SHS Joins with FDSOA on the Leadership Track at the 2019 Health and Safety Forum

August 17, 2018

2019 Health and Safety Forum

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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 […]
FSTAR Admin
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 […]
FSTAR Admin
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. […]
FSTAR Admin
Mobile Emergency Routing Services for First Responder Vehicles June 6, 2019
DHS Science and Technology Directorate Quick-Route
FSTAR Admin
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
FSTAR Admin
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.
FSTAR Admin
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.
FSTAR Admin
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."
FSTAR Admin
8 Online UL Training Courses September 15, 2016
Find it here: http://ulfirefightersafety.com/courses/
FSTAR Admin

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FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN HOTEL FIRE – PENNSYLVANIA March 16, 2023
Philadelphia firefighters contained a multi-floor blaze at a historic Philly hotel that started burning on Wednesday morning. Crews arrived on the scene shortly after 10:15 a.m., said Fire Department spokesperson Kathy Matheson, to extinguish a fire that broke out at Hotel Carlyle on Poplar and 15th Streets near the edge of North Philly. It took […]
EIGHT RESIDENTS DISPLACED, FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN TWO-ALARM APARTMENT FIRE – VIRGINIA March 16, 2023
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) -Eight people in Chesterfield have been displaced, and one firefighter was injured after a massive fire tore through their home Wednesday afternoon. Fire crews were called to a townhouse in the 2700 block of Creekview Drive just before 3:30 p.m. on March 15. When they arrived, the flames had spread to the […]
FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN HOUSE FIRE – KENTUCKY March 16, 2023
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – A Richardsville firefighter was injured Tuesday night during a house fire call. The Richardsville Fire Department was called to a house fire in the 8900 block of Richardsville Road on Tuesday around 9 p.m. Fire officials say the structure was far from the roadway and difficult to reach with larger […]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 3/16 March 16, 2023
On 3/16/1993 around 4:00 p.m. a Chicago, Illinois fire killed nineteen residents at 1432 N. LaSalle Street, the Paxton Hotel, an apartment building for low-income people, that spread to several rooms and filled corridors with combustion products in the four-story Type III construction, masonry building, with wood stud lath and plaster non-bearing walls, a steel […]
INDIANA FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERS BROKEN FOOT AT HOUSE FIRE March 15, 2023
Two people suffered burns and smoke inhalation early Wednesday morning when their home caught fire near Osceola. Penn Township Fire officials say the home in the 56-thousand block of Greenlawn Avenue sustained significant damage. One firefighter suffered a leg injury and was treated and released. One of the two people inside the house at the […]

SHS Joins with FDSOA on the Leadership Track at the 2019 Health and Safety Forum

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