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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week 2011: Day Five: Near-Misses, Maydays and Floor Collapses
June 22, 2011 | "firefighter safety", "health and safety", "pre-fire planning", "Safety Week", "Situational Awareness" assessment, assemblies, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, close-call, command presence, construction, courage to be safe, Engineered Structural Systems, ESS, failures, fire behavior, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, fires, floors, IAFC, IAFF, LODD, Mayday, Naum, NFFF, NFPA, NIOSH | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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During the last quarter of 2010 and leading well into the second quarter of 2011 there has been a significant emerging trend developing in basement fires, compromised floor systems and assemblies leading to collapse and numerous near-miss events, close calls and unfortunatly, line of duty deaths during fire operations. If you’ve been paying attention to the various news and […]

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Three-The New Rules of Engagement
June 20, 2011 | "firefighter safety", "health and safety", "pre-fire planning", "Safety Week", "Situational Awareness" assessment, advocate, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, close-call, Combat Fire Engagement, command presence, compentencies, fire suppression, firefighter, firefighting-operations, IAFC, management, Mayday, Naum, risk-based assessment | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Three-The New Rules of Engagement  With so many changes (budget cuts, staffing reductions, reduced training, etc.) in so many fire departments, it is critical for fire fighters to focus on their own survival on the fire ground. There is no other call more challenging to fire ground operations […]

International Society of Fire Service Instructors; “Modern Construction Considerations for Company Officers.”
September 3, 2010 | "firefighter safety", "health and safety", "pre-fire planning", assemblies, behaviors, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, dynamics, Engineered Structural Systems, failures, Fatalities, fire suppression, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, History Repeating Event, IAFC, NIST, occupancies, Safety Culture, size-up, statistics, strategies | Christopher Naum | 1 Comment
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The program is a train-the trainer package that combines the latest research on light weight building construction.

Rules of Engagement 2010
September 1, 2010 | "firefighter safety", "health and safety", Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, command presence, command-leadership, compentencies, courage to be safe, decision-making, decisions, fire service, fire suppression, IAFC | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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The “Rules” were formally adopted by the IAFC Health, Safety and Survival Section at the Fire Rescue International Conference held last week in Chicago.