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USFA Releases 2010 Fire Estimate Summary Series
December 6, 2011 | "pre-fire planning", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Fire Protection Engineering, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, NFA, Reports, research, USFA | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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USFA Releases 2010 Fire Estimate Summary Series which presents basic information on the size and status of the fire problem in the United States as depicted through data collected in USFA’s National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).

2nd National Fire Service Research Agenda Symposium
May 29, 2011 | "firefighter safety", NFA, NFFF, NIST, Recommendations, research | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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The Second National Fire Service Research Agenda Symposium was recently convened and held at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland that brought together some of the leading national fire researchers and a cross section of a who’s who in fire service leadership to complete an intensive two days of interaction and engagement to […]

Tactical Renaissance and the Rules of Engagement
September 18, 2010 | "firefighter safety", "health and safety", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, courage to be safe, Deployment, Fire Service Tradition, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, NFA, risk-based assessment, Risk-preferring, Safety Culture, size-up, strategies, structure fires, Taking it to the Streets | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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What the fire ground is transitioning to in 2010 and beyond.

More Building Details from the Emmitsburgs Fire
April 4, 2010 | building construction, construction, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, Multipl Alarm, NETC, NFA | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Here’s some details on the incident and the building profile from our good friend Wayne Powell with the Vigilant Hose Company of Emmitsburg and a long time former staff member of the National Fire Academy. The excerpt that was posted on Dave’s STATter911 blog:  Fire units were alerted at 0559 hours to a reported building […]