Monthly Archives: May 2007

May 31, 2007

Headlines from the EMR-ISAC May 31 Infogram: Operations Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection Dependency for Mission Assurance, Emergency Vehicle Thefts, University of Maryland Terror Database, and Governor’s Guide to Homeland Security
Original post by George Esbensen and software by Elliott Back

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Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Boston, MA

David A. Middleton of the Boston Fire Department in Boston, MA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2007-05-28 00:00:00.0.
Original post by George Esbensen and software by Elliott Back

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Public Safety Bill Ceremonial Bill Signing with Governor Pawlenty

Several members of the MnFAC Group were present when Governor Pawlenty conducted a ceremonial bill signing of the Omnibus Public Safety Bill yesterday. MnFAC is the Minnesota Fire Association Coalition and represents about 95% of all the people involved in the fire service in Minnesota. Member Associations included are: State Fire Chief’s Association, State Fire [...]

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Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Cylinder Exchange Storage

Learning objective: The student shall be able to identify the minimum safety distances required for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders in storage as part of a cylinder exchange program. (PDF, 128 Kb)
Original post by George Esbensen and software by Elliott Back

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A Great Event-The Senior’s Progressive Dinner

For the past several years the Fire Department along with the Police Department has hosted the “salad” portion of the Eden Prairie Senior’s Progressive Dinner Party. At 5:15 pm, sharp a bus pulls up to Fire Station #1 and the seniors are treated to red carpet service by firefighters and police officers who serve them [...]

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May 24, 2007

Headlines from the EMR-ISAC May 24 Infogram: Emergency Services Sector-Sector Specific Plan, Homegrown Terrorism: Threat to Critical Infrastructures, COOP Planning: Another Perspective, More Lessons Learned from Recent Disasters
Original post by George Esbensen and software by Elliott Back

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Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Andalusia, AL

Dennis Cheshire of the Red Oak Area Volunteer Fire Department in Andalusia, AL has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2007-05-20 00:00:00.0.
Original post by George Esbensen and software by Elliott Back

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Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Waterbury, CT

John Keane of the Waterbury Fire Department in Waterbury, CT has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2007-05-19 00:00:00.0.
Original post by George Esbensen and software by Elliott Back

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Inspection Trouble For Columbus Schools

Of the district's 128 schools, almost 50 did not pass inspections due to various problems, Seavert reported.  Fire inspectors found door hardware that was sometimes broken, blocked or locked.  One of the most common violations was fire extinguishers that expired.  In addition to schools missing monthly fire drills, 10 Investigates' records showed some schools did [...]

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The incidents keep coming - Time Magazine photographer injured

This is some scary stuff from Tialand today.  Insurgents injured 12.
A roadside bomb wounded 12 persons, including police officers, and Thai and international journalists at the scene of an earlier incident, where a villager was shot dead and burned early Tuesday.
According to the initial investigation, the bomb weighed 10 kilogrammes and was hidden in a fire [...]

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