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The goal of Crash Responder Safety Week is to reach out to every emergency responder, every driver and every passenger to educate them on how to play their part in ensuring safe responses at roadway incidents.
The updated Lavender Ribbon Report is designed to help firefighters protect themselves from carcinogen exposure and reinforce actions that lessen exposure risks.
Due to the occupational hazards they face, firefighters have higher rates of many types of cancer than the general population.
Learn about the characteristics of Halloween fires and get fire safety graphics to share on social media.
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Current Issues and Events
When caregivers create their home fire escape plans, they need to consider this and make sure someone is assigned to wake pre-teen children
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Using low frequency magnetic fields, POINTER will provide the ability to locate responders quickly and precisely at challenging incident scenes.
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Educate your community about the different sounds smoke and carbon monoxide alarms make and actions to take if an alarm sounds.
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Discover resources to help you build awareness around the very real and concerning problem of suicide among emergency responders. Learn how to help a colleague who may be struggling.
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New vaccine and testing mandates for EMS workers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will go into effect in the coming months.
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As legislation restricting use of firefighting foams containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) increases, a recent report finds that fluorine-free foam is not currently a “drop-in” alternative to aqueous film forming foam (AFFF).
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Statistics
There are dozens of ways you can use Fire Is Everyone's Fight to help teach people in your city or town to be safe from fire. Join the fight for a few ideas to get you started.
Up 10% compared to deaths reported from Jan. 1 – Oct. 16, 2020.
29 home fire deaths were reported by the U.S. news media for Oct. 10‑16.
Older adults (65 and over) represent 24% of all deaths.
Pennsylvania leads the nation in reported deaths with 113.
Share this video to learn how to prevent exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These substances are linked to cancer and may be present in firefighting foam.
