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UNCC graduates 30 fire service leaders
| 05/02/2012
Thirty fire service leaders and aspiring leaders from across North Carolina and South Carolina graduated from UNC Charlotte’s Fire and Rescue Management Institute in February, joining over 200 alumni who have completed the co-hort certificate program since 2006-2007. Students completed over 70 hours of leadership and management curriculum covering modules such as Leadership and Team-Building, Strategic Planning and Operations Management, Communication Skills & Public Relations, and Personnel Management. The 12-day curriculum, which is spread out over four months, is designed to prepare today and tomorrow’ fire and rescue administrators for th... Read More...
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Chief Edward P. Brinson Named Assistant Director of the North Carolina State Firemen’s Association
| 05/02/2012
Chief Edward P. Brinson has been selected to serve as the Assistant Director of the North Carolina State Firemen’s Association. Chief Brinson is known to many of you and currently serves as the Chief of the Fairview Rural Fire Department located at 4501 Ten-Ten Road in Apex, NC. Read More...
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WANTED - Historical Photos from North Carolina Fire Departments
| 05/09/2012
RALEIGH - This year marks the 125th anniversary of the North Carolina State Firemen's Association. Several special events and projects are being planned to celebrate this historic event during the Conference in August. You are invited to participate! Please send us any historic photos that you may have of your department. We're looking for fires, firehouses, personnel, apparatus - pretty much anything that illustrates how your department USED to look. If you have scanned digital photos, email them to graphics@southatlanticfirerescueexpo.com . Read More...
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From the Editor - Spring 2012
Sherry Brooks | 04/23/2012
Congratulations to Rusty Alexander, Fire Chief of Locke Township Fire Dept. in Salisbury. Chief Alexander was the winner of our Fire Truck Pedal Car give-a-way. Please come by our booth at the South Carolina Fire Rescue Conference at Myrtle Beach and the South Atlantic Expo in Raleigh to enter to win your own miniature fire truck! Read More...
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Man versus Machine: Vehicle and Machine Rescue
Ed Henry | 04/23/2012
The Man versus Machine calls are the type that many fire service and EMS professionals will never respond to in their career. They may not even know what they are, let alone even be a part of this type of technical rescue. These calls are classified under N.F.P.A. 1670; the basic course heading is “Vehicle and Machine Rescue” and some classes may even be titled “Farm Medic,” for overturned farm machines with operator entrapment. Read More...
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RESCUE EQUIPMENT: Rigging elevated pulley systems from the ground
Bob Twomey | 04/23/2012
During your years in the rescue service, have you ever had to get a single or double sheave pulley system elevated and secured above the ground in order to perform a rescue, when you could not easily reach that elevated spot to place the pulley? Such a rescue could easily be encountered if you have to place an elevated pulley system above an injured tree trimmer, or above a pilot in his wreckage in the plane that crash-landed in a tree top, or even above a person stranded off the side of a building, bridge, water tank or whatever. Read More...
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Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG)-funded advanced extrication training
Brad Maness | 04/23/2012
If your department is like mine, the decreasing amount of resources available for extrication training has hampered adequately preparing our members for what they may encounter on our streets and highways. With our struggling economy and with the price of metal increasing, finding junk cars, buses, etc. has become a serious challenge. In the extrication arena, firefighters simply can’t watch a video or simulate the extrication sequence and expect to be proficient when the simple door pop doesn’t work. Although our departments may go some time before putting the tools to work for an actual emergency, we must constantly prepare for the worst. ... Read More...
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Know Your Smoke: the Dangers of Fire Smoke
| 04/23/2012
A life-saving “Free” training event for firefighters and medical providers treating fire smoke exposure will be held July 20-21, 2012 at the Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, N.C. There will be a controlled burn training focused on atmospheric monitoring (full Personal Protective Equipment - PPE required) on July 21. Read More...
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Extrication Education: Technology 101 - High strength metals
David Pease | 04/23/2012
Most departments cut back on their extrication training during the winter months, and then crank up in the spring. Training declines some in the dead heat of summer, then usually picks back up in the fall. Read More...
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Ask Ernie “The Apparatus Maintenance Expert”
| 04/23/2012
What is the required in service testing for engines in service for yearly certifications? You must perform an annual safety inspection of the chassis. You must perform annual inspections of the aerial device, up to but not including the five year Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). However, after the first or second five year aerial NDT inspection testing, it is my recommendation to perform a five year inspection as wear and tear becomes accelerated as time and mileage accumulate. Remember that you must also maintain the chassis to each component’s manufacturer’s recommendations. If the apparatus has a tank and pump, the pump must be tested to th... Read More...
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