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NIST Study on Charleston Furniture Store Fire Calls for National Safety Improvements

October 28, 2010 | "firefighter safety", "pre-fire planning", "Situational Awareness" assessment, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Charleston, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, decision-making, events, failures, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, fires, History Repeating Event, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, Naum, NIST, Reports, Safety, Sprinklers | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Major factors contributing to a rapid spread of fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., on June 18, 2007, included large open spaces with furniture providing high fuel loads, the inward rush of air following the breaking of windows and a lack of sprinklers, according to a draft report released for public comment […]

New NFPA campaign puts a face on the lifesaving impact of home sprinklers

October 27, 2010 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, fire-prevention-education, firefighting-operations, NFPA, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments

TheÂ National Fire Protection AssociationÂ (NFPA) announced theÂ Faces of Fire campaign, featuring personal stories of those who have been affected by fires in the home. Faces of Fire is a tool to promote the required installation of fire sprinklers in new one- and two-family homes and is part of NFPAÂ’s Fire Sprinkler Initiative. Faces of Fire was […]

NIST Residential Fire Study Education Kit Now Available

October 22, 2010 | "firefighter safety", building construction, Christopher Naum, Deployment, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, NIST | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Educational resource for fire chiefs, firefighters, and public officials.

FireFighter Fatalities in 2009

October 12, 2010 | "firefighter safety", Christopher Naum, decision-making, Fatalities, fire service, fire suppression, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, in-the-line-of-duty, incidents, LODD, Reports, research, Safety, Safety Culture, USFA | Christopher Naum | No Comments

The USFA recently issued the Report on Firefighter Fatalities in the Undited States for the year 2009. Ninety (90) on-duty firefighters from 33 states lost their lives as the result of incidents that occurred in 2009. Pennsylvania experienced the highest number of fatalities (8). In addition to Pennsylvania, only New York (7), North Carolina (6), […]