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Table of Contents: 1.) Heart Attacks Remain Leading Killer of Firefighters. 2.) Week-long Exercise Prepares Nation for Attack 3.) Firefighters' Deaths Lead to Call for New Standards
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FIREFIGHTER HEALTH Heart Attacks Remain Leading Killer of Firefighters 1. Most firefighters do not die in fires. Heart attacks and motor-vehicle crashes cause more on-duty firefighter deaths than smoke, heat, flames or collapsing buildings, according to an analysis of firefighter deaths in 2002 by the National Fire Protection Association. A total of 97 firefighters died on the job in 2002, roughly the same number as in each of the previous nine years, excluding the 340 deaths at the World Trade Center in 2001. But in eight of the last 10 years, fewer than half those deaths occurred within the building or land area where the fire was burning. The majority of firefighter deaths - 51 - occurred traveling to or from an emergency, during training activities, during non-emergency duties (such as administration or equipment maintenance) and during non-fire emergencies (such as medical calls or motor-vehicle crashes). View Full Story
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FIRST RESPONDERS 2. Week-long Exercise Prepares Nation for Attack Nineteen federal agencies, state and local emergency responders from Illinois and Washington State, and Canada participated in a full-scale exercise aimed at preparing the nation for possible terrorist attacks. The week-long event, called TOPOFF 2, was sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State. The exercise simulated attacks in the Chicago and Seattle metropolitan areas. In the first event, the state of Washington, King County and Seattle responded to a hypothetical explosion containing radioactive material. The state of Illinois; Cook, Lake, DuPage and Kane counties; and Chicago responded to a fictional covert release of a biological agent the following day. The National Capital Region, including the District of Columbia, the state of Maryland and the commonwealth of Virginia, participated in the first day of the exercise. View Full Story
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FIRE SAFETY 3. Firefighters' Deaths Lead to Call for New Standards Florida's State Fire Marshal's Office is recommending several new procedures and policies following the completion of its administrative investigation into a training fire that resulted in the deaths of two Osceola County firefighters last summer. Over the next few months, the fire marshal's office will meet with affected fire service organizations and individuals to discuss its recommendations, which will impact all of Florida's professional and volunteer firefighters.
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