Jul 08, 2008
Fire deaths and injuries and property losses continue to plague the United States, yet funding for fire protection and prevention continues to be funded primarily on the local level. A federal fire focus is long overdue in the U.S.
Jun 16, 2008
A retired Fire & EMS Battalion Chief launches a website designed to inform and educate people in the USA about fire safety through conversation on the Internet.
Jun 09, 2008
This summer teach your children the basics of fire safety to protect them from fire related death and injury now and in the future. Many fire departments nor schools have the resources to provide this valuable information to your children.
May 20, 2008
Memorial Day historically marks the beginning of the summer season in the United States and means people start getting out using fire outdoors for cooking and entertainment. This blog discusses outdoor fire safety.
May 16, 2008
Cooking fires are the number one cause of fires in the USA and many times the involved cook was a teenager frying with oil, animal fat or grease.
May 15, 2008
Photoelectric smoke detectors do a better job of detecting the smoke from slow burning, smoldering fires--the type of fire that can kill people in their sleep--than do the more commonly installed ionization smoke detectors.
May 14, 2008
Law enforcement, fire, and EMS personnel lose precious time getting to the scene of an emergency because people do not know how to call 911 or home and business owners do not have their address posted where responders can easily see it.
May 08, 2008
A retired Fire & EMS Battalion Chief launches a website designed to inform and educate people in the USA about fire safety through conversation on the Internet.