Firefighting Overtakes Construction as Deadliest Job in Massachusetts

13 firefighter fatalities in 2011 accounted for 22% of all workplace fatalities

http://www.firefighternation.com/article/news-2/firefighting-overtakes-construction-deadliest-job-massachusetts

Thru-The-Lock Time Trial (Aluminum Stile Doors)

Tactical Safety for Firefighters: Quick, Aggressive, Violent - Fire Engineering

Tactical Safety for Firefighters: Quick, Aggressive, Violent - Fire Engineering

Training Helps Save Firefighter Who Fell Through Roof

http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2012/04/training-helps-save-firefighter-who-fell-through-roof.html

Region 5 Course Update

REMINDER:   Your department will be billed for Fire Instructor (4171)  and Fire Officer (2100) manuals for students that cancel out or no-show to those classes and do not return their manual to this office prior to course start. 

This is a brief update on some of the upcoming catalog courses in Region 5:

·         1153-12-510, FFI, scheduled to start 5/14 at Hampton Co Fire Dept has been cancelled

·         2100-12-504, Fire Officer, scheduled to start 5/14 at the Region 5 Office will go---this class is full

·         2155-12-504, Command Sim, scheduled to start 5/14 at MCAS Beaufort Fire Dept will go

·         2150-12-505, ISO, scheduled to start 5/15 at St. John’s Fire Dept will go

·         2145-12-502, IC: High Rise, scheduled to start 5/19 at Awendaw Fire Dept will go---we are still accepting late registrations for this class (send them to our office)

·         1221-12-505, Pump Ops II, scheduled to start 5/21 at Burton Fire Dept will go (thanks to everyone in Beaufort Co who helped us get some additional regs so this class can go!)-----we are still accepting late registrations for this class (send them to Columbia today, and after today, send them to our office)

·         1153-12-511, FFI, scheduled to start 5/28 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue will go---there is still some space in this class----don’t forget to send CPR and First/Aid documentation with your registration forms

·         2121-12-504, DMICO, scheduled to start 5/30 at Burton Fire Dept will go

·         3350-12-502, Water Rescue, scheduled to start 6/1 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue will go---this class is full

·         1221-12-506, Pump Ops II, scheduled to start 6/9 at Goose Creek Rural Fire Dept will go—there is still some space in this class

The following classes are in danger of cancelling (low enrollment):

·         8335-12-504, Wildland, scheduled to start 5/29 at Hardeeville Fire Dept (need 2 more students)

·         2130-12-504, Bldg Const: N/C, scheduled to start 6/2 at Hampton Co Fire Dept (need 10 more students)

Region 5 Course Update

Good morning!  This is a brief update on some of the upcoming catalog courses in Region 5:

·         1153-12-510, FFI, scheduled to start 5/14 at Hampton Co Fire Dept has been cancelled

·         2100-12-504, Fire Officer I, scheduled to start 5/14 at the Charleston Regional Office will go---this class is full

·         2155-12-504, Command Sim, scheduled to start 5/14 at MCAS Beaufort will go

·         2150-12-505, ISO, scheduled to start 5/15 at St. John’s Fire Dept will go

·         2121-12-504, DMICO, scheduled to start 5/30 at Burton Fire Dept will go

·         3350-12-502, Water Rescue, scheduled to start 6/1 at Hilton Head Fire/Rescue will go---this class is full

·         1221-12-506, Pump Ops II, scheduled to start 6/9 at Goose Creek Rural Fire Dept will go

The following classes are in danger of cancelling (low enrollment):

·         2145-12-502, IC: Structural, scheduled to start 5/19 at Awendaw Fire Dept (need 1 student)—this class cuts off Thursday morning!

·         1221-12-505, Pump Ops II, scheduled to start 5/21 at Burton Fire Dept (need 5 students)---this class cuts off Friday morning!

·         1153-12-511, FFI, scheduled to start 5/28 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue (need 2 students)

·         8335-12-504, Wildland, scheduled to start 5/29 at Hardeeville Fire Dept (need 2 students)

·         2130-12-504, Bldg Const: N/C, scheduled to start 6/2 at Hampton Co Fire Dept (need 10 students)

NFPA 1410 Evolution 1

Good job to everyone on the 1410 drill last week. It was a huge improvement over the first time we ran that evolution. Through increased profficiency and teamwork we reduced our average time on Evolution 1 by over one minute and we were well below the NFPA recommended time of 3 minutes. Congratulations to Shift 1 for having the fastest time at 1:48 and Shift 3 for having the best average time.

 The average times are as follows:
Shift 1- 2:30
Shift 2- 2:41
Shift 3- 2:19
Dept.- 2:30

New-School Fire Research and Old-School Tactics: Who Do You Believe? - Fire Engineering

New-School Fire Research and Old-School Tactics: Who Do You Believe? - Fire Engineering

Philadelphia Firefighter Describes Surviving Fatal Collapse

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video?id=8615906

Company Officers: Know Your People

Tips for being a strong, efficient & respected company officer

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By Author(s): Todd Shoebridge 
Published Monday, April 9, 2012 on www.firefighternation.com

Today’s company officer must be well-versed not only in firefighting tactics but also in management theory, supervision and leadership. All too often, however, an individual may transition from firefighter to fire officer overnight—one day the person is being led; the next day, they’re the leader. Complicating this situation, the individual often has little or no training in how to deal with various types of human behavior.

Homemade Chemical Bombs: A Legitimate Threat to Responders

Mitigation Journal: Homemade Chemical Bombs: A Legitimate Threat to Re...: The recent arrest of 21 people in Great Britain plotting to use liquid explosives to destroy at least ten airliners puts the treat of terror...

Homemade Chemical Concoction Damages Bluffton SUV

VIDEO: Homemade chemical concoction damages Bluffton SUV span class="icon" /span | islandpacket.com

You Must Become a Student of Firefighting

Excellent article by Dr. Harry Carter from Firehouse.com.

http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10687989/you-must-become-a-student-of-firefighting

Region 5 Course Update

This is a brief update on some of the upcoming catalog courses in Region 5:

·         1220-12-510, Pump Ops, scheduled to start 5/7 at Hampton Co Fire Dept has been cancelled

·         2119-12-507, STICO, scheduled to start 5/8 at St. Andrew’s Fire Dept will go---this class is full

·         2132-12-503, Bldg Const: Comb, scheduled to start 5/9 at Beaufort Fire Dept will go

·         2100-12-504, Fire Officer I, scheduled to start 5/14 at the Charleston Regional Office will go---this class is full

·         2155-12-504, Command Sim, scheduled to start 5/14 at MCAS Beaufort will go

·         2150-12-505, ISO, scheduled to start 5/15 at St. John’s Fire Dept will go

·         2121-12-504, DM: ICO, scheduled to start 5/30 at Burton Fire Dept will go

·         3350-12-502, Water Rescue, scheduled to start 6/1 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue will go---this class is full

·         2175-12-502, Managing in a Changing Env, scheduled to start 6/12 at St. Andrew’s Fire Dept will go---this class is full

The following classes are in danger of cancelling (low enrollment):

·         1153-12-510, FFI, scheduled to start 5/14 at Hampton Co Fire Dept (need 7 more students)

·         2145-12-502, IC: Structural, scheduled to start 5/19 at Awendaw Fire Dept (need 2 more students)

·         1221-12-505, Pump Ops II, scheduled to start 5/21 at Burton Fire Dept (need 5 more students)

·         1153-12-511, FFI, scheduled to start 5/28 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue (need 3 more students)

·         8335-12-504, Wildland, scheduled to start 5/29 at Hardeeville Fire Dept (need 3 more students)

·         2130-12-504, Bldg Const: N/C, scheduled to start 6/2 at Hampton Co Fire Dept (need 10 more students)

·         1221-12-506, Pump Ops II, scheduled to start 6/9 at Goose Creek Rural Fire Dept 9need 1 more student)

·         2728-12-507, Haz Mat Ops, scheduled to start 6/12 at Berkeley Co ESTC (need 7 more students)

If you don't yet have Pump Ops 2 please consider signing up for the one in Burton.

Free Online Class About Basement Fires and Collapse

http://content.learnshare.com/courses/73/356711/player.html

Philadelphia PA, 5+ Alarm Warehouse Fire Audio 4/9/12

Five Firefighters Trapped, Two Killed, in Philadelphia Warehouse Fire

http://www.firefighternation.com/article/news-2/five-firefighters-trapped-two-killed-philadelphia-warehouse-fire

Beaufort Memorial Emergency Room

Beaufort Memorial Hospital has moved their Emergency Department entrance due to construction.  The new ED entrance is at the Cochrane Heart Center located to the right of the hospitals main entrance.  If you must go to the ED with an ambulance or for any reason use the main entrance at the traffic light.  The Cochrane Heart Center is on the right marked "EMERGENCY".  The ED has also been moved and is now on the second floor. 

SHOW UP IN TURNOUT

Saturday, April 21, 2012 @ 9 a.m., Naval Heritage Park Support the 2012 March for Babies Ambassadors the Connelly Family

We are Ryan and Ashley Connelly. Native to Beaufort, Ryan was a firefighter with Lady’s Island Fire Department for 6 years. During that time, our beautiful daughters, Emilia and Olivia were born over 3 months premature and spent their first 91 days in the hospital. The support displayed by fire service members and research funded by the March of Dimes saved our girls’ lives. As the 2012 March of Dimes Ambassador Family for Beaufort County, we have made it our MISSION to show March of Dimes the UNITY of our hometown and the fire service brotherhood! WE NEED YOUR HELP! We are asking all firemen/women to come out and walk in FULL TURNOUT GEAR! We are also inviting all Beaufort County community members to walk alongside us! Follow the link below to pledge for babies.

Marchforbabies.org/FiremanSavingBabies

In South Carolina, 1 in 7 babies are born prematurely. YOU can make a difference today!

Questions? Contact Veronica Vereen, March of Dimes 843-571-1776 or vvereen@marchofdimes.com

Region 5 Course Update

This is a brief update on some of the upcoming catalog courses in Region 5:

·         2728-12-506, Haz Mat Ops, scheduled to start 4/24 at Summerville Fire Dept has been cancelled

·         2171-12-504, Leadership I, scheduled to start 4/28 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go

·         1154-12-505, FFII, scheduled to start 5/1 at Goose Creek Rural Fire Dept has been cancelled

·         1177-12-502, Utilities, scheduled to start 5/7 at Hardeeville Fire Dept will go

·         2119-12-507, STICO, scheduled to start 5/8 at St. Andrew’s Fire Dept will go---this class is full

·         2132-12-503, Bldg Const: Comb, scheduled to start 5/9 at Beaufort Fire Dept will go

·         2100-12-504, Fire Officer I, scheduled to start 5/14 at the Charleston Regional Office will go---this class is full

·         2155-12-504, Command Sim, scheduled to start 5/14 at MCAS Beaufort Fire Dept will go

·         2150-12-505, ISO, scheduled to start 5/15 at St. John’s Fire Dept will go

·         2121-12-504, Decision Making: ICO, scheduled to start 5/30 at Burton Fire Dept will go

·         3350-12-502, Water Rescue, scheduled to start 6/1 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue will go---there are 2 spaces remaining in this class

·         2175-12-502, Managing in a Changing Env, scheduled to start 6/12 at St. Andrew’s Fire Dept will go---this class is full

·         2150-12-506, ISO, scheduled to start 6/19 at MCAS Beaufort Fire Dept will go

The following classes are in danger of cancelling (low enrollment):

·         1220-12-510, Pump Ops, scheduled to start 5/7 at Hampton Co Fire Dept (need 3 more students)---this course cuts off Friday morning!!!

·         1153-12-510, FFI, scheduled to start 5/14 at Hampton Co Fire Dept (need 8 more students)

·         2145-12-502, Incident Command Structural, scheduled to start 5/19 at Awendaw Fire Dept (need 2 more students)

·         1221-12-505, Pump Ops II, scheduled to start 5/21 at Burton Fire Dept (need 6 more students)

·         1153-12-511, FFI, scheduled to start 5/28 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue (need 6 more students)

·         8335-12-504, Wildland, scheduled to start 5/29 at Hardeeville Fire Dept (need 3 more students)