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Through The Smoke: Young Firefighters -The Gamer Generation

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Are you one of those young “gamer” or “online” generation firefighters? Find it a challenge to communicate with the older firefighters? Why? Just because they don’t answer your text messages? They don’t know what MySpace or a Facebook is? They actually read books versus Googling something?

Are you an older firefighter? One that “just doesn’t get” the “Gamer Generation” because they want to “check everything out on the World Wide Web? Isn’t what you tell them good enough? Think these “kids” know it all? They just may….

Join Through the Smoke Host Chief Billy Goldfeder along with his guests Division Chief Edward Hadfield from Coronado, CA; Lt. Mike Wilbur of FDNY Ladder 27; Battalion Chief Daryl Cleveland from, Pechanga, CA;, Assistant Chief Pat Dale from Olympia, WA and retired Fire Chief Gerry Kohlmann from Redwood City, CA as they discuss their views and facts on the new generation of firefighters, because they are here to stay!

Related Links
• A Vision of Todays Students
• Managing the Gamer Generation
• Motivating the Gamer Generations
• The “Millennials” Are Coming!

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Fire Marshal's Corner: Photoelectric or Ionization Smoke Alarms – Which is the Right One?

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Smoke alarms have an unquestioned role in reducing the loss of life and injuries from fire. However, recent information is coming to light about how the two predominant types of smoke alarms, photoelectric and ionization, react to different fire scenarios. Television stations across the country are conducting demonstration burns to measure the response time of the different smoke alarms with some troubling results. The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently published a report that clearly indicates photoelectric react quicker to smoldering fires and ionization smoke alarms react faster to flaming fires.

Joining us is Firefighter Matthew Cetin from the Barre City, VT, Fire Department. A tragic fire claimed five lives, but what troubled the fire department was the fact that there were working smoke alarms that did not sound during the fire. As a result, they started looking into the issues of the different types of smoke alarms with some interesting results. Following him is Underwriters Laboratories Manager of Consumer Affairs John Drengenberg discussing the role that UL has and their position on the issue. Chris Dubay, vice president of Codes and Standards from the National Fire Protection Association talked with us about the efforts that NFPA has underway to look into the controversy. Finishing up is New Hampshire Fire Marshal Bill Degnan talking about the concerns that he and his peers have about this issue and what they are doing in response.

After this show was taped, NIST informed me that based on the inquiries I made regarding the reported poor performance of the dual-sensor smoke alarms in comparison to the stand-alone smoke alarms, that data was being removed from the report. It turns out that the dual-sensor smoke alarms were not co-located with the single-sensor smoke alarms which is the reason for dramatically different results.

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• Special reprint of an article on this subject that is appearing in the February issue of Campus Firewatch
• NFPA Task Force Report
• NIST Smoke Alarm Study
• IAFC Fire and Life Safety Section Position Paper
• National Fire Protection Association
• Underwriters Laboratories
• The Fire That Changed Everything - And What is Being Done by Matthew Cetin and Russell Ashe

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The Apparatus Architects: NFPA 1901 Changes & Pumper Purchasing

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This month’s edition of the Apparatus Architects looks at some of the changes being proposed in the NFPA 1901 Standards for Fire Apparatus.The proposed changes include the placement of a black box-like device to record vehicle data, tool mounting policies and more. Hosts Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur also will discuss recent fire engine crashes in which firefighters were saved by seat belts.

If your department is considering the purchase of a new vehicle, the architects offer advice on cost-saving methods to insure your department gets the right one.

The show wraps up with a continuation of the discussion on the state of the apparatus industry. The hosts give an update on the American LaFrance Chapter 11 filing, and the issues that other apparatus manufacturers are facing.

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• Emergency Vehicle Response
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NVFC Corner: Retention & Recruitment - Part 1

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Retention and recruitment are two of the biggest challenges facing the volunteer fire service. Over the last three decades, the ranks of the volunteer fire service have declined by seven percent, yet volunteers comprise 72 percent of firefighters in the U.S.

Join Dr. William Jenaway as he moderates a discussion into the key findings of a new U.S. Fire Administration/National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) retention and recruitment study, solutions to some of the retention and recruitment obstacles, and the overriding concept of leadership.

Guests include Philip C. Stittleburg, Chairman of the NVFC and Wisconsin Director; Jack Carriger, Second Vice Chairman of the NVFC and Oregon Director; and E. James Monihan, past Chairman of the NVFC and current Delaware Director. They will discuss some of the best practices they are seeing in their states to address the retention and recruitment challenges as well as how leadership plays an important factor in the solution.

Stay tuned to Radio@Firehouse and the NVFC’s websites for future NVFC Corner podcasts. Firehouse.com and the National Volunteer Fire Council have teamed up for a series of podcasts that are directed at the members of the volunteer fire service.

Please send any suggestions, questions or comments, to: podcast@firehouse.com

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• Retention and Recruitment for the Volunteer Emergency Services: Challenges and Solutions (Second Edition) (PDF)
• National Volunteer Fire Council Website

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Preview of the The Charleston Fire Department Memorial Safety & Survival Seminar

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Firehouse.com talks with some of the key players who have organized The Charleston Fire Department Memorial Safety & Survival Seminar slated for April 26-27, 2008

Deputy Chief Robert Cobb from Jersey City, NJ, Fire Department tells us how this seminar was created. FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka and retired Washington D.C. Deputy Chief Mike Smith will preview their classes which will focus on firefighter safety and survival. During the closing keynote address, Firehouse Magazine Editor-in-Chief Harvey Eisner will look at things he’s learned while covering the fire service over the past 25 years. Worcester Capt. Kevin Maloney tells what a similar seminar did for his department after six years.

To register for the seminar, visit www.firefighterssafetysymposium.com

Please send any suggestions, questions or comments, to:podcast@firehouse.com.

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