Chief Billy Goldfeder Seminar December 5th, 2009

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ANNOUNCEMENT FLYER

REGISTRATION FORM FOR THE SEMINAR

OSFM New Training Website

The OSFM has recently launched a new Training Website called

"POCKET TOOLS TRAINING"
Click on the Logo above to go to the Training Website

FIT-5 Commercial Fire Extinguishing Grenade

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Commercial's own fire services group demonstrates the use and effectiveness of the FIT-5 fire interruption technology for local career and volunteer firefighters in this 2 scenario excercise.

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to learn more about the FIT-5

Campus Sprinkler Demo Gone Bad

Campus Sprinkler Demo Gone Bad

The gear worn by three firefighters caught fire during the public display at Gallaudet University. One of those firefighters, a sergeant with the DC Fire & EMS Department's Engine 6, spent the night in the MedStar Burn Unit of the Washington Hospital Center.
A Plexiglas draft curtain set up to hold in the heat and smoke burned and dripped onto the firefighters sent in to put out the fire in the unsprinklered side of the demonstration.

• There was no backup line
• There was no Safety Officer
• There was No Formal Briefing

Remember, Never Take Any of These Things for Granted - Ever!!

Rapid Intervention Teams and Fire Ground Survival

Greetings Brothers!
Today's Topic is about Rapid Intervention Teams, their Staffing, and Assignments based on the number of personnel on the R.I.T. The term R.I.T. stands for Rapid Intervention Team. In other areas of the country and in other areas of our county there are slightly different names for these teams. The City of Salisbury uses a dual concept of F.A.S.T. Truck and backs it up with the Mutual Aid R.I.T. Team.

This article from www.tinhelmet.com is a great place for us to begin looking at how to operate with 2 person, 3 person, 4 person and with even larger R.I.T. Teams.

Rapid Intervention Teams and Fire Ground Survival

This is just a starting point.

We need to develop a set of SOG's relative to Serving on a RIT Team for other Departments and how we are going to set up our own RIT.

World Trade Center Steel Now Available for Use In Memorials

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is accepting requests from organizations that would like to request a piece of World Trade Center steel. The steel was recovered from the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001 and secured at JFK Airport by The Port Authority of NY and NJ until now.

The steel MUST be used in a memorial open to the general public such as in parks, fire/EMS/police stations, emergency service training grounds for uniformed personnel or places of public assembly. The steel is not intended for and may not be used in personal collections, sold or used for fundraising. All requests for steel MUST be in writing on official letterhead from an officer of the requesting agency, or a not for profit organization and will be verified.

WORLD TRADE CENTER STEEL FOR MEMORIALS
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LET US REMEMBER THE EVENTS OF 9-11-01 THIS WEEK

THIS WEEK
LET US REMEMBER THE EVENTS OF
9-11-01

AND INSIST THAT OUR COUNTRY BE DETERMINED
NEVER TO HAVE THESE OR SIMILAR EVENTS
OCCUR ON AMERICAN SOIL AGAIN.

TRIBUTES PAGE

Salisbury is planning a Memorial Service

to be held at the Firefighter's Memorial on Friday 9-11-09

S. Main Street will be closed from 8:20 am. - 9:30 a.m.

President George W. Bush designated Sept. 11 of each year as "Patriot Day." Flags are to be flown at half staff; American flags posted at a stationary position are to be draped with a black sash or ribbon.