Austin-Travis County EMS and firefighters explained how to help save a life during mass casualty situations through the "Stop The Bleed" course on Monday. According to the Gun Violence Archive, last year, the U.S. saw more mass shootings than days, with 647 occurrences. Its data also shows this year we've seen nearly 40 mass shooting before January is over.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVUE-TV ABC 24 Austin

PHOTO: Seattle police responded to the scene of a crash at Seattle Fire Department Station 10 on S Washington Street in Pioneer Square at around 9:26 a.m. Monday. According to a tweet from the Seattle Police Department (SPD), the driver of the car experienced a brake malfunction and crashed into the station doors.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Northwest

A man was arrested for arson on Monday after surveillance cameras captured him lighting the Brewmaster’s House building on fire on Jan. 21, according to the Tumwater Police Department. Just after 6 a.m. Saturday, Tumwater police and crews with the Tumwater Fire Department responded to the 600 block of Deschutes Parkway after someone reported seeing the Brewmaster’s House — a historic home built in 1905 and formerly known as the Henderson House — on fire.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2023 11:08:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

A fire damaged nine semi-trucks in Parkland Sunday morning in what the Central Pierce Fire Marshal is calling suspicious and possible arson. Just after midnight on Sunday, firefighters responded to a report of a fire in the 11400 block of Steele Street South. When they arrived, they found several semi-trucks on fire inside a fenced lot.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2023 5:01:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

By Alan M. Petrillo

Decontamination of firefighter turnout gear and equipment starts at the fire scene, with some departments choosing to bag and transport, while others go with gross decon of turnouts and some equipment. Makers of decon equipment have come up with various methods for firefighters to perform gross decon on fire scenes.

Phil Gerace, vice president of marketing for Task Force Tips, says TFT’s DECON/pak Portable Decontamination System is a self-contained agent proportioning and rinse application system developed specifically for gross decon of firefighters and their equipment. The DECON/pak is a 2½-gallon polypropylene concentrate tank that weighs 10 pounds and can be pressurized by a 1-inch or 1½-inch hoseline. Flow through a 12-foot discharge hose is controlled by a twist grip valve that also functions as a carrying handle, and the unit has a selector for agent proportioning from 0.1 to 0.5 percent for cleaning agent or can be set to rinse with water only.

Erik Ward, TFT’s health segment leader, notes that the DECON/pak can reduce particulate contamination of gear and equipment by 85 percent but does not remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs). He says TFT’s Crew Protect is a great solution for use in apparatus cabs, using molecular air filtration that cleans the cab air as long as the truck’s engine is running. He notes that Crew Protect is available in a variety of models for different sized cabs, from full-size trucks to SUVs.

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