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188 Days of Opportunity to make a Difference: Surviving the Fire Ground
June 26, 2011 | "firefighter safety", "Safety Week", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, decision-making, decisions, Fire Service Tradition, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, Mayday, professional development, Safety Culture, training, training-development | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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During this week, there were on average, over 8,600 structure fires in the United States. According to NFPA statistics the following occur on average in the U.S; A fire department responded to a fire every 23 seconds. One structure fire was reported every 66 seconds. One home structure fire was reported every 87 seconds One civilian fire injury […]

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June 23, 2011 | "firefighter safety", "pre-fire planning", "Safety Week", "Situational Awareness" assessment, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, close-call, Combat Fire Engagement, decisions, Fire Service Tradition, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, History Repeating Event, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, Mayday | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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For those of you that follow or have attended one of my many seminar and lecture program offerings, one program seems very pertinent in both context and content on this, the Sixth Day of Fire/EMS Safety Week 2011 that resonates around the theme and focus of Surviving the Fire Ground – Fire Fighter, Fire Officer […]

Rules of Engagement 2010
September 1, 2010 | "firefighter safety", "health and safety", Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, command presence, command-leadership, compentencies, courage to be safe, decision-making, decisions, fire service, fire suppression, IAFC | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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The “Rules” were formally adopted by the IAFC Health, Safety and Survival Section at the Fire Rescue International Conference held last week in Chicago.