About 100 firefighters from the U.S. and Canada assembled at Northbrook's Underwriters Laboratories on March 18 to find out if they have more, and safer, choices than they might think as they pull up to a residential fire. Steve Kerber, director of UL's Firefighter Safety Research Institute, said the traditional way to extinguish a house fire has been to immediately carry hoses in and aggressively attack from room to room, forcing the fire against the outside walls with water.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: chicago tribune - metered site

The Olmsted Township Board of Trustees and Fire Chief Patrick Kelly are accusing former Chief John Rice of misconduct in office, and "gross neglect of duty" that could cost Rice his job. Rice, who was demoted to assistant chief in February 2015, will have a chance to respond to the 14 charges during a disciplinary hearing Wednesday evening.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com

One year to the day after burying his father, Tom Levy followed in his dad’s footsteps by officially becoming the acting chief of the Bridgewater Fire Department on Monday. “It’s nothing that was planned,” said Levy, who was appointed to acting chief last week after serving as the deputy chief to former Chief George Rogers.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wickedlocal.com

Reading any NFPA standard can be a laborious process at best. But they are some of the most fundamentally important documents at our disposal in the fire service. The work that members of any NFPA technical committee put into developing and revising the standards, which are revised on a five-year schedule, is truly a labor of love.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

Sugarland (TX) Fire Department, pumper. Gladiator cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,250-gpm pump.