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Table Of Contents
A Jarring Memory
NFPA Releases 2007 Firefighter Injury Report
Conference Covers Emergency Worker Stress
Conn. Department Hires Assistant Chief
DHS Announces 2009 Grant Guidance
Fillmore, Calif., Chooses Chief
First Female Battalion Chief for Wichita
IAFC Rules on Multiple-Capacity Service
ISEA Asks FHWA to Clarify Rule
Near-Miss System Hits Milestone
St. Louis Switches SCBA After Lawsuits
Study Measures Effects of Alcohol and Fire Victims
Push Back
Quest for Knowledge
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From Janet's Notebook
A Jarring Memory
By Janet Wilmoth

The evening of Dec. 1, 1958, is planted firmly in my memory. I was sitting in my dad’s upholstery shop doing my homework and listening to the radio. The news reports told of a fire at Chicago's Our Lady of Angels School and the increasing number of bodies being removed. The radio announcer also read a list of hospitals where parents could find injured children and victims’ bodies.

On that cold December day 50 years ago, 92 school children and three nuns were burned to death; the fire's origin remains unknown.

In 1996, David Cowan and John Kuenster wrote, “To Sleep with the Angels.” Their book details the story about the Our Lady of Angels School fire and the significant changes to fire codes and schools not only in Chicago, but across the nation.

The Our Lady of Angels School fire is called “the fire that no one can forget.” And that is why it was so surprising to hear that, as a result of a lawsuit involving a child falling from a school’s window, the Chicago Board of Education has installed bars across windows of Chicago public schools. Click Here for More ...

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Top Story
NFPA Releases 2007 Firefighter Injury Report
The National Fire Protection Association released the 2007 Firefighter Injury report. Click Here for More ...
In the News
Conference Covers Emergency Worker Stress
At the second International Road Traffic Accident and Reconstruction Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, a session was devoted to discussing the effects of trauma among police, paramedics and firefighters, as well as the right and wrong ways to handle it. Click Here for More ...
Conn. Department Hires Assistant Chief
Charles Licata became assistant fire chief of the East Haven (Conn.) Fire Department. Click Here for More ...
DHS Announces 2009 Grant Guidance
The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency released "FY 2009 Application Guidance" for 14 federal grant programs, totaling more than $3 billion available in federal funding to state and local governments. Click Here for More ...
Fillmore, Calif., Chooses Chief
Capt. Bill Herrera, who has served as interim chief of the Fillmore (Calif.) Fire Department since former Chief Pete Egedi was placed on administrative leave in June, officially was named fire chief. Click Here for More ...
First Female Battalion Chief for Wichita
Elizabeth "Tammy" Snow is the first woman to be named battalion chief in the history of the Wichita (Kan.) Fire Department. Click Here for More ...
IAFC Rules on Multiple-Capacity Service
During a recent meeting, the board of directors of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, in conjunction with the Volunteer & Combination Officers Section, voiced its support for firefighters who serving in multiple organizations, capacities and communities, and to say that these individuals should not be forced by any organization to choose one specific avenue. Click Here for More ...
ISEA Asks FHWA to Clarify Rule
The International Safety Equipment Association has asked the U.S. Federal Highway Administration to formally recognize vests that meet the ANSI/ISEA 207-2006 American National Standard for Public Safety Vests as complying with the provisions of a worker-visibility regulation that takes effect Nov. 24. Click Here for More ...
Near-Miss System Hits Milestone
The National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System posted its 2,000th report to its Web site. Click Here for More ...
St. Louis Switches SCBA After Lawsuits
The St. Louis Fire Department plans to spend approximately $2 million to replace its Survivair brand (Now Sperian Fire) breathing and safety gear with 375 new mask-and-backpack devices from Scott Health & Safety. Click Here for More ...
Study Measures Effects of Alcohol and Fire Victims
The Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute conducted a study measuring the effect of alcohol on a person's ability to leave an apartment during a fire. Click Here for More ...
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As Seen in FIRE CHIEF
Push Back
By Janet Wilmoth

Delivering aid to five million people without power is a daunting task for any agency, made more so by also having to provide for rescue workers. Whose responsibility was it?. Click Here for More ...
Quest for Knowledge
By Rick Markley

Being a lifelong learner has helped Don Dominick keep the Stillwater (Okla.) Fire Department’s rigs running. Click Here for More ...
Upcoming Events
Full Calendar at FireChief.com
Do you have an upcoming event to share with our readers? Please send information to Carrie Cleaveland, Assistant Editor, at carrie@firechief.com.

NOVEMBER

Firefighter Seminar
 16, Old Saybrook, Conn.
Contact: Valley Shore Mutual Aid Association, John T. Dunn, (860) 388-4599, hayride@oldsaybrookfire.com; www.fireseminar.com

32-Hour Industrial Fire Team Leader
17-20, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

8-Hour Foam Operations
18, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

Air Management and SCBA Skills for Fireground Survival
21, Romeoville, Ill.
Contact:RICOFIRERESCUE, (815) 372-4042; www.ricofirerescue.com

8-Hour Pre-Emergency Planning for Industrial Facilities
25, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

DECEMBER

8-Hour Foam Operations
5, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program Facilitators Forum
8, Garland, Texas
Web site: http://www.everyonegoeshome.com Contact: Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program, (609) 397-1370; www.everyonegoeshome.com

Public Safety Grant Writing National Seminar
 9, San Francisco, Calif.
Contact: CHIEF Grants, David Furrer, (888) 588-8569 ext. 4535, davidf@chiefsupply.com; www.chiefgrants.com

8-Hour Firefighter Survival Skills-Flashover
12, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

Rescue I-Plus
8-12, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Industrial Fire Training
15, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

Confined-Space Technician II
15-19, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Foam Operations
16, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

JANUARY

Public Safety Grant Writing National Seminar
 6-7, San Francisco, Calif.
Contact: CHIEF Grants, David Furrer, (888) 588-8569 ext. 4535, davidf@chiefsupply.com; www.chiefgrants.com

Ice Rescue Technician Course
17, Harrisville, N.H.
Contact: Lifesaving Resources, (603) 827-4139; www.lifesaving.com

Apparatus Specification & Vehicle Maintenance Symposium
 18-21, Orlando, Florida
Contact: Fire Department Safety Officers Association, Mary McCormack, (508) 881-3114; www.fdsoa.org

Public Safety Grant Writing National Seminar
 23-24, San Francisco, Calif.
Contact: CHIEF Grants, David Furrer, (888) 588-8569 ext. 4535, davidf@chiefsupply.com; www.chiefgrants.com

Fire Rescue East
28-31, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Contact: Florida Fire Chief's Association, www.ffca.org

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