ATTENTION
MSA AIR PACK USERS
IMPORTANT SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT
MSA
SCBA NOTIFICATION:
If your FD uses MSA SCBA's with the URC (RIT) connectors, please
review the below notices and make the appropriate inspections.
Related problems could possibly result in rapid discharge of the
cylinder in seconds and the inability to receive help from your
fellow firefighters.
Here are the
links:
http://media.msanet.com/www/PDFs/MSANorthAmerica/SafetyNotices/08031-06(URCQuickFillAdvisory).pdf
http://media.msanet.com/www/PDFs/MSANorthAmerica/SafetyNotices/08014-24(user%20letter).pdf
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Division of Fire Safety
Spring 2009 Catalog
Available online through the Division of Fire
Safety Website.
Catalog will not be mailed out this year.
FDNY SAFETY VIDEO - NFFF
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AUTISM TRAINING REQUIRED FOR
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
New Jersey Law A-1908 requires an Autism Awareness Training
Course for all Emergency Medical Technicians, Police, and
Firefighters. New Jersey Assemblyman Fred Scalera sponsored
the bill. Scalera (D-Essex) is a fire chief in Nutley, in
northern New Jersey.
Click here for Public Law A-1908
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New requirements for Retro
Reflective Safety Vests for Firefighters and First
Responders on Federally Funded Highways.
Goes into
effect November 24, 2008
On November 24, 2008, a new U.S. Department of
Transportation/Federal Highway Administration regulation (
Worker
Visibility Final Rule - 23 CFR Part 634) will
require firefighters and other first responders responding
to or working at an incident on federally funded highways to
wear a retro reflective safety vest that meets the Class II
or III standards of the
American National Standards
Institute/International Safety Equipment Association (ANSI/ISEA)
107-2004 publication. The
ANSI/ISEA 207-2006
Public Safety Vest standard has also been interpreted
as meeting this requirement.
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EMMITSBURG, MD. – The U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA)
National Fire Academy (NFA) announced four Incident Command
System (ICS) Simulation Series courses are now available through
NFA Online. The ICS Simulation Series courses are designed to
provide challenges to the newly appointed, inexperienced fire
officer as well as the experienced senior fire officer. Each
course addresses a different type of incident and allows the
student to assume the role of the Incident Commander on the
scene.
"It is our desire that the lessons and challenges presented
in these new online courses will serve to prepare the student to
be successful in similar real-life situations", said U.S. Fire
Administrator Greg Cade. "The USFA continues to provide
educational opportunities for firefighters faced with the
challenges of today’s buildings."
The four new courses are:
- Q324 – Incident Command System
Simulation Series: Ranch House
- Q325 – Incident Command System
Simulation Series: Town House
- Q326 – Incident Command System
Simulation Series: Mansion
- Q424 – Incident Command System
Simulation Series: Nursing Home
To access these four courses, as well as others, visit NFA
Online at
www.nfaonline.dhs.gov
and select the Browse Catalog or New Student
options.
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NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE
