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Posted: Jan 13, 2017

Is Big Data Analytics The Secret To Successful Fire Fighting?

Fire services, like most other public bodies, are awash with data. This data comes from sensors on equipment and fire engines and should be collected, integrated and used more effectively to give fire fighters (and the public) the information they need in real time.

Fire departments fight fires, but they also deal with an awful lot of other incidents. Often this is by virtue of being the only ones with the training and tools to get the job done. On route to an incident in a large city, they may have an average of around four minutes to prepare for what they are likely to encounter when they arrive.

Data comes to them from multiple sources simultaneously – radio contact from the control room, alerts via mobile devices and tablets, a touch screen information panel mounted in the response vehicle, or a mountain of technical manuals and literature on firefighting regulations and procedure.

Now, forward-thinking fire services are looking at how this information can be best used to make sure that firefighters arrive at the scene fully equipped not just with the right tools, but the right data to get the job done.

Bart Van Leeuwen, a senior firefighter with the City of Amsterdam Fire Department, who also runs the data consultancy Netage, says “What I’m afraid of is that something will happen to me or one of my colleagues and we will find out that we had the data to stop it happening.

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Posted: Jan 13, 2017

Shropshire appointed fire commissioner of Mountain View Fire and Rescue

Monroe Shropshire is the newly appointed fire commissioner of Mountain View Fire and Rescue. Shropshire took the oath of office on Tuesday. He fills a vacancy on the five-member board that had been open since mid-December. He will hold the office until the November 2017 elections are certified, at which time the person elected will be sworn into office.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2017 1:46:21 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter
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Posted: Jan 13, 2017

Michigan fire truck falls down embankment en route to crash

VIDEO - Crews are working to clear a Zeeland Township fire truck that fell down an embankment while en route to a crash. The fire truck was heading southbound on 72nd Avenue near Chicago Drive when the driver lost control on the ice. The truck slid across the northbound lane and drove into a ditch before rolling on its side.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNS-TV CBS 6 Lansing
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Posted: Jan 13, 2017

Raises climb quickly in new Cal Fire contract

California state firefighters will receive substantial raises of up to 13.8 percent this year, according to newly released details from a proposed contract that their union negotiated just before Christmas. The big pay raises have two objectives: Slowing turnover among mid-career firefighters and reducing wage compaction, a term that refers to shrinking gaps between salaries for entry-level firefighters and more experienced ones.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sacramento Bee
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Posted: Jan 13, 2017

Wisconsin fire department former chief, icon dies

The Fond du Lac County fire service community is mourning the loss of one of its own. Rodney Menne, the former Town of Eldorado Fire Chief, was found dead at the fire department early Tuesday morning. His death doesn’t appear suspicious. Menne’s death won’t just leave a void at the fire department, but in the community as well.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY.com
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