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January 2, 2020

You still have time to register for the FDSOA Annual Health and Safety Conference! Join safety officers from across the country January 15-16 in Scottsdale, AZ. You can review the schedule here.

NIOSH Row Firefighting Tactics Factsheet-Poster September 21, 2020
NIOSH in collaboration with the International Fire Chiefs Association, International Fire Fighters Association, National Volunteer Fire Council, UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute, and the U.S. Fire Administration developed a fact sheet and poster that highlight tactics for fighting row house fires. In addition to the row house firefighting tactics, the fact sheet and poster highlight: […]
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Dangerous Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Containing Methanol July 15, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Takes Action to Warn, Protect Consumers from Dangerous Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Containing Methanol As part of continued action to protect the American public, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers and health care professionals about hand sanitizer products containing methanol, or wood alcohol — a substance often used to […]
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PPE CASE Notes Personal Protective Equipment Conformity Assessment Studies and Evaluation Notes: Firefighter SCBA Facepiece Sizing Issues December 17, 2019
PPE CASE Notes Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Personal Protective Equipment Conformity Assessment Studies and Evaluations (PPE CASE) Notes are fact sheets that provide a summary of findings from our post-market personal protective equipment tests, evaluations, and investigations. These fact sheets inform respirator users about common themes or trends we found […]
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National Firefighter Registry (NFR) October 17, 2019
National Firefighter Registry Congress directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)external icon to create the National Firefighter Registry (NFR) How do I enroll? Enrollment is not yet open, but there will be an opportunity in the near future for all firefighters to enroll. NIOSH will keep this webpage updated as the enrollment period approaches. […]
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Mobile Emergency Routing Services for First Responder Vehicles June 6, 2019
DHS Science and Technology Directorate Quick-Route
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IAFC Releases Guide to Address Gap in Firefighter Physicals May 21, 2019
Doctors, researchers and fire service experts team to create tool to promote firefighter health
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FSTAR Townhall On Fire Dynamics and Health and Safety July 25, 2017 April 20, 2017
The townhall is a one-day training event focused on the health and safety based of modern fire behavior, incorporating the latest tactical considerations.
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FSTAR Health Shares New Guide to Improve Firefighter Physicals October 20, 2016
The Healthcare Provider's Guide to Firefighter Physicals is coming soon to a fire department near you.
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Physicals: Your Life Depends on Them! October 20, 2016
"Thankfully, my fire department physical caught this disease early enough so it never affected my career and enabled early treatment of a potentially life-threatening problem."
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8 Online UL Training Courses September 15, 2016
Find it here: http://ulfirefightersafety.com/courses/
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CLOSE CALL: FIREFIGHTERS INJURED WHEN OXYGEN CYLINDERS EXPLODE IN HOUSE FIRE – VIRGINIA May 17, 2022
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. – Two firefighters were hospitalized Friday while battling a fire in Pittsylvania County after oxygen tanks exploded in the flames. On Friday, crews were working to extinguish a fire coming from the basement of a single-story home. Officials later discovered the fire was coming from an explosion from multiple oxygen tanks that were […]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 5/16 May 16, 2022
On 5/16/1896 a Chicago, Illinois firefighter was electrocuted at a fire. On 5/16/1909 a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania firefighter died from injuries he sustained after falling from a fire escape at 831 Arch Street. On 5/16/1917 a Kansas City, Kansas firefighter “was killed when a wall had collapsed on him while he was operating at a fire […]
RETIRED BUFFALO FIRE COMMISSIONERS MOTHER SHOT & KILLED, AMONG THE MULTIPLE VICTIMS OF YESTERDAY’S MASS SHOOTING. May 15, 2022
The mother of Former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield was one of the 10 murder victim’s in Saturday’s mass shooting. The gunman opened fire at the Tops Friendly Markets store, killing 10 people and wounding 3. The commissioners mother, Ruth Whitfield, 86, was on her way home from visiting her husband in a nursing home […]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 5/15 May 15, 2022
May 15 of each year is “Peace Officers Memorial Day” and the week in which it falls is “Police Week.” President John F. Kennedy declared the first Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15, 1962, as a tribute to and in honor of peace officers who, through their courageous deeds, lost their lives or became […]
THREE FIREFIGHTERS, TWELVE CIVILIANS INJURED IN APARTMENT FIRE – NEW YORK May 15, 2022
SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WABC) — Three firefighters were among 15 people who were injured in a fire in Brooklyn early Saturday. Citizen app video shows where the smoke and flames broke out just before 4 a.m. on the first floor of a 7-story building on Homecrest Avenue in the Sheepshead Bay section. More than 100 […]

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