| Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Application Period Opens April 2
4/3/2012 1:15:22 PM The application period for Fiscal Year 2011 Fire Prevention and Safety grants begins April 2 and runs through April 27, 2012. |
 | NFPA’s Sparky the Fire Dog Launches New “Put Out the Fire” Online Game
4/3/2012 1:06:15 PM The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) most popular section on the Sparky the Fire Dog® website just got better! The fire truck section is now home to the new “Put Out the Fire” game. "Put Out the Fire" is a game of skill in which critical thinking is a must. |
| Fire Protection Research Foundation Releases Report on Water Consumption for Fires
4/3/2012 1:01:54 PM The amount of water used during a fire when a building has a sprinkler system is less than that of an unsprinklered building, according to “Fire Flow Water Consumption in Sprinklered and Unsprinklered Buildings: An Assessment of Community Impact,” a new report released by the Fire Protection Research Foundation. |
 | Fire Corps Award of Excellence Nomination Period Now Open
4/3/2012 12:56:05 PM Fire Corps is excited to announce that the 2012 Award of Excellence nomination period is now open. Applications must be received by May 25, 2012.
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| Tulsa Firefighter Teeter Earns Security Master's Degree
4/3/2012 12:34:15 PM Andy Teeter of the Tulsa (Okla.) Fire Department completed a Master of Arts Degree in Security Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security on March 30, 2012.
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| Riverside County Fire Department Enforces Hazard Reduction Ordinance 695
4/3/2012 12:28:25 PM Beginning the week of April 1, 2012, property owners that have not cleared parcels with overgrown weeds, dry grasses and other flammable vegetation will be receiving a Notice of Violation and Order to Abate from the Riverside County Fire Hazard Reduction Office.
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| LAFD and Cal/OSHA Stress Confined Space Awareness
4/2/2012 10:32:35 AM The California Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) teamed up this week with the Los Angeles Fire Department to educate employers and employees on the dangers of working in confined spaces.
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| Doak Smith Named LAFD's Firefighter of the Year
4/2/2012 10:26:40 AM Scores of Los Angeles Firefighters past and present joined Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Cummings and civic leaders in Los Angeles on March 21, 2012, to honor LAFD Apparatus Operator Doak Smith as the Los Angeles Fire Department's 2011 Firefighter of the Year.
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 | Portland Fire & Rescue Now Accepting Applications for Fire Camp 2012
4/2/2012 10:08:53 AM Portland Fire & Rescue, in partnership with other metro-area fire agencies, is offering a three-day fire training camp specifically for young women ages 16 to 19. Fire Camp 2012 will be held June 22, 23, & 24, 2012 at Portland Fire & Rescue's Training Center located at 4800 NE 122nd Avenue in Portland, Oregon.
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| Tulsa Fire Department to Conduct Airport Rescue Firefighting Training
4/2/2012 9:25:21 AM The Tulsa Fire Department will be conducting Airport Rescue Firefighting(ARFF) training at the airport beginning approximately 9:30 to 11:30 from Monday, April 2, 2012 to Wednesday, April 4th, 2012. |
