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Incident Command Tips
Managing vehicle traffic in smoke
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Videos
Jones & Bartlett - Incident Command
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Featured Article
Fireground Accountability – A 'System' to Keep Firefighters Safe
Fireground accountability is a system that is used to track the location of fire crews while operating in the hot zone on the emergency scene. All too often, the lack of an accountability system is listed as a contributing factor in NIOSH LODD reports.
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Incident Command News Reports
NC fire department cited, city fined after LODDs - 08/11/2008
A state investigation says officials improperly allowed a firefighter who died to enter a burning building alone during a lumberyard blaze that killed him and another fireman. But an inspector ...
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Incident Command Articles
Crash on bridge tests Md. first responders - 08/14/2008 W.Va. firefighter blamed for traffic snag at crash site - 08/13/2008 Thinking About Fires – Part 2 - 07/30/2008 Thinking About Fires – Part 1 - 07/28/2008 'Delay to action' faulted in fatal Minn. fire - 07/14/2008
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D-Block debacle: Emergency communications network stalls
When the FCC's wireless spectrum auction came to a close earlier this year, the plan to establish a public/private partnership fell short of becoming a reality.
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Incident Command News and Announcements
First Responders Congress commences on March 15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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