je.st
news
Tag: firefighter
Portland City Council Accepts Federal Grant To Replace Risky Firefighter Facepieces
2013-07-10 22:51:30| PortlandOnline
Portland City Council moved to accept and appropriate a grant from the Department of Homeland Security to replace Portland Fire & Rescue's outdated facepieces
Tags: city
federal
council
grant
NEWS RELEASE 7/10/13: Portland City Council Accepts Federal Grant to Replace Risky Firefighter Facepieces
2013-07-10 22:44:15| PortlandOnline
Tags: news
city
release
federal
NEWS RELEASE 3/31/13: Near Fatal Fire Victim to be Reunited With Firefighter who Rescued Him
2013-07-09 21:20:06| PortlandOnline
New NIST Test for Firefighter Breathing Equipment Goes into Effect Sept. 1
2013-06-25 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
As of September 1, 2013, standard firefighter breathing equipment cannot be certified to NFPA standards unless facepiece lenses pass test developed by NIST. Said test is designed to reduce degradation and possible failure of facepiece lens in SCBA under high-heat firefighting conditions. Incorporated within 2013 update of its standard for SCBA units, new Elevated Temperature Heat and Flame Resistance Test exposes SCBA to 500°F for 5 min in oven followed by 10 sec of direct flame contact. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
Tags: test
equipment
effect
sept
Nice article on PF&R's Firefighter of the Year, Chris Fukai
2013-06-24 23:07:49| PortlandOnline
Sites : [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] next »