards the cost of grant writers to help
you apply.
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Comcare Emergency Response Alliance, the Open
Geospatial Consortium Inc., the National Emergency Number Association
and the National Association of State Fire Marshals will conduct a
core-services initiative to improve interoperable, inter-organizational
communications and information-sharing for emergency preparedness,
response and recovery. Click
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Do you have questions? We have answers!
FireChief.com is featuring a new service where you can ask industry
professionals your questions in specific categories. Class 1 is
currently answering questions related to Electronics, and
Hale is currently answering questions related to Pumps.
If you would like to be an expert on FireChief.com you can learn more
about the program here.
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The American Heart Association has created a new
intermediate course — Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition,
and Stabilization — for healthcare providers who do not regularly
provide advanced pediatric life support or who are not credentialed for
advanced pediatric treatment. Click
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The International Association of Wildland Fire is
supporting three pieces of wildland-fire legislation currently pending
before the U.S. Senate. Click
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The Leary Firefighters Foundation and Frigidaire
Appliances donated more than $90,000 in kitchen appliances to help
restore New Orleans firehouses destroyed by Hurricane Katrina more than
two years ago. Click
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The American Cancer Society is partnering with the
Retired Professional Fire Fighters Cancer Fund, a new organization that
will raise funds for cancer research. Click Here for
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The Eggertsville Hose Company of Amherst, N.Y. elected
its officers for 2008; Michael Boehm was re-elected to a third term as
chief. Click
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Robert D. Welding has resigned as president and CEO of
Federal Signal and will retire on Jan. 1, 2008. James E. Goodwin was
appointed interim president and CEO, while the company conducts a search
for a replacement. Click
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During this holiday season, many American firefighters
are doing double-duty for their country, serving as soldiers in Iraq,
Afghanistan and in other nations abroad. Command Post readers
have contributed the names of the soldiers on this list; these are sons
and daughters, brothers and sisters, colleagues and friends, fathers and
mothers in the fire service family. Click
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From Mutual Aid, a FIRE CHIEF Blog
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By Robert Rielage
With the holiday season here, the NFPA updated its statistics on
holiday-related fires. The data includes the average annual number and
severity of incidents, loss estimates, and injuries and deaths related
to fires from holiday decorations, lights, trees and candles. But
another statistic generated by the NFPA caught my eye even more than the
holiday update. Click
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Do you have an upcoming event to share with our
readers? Please send information to Lisa Allegretti, Managing Editor, at
lisa@firechief.com.
JANUARY 2008
Firefighter Life-Safety Initiatives Program Facilitators Forum
12, Rockville, Md., or
19, Brighton, Mich.
Contact: 609-397-1370;
www.everyonegoeshome.com
Firefighter Life-Safety Initiatives Implementation Workshop
13, Rockville, Md., or
20, Brighton, Mich.
Contact: 609-397-1370;
www.everyonegoeshome.com
20th Annual Apparatus Specification & Vehicle Maintenancy
Symposium
20-23, Orlando, Fla.
Contact: Sally McCormack, FDSOA, 508-881-3114; www.fdsoa.org
Fire-Rescue East
22-26, Jacksonville, Fla.
Contact: Florida Fire Chiefs' Association, www.ffca.org
Working Together Emergency Services Midwest Conference &
Exposition
30-Feb. 2, Milwaukee, Wis.
Contact: Don Hunjadi, 800-793-6820; www.wisconsinems.com/conf.htm
FEBRUARY 2008
Public Safety Grant Writing
6-7, Atlanta
Contact: David Furrer, Chief Grants, 800-733-9281, x 4535;
www.chiefsupply.com/grants/seminars.asp
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