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v firefighter is taken from the scene of a fire to an A
ambulance in Indiana.
The 27-year-old victim, who was wearing a complete protective ensemble, suffered crushing injuries to his foot and toes. He was hospitalized for two months and has undergone several surgeries. He has been unable to perform firefighting duties since the incident, and it is uncertain if he will return to the fire service at all. The cause of the fire is undetermined. Structure Fire A firefighter was knocked over by a 5-inch (12-centimeter) water supply hose while operating at a fire in a single-family home. The 47-year-old, who had two years’ experience, was knocked over near the rear of the apparatus when the supply line was pulled after her feet became entangled in the hose. As the hose became taut, she fell over onto her right side, fracturing her arm and shoulder. She was wearing all protective clothing except self-contained breathing apparatus and is still undergoing therapy. She is unable to perform firefighting duties. Roof Collapse The fire department received numerous calls around 7:30 p.m. reporting a house fire with children trapped inside. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they encountered a fire in the rear attic of the two-and-a-half-story, single-family home. Bystanders reported that the children were trapped on the top floor of the wood-frame house. The first engine company, which consisted of a lieutenant and two firefighters, placed a 1.75inch (4-centimeter) hand line into operation and headed towards the top floor to locate the children and the seat of the fire. When the incident commander arrived, the engine company reported that there was a medium smoke condition on the top floor with heat present and that they had not located the seat of the fire. Several minutes later, neighbors told the incident commander that the children were safe at their home and that all occupants were out of the burning house. The crews on the top floor then began concentrating their efforts on locating the seat of the fire in the attic. As they searched, a drywall ceiling collapsed onto the lieutenant and one of the firefighters, engulfing them in flames and toxic gases. The lieutenant sent two maydays, neither of which was acknowledged. The collapse debris blocked their means of escape, and they began scrambling to find a secondary means out. They crawled to the opposite end of the building where they found
Information about the implementation of programs for installing private fire protection systems can be found in NFPA 1, Fire Code; NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®; and NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code, while NFPA 1201, Providing Emergency Services to the Public, addresses fire safety education programs that can be used to increase citizens’ awareness of measures to prevent fires and react correctly to a fire. Other NFPA standards that may help reduce firefighter injuries include NFPA 1584, Rehabilitation Process for Members During Emergency Operations and Training Exercises; NFPA 1002, Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications; and NFPA 1620, Pre-Incident Planning. Firefighter injuries can be reduced. By addressing these priorities, the fire service can make significant strides towards reducing the number and impact of such injuries.
Description of NFPA survey and data collection method
NFPA annually surveys a sample of departments in the United States to make national projections of the fire problem. The sample is stratified by the size of the community the fire department protects. All U.S. fire departments that protect communities with a population of 50,000 or more are included in the sample because they constitute a small number of departments with a large share of the total population protected. For departments that protect fewer than 50,000 people, stratifying the sample by community size permits greater precision in the estimates. The national projections are made by weighting sample results according to the proportion of total U.S. population accounted for by communities of each size. Around any estimate based on a sample survey, there is a confidence interval that measures the statistical certainty or uncertainty of the estimate. We are very confident that
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NFPA Journal - November/December 2012
NFPA Journal - November/December 2012
Contents
First Word
In a Flash
Perspectives
Firewatch
Research
Heads Up
Structural Ops
In Compliance
Buzzwords
Outreach
Electrical Safety
Wildfire Watch
Past + Present
Easy Being Green?
Pressure Points
2011 Large-Loss Fires
2011 Firefighter Injuries
Section Spotlight
What’s Hot
Looking Back
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