| FF FALLS FROM FIRE TRUCK - NO SEAT BELT
Officials say a broken door latch is to blame for injuries to an Arnold firefighter who tumbled from a truck on the way to a fire call Tuesday morning. Arnold's overall fire chief, J.C. Tedorski, said the injured volunteer was treated and released from Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison and was advised to see a shoulder specialist. "Fortunately, the firefighter was wearing his helmet and other gear, but he still received a head laceration and a shoulder injury," Tedorski said.
"It was a catastrophic failure of the door latch," O'Leath said. He said the truck was turning from Drey Street onto Kenneth Avenue when the door flew open.
"We were going only 8 to 10 miles per hour, so it wasn't at high speed. But it was just enough for him to fall out." WEARING OF SEAT BELTS WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS INCIDENT! OH FF INJURED IN WALL COLLAPSE A Marion firefighter was seriously injured last night battling a blaze in the city's downtown. The firefighter was hurt in the lower leg while combatting the fire on N. Vine Street, a Marion dispatcher said. The firefighter's injury came when a brick wall collapsed, WBNS-TV reported. The injured firefighter was transported to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus. The blaze affected a brick building and an adjacent house. WBNS-TV reported the brick building was vacant, and that the residents of the house were not at home when the fire erupted. FIRE - KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICE GRANT PROJECT
The City of Ottawa Fire Services is leading the development of an evidence-based fire dynamics training (FDT) curriculum that will assist in closing current critical knowledge and capability gaps. This training will be incorporated into Canadian firefighting training certification standards for adoption and use by all fire services in Canada.
Ottawa Fire Services is partnering with the Calgary Fire Department; Service de s?curit? incendie de Montr?al; and Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency.
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP) has funded the project with a $1.2 million dollar grant and the project has an additional $2.8 million in-kind funding from participants and industry partners. The DRDC-CSSP mandate is to strengthen Canada's ability to anticipate, prevent/mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism, crime, natural disasters, and serious accidents through the convergence of science and technology with policy, operations and intelligence. This project addresses gaps between the science of fire dynamics and current firefighting strategies and tactics, translating knowledge into practice and resulting in safer and more effective fire-related emergency and disaster mitigation. The project goals are to reduce social, economic, environmental, legal and life-safety risks and impacts due to fire through the development of a collaborative, evidence-based fire dynamics curriculum, and safe, realistic live fire training tools. The project will confirm theory and make it accessible to front-line workers, confronting a wide range of existing, inaccurate and potentially dangerous assumptions and replacing them with complex, often non-intuitive research findings in a valid and reliable way. Project transition to the operational level will occur through new industry standards, endorsed curriculum and validated technologies. These outcomes will inform fire service investment decisions, policies, procedures and practices nationally and internationally and present innovative commercial development opportunities for industry. The project has received widespread support from the international fire service community, including: the Canadian Council of Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners; the Canadian Fire Service Education, Training and Certification Council; the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs; the International Association of Fire Fighters; the Ottawa Professional Fire Fighters Association; the Association des Pompiers de Montr?al; the Canadian Volunteer Fire Services Association; the National Research Council of Canada; the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG U.S. Department of State); Underwriters Laboratories; the National Institute of Standards and Technology; the Ontario Association of Fire Training Officers; the North American Fire Training Directors; the International Fire Service Training Association; International Society of Fire Service Instructors; and the National Fire Protection Association; the University of Waterloo; Carleton University; Algoma University; and the University of Toronto; and fire services from the United States (FDNY, Columbus Division of Fire, L.A. County), Australia (Brisbane - QFRS, Sidney - NSWFB) Belgium (Brussels), England (Lancashire Fire & Rescue), France (Yvelines), Germany (Frankfurt), Ireland (Dublin), Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden. Industry partners include Bullard, Bullex, DQE Inc, Fire Engineering Magazine, Firefighter Close Calls.com, LION, Logistik Unicorp, Mercedes Textiles, MSA and Task Force Tips. Through this tremendous international collaborative effort it has been made possible that the curriculum and all project content will be made available free of charge internationally for adoption/adaptation by interested fire services and standards organizations. For further information contact the Project Manager: [email protected] Take Care. Be Careful. Pass it On. BillyG The Secret List 4/23/2015-1100 Hours www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com |
