October 2009

Journal Table of Contents

Accident Prevention e-News October 2009

Professional Safety October 2009

NEW VIDEOS

Please note: use restricted to fire department personnel. O.F.M. reserves the right to restrict loans of our materials to certain individuals or groups, at our discretion.

CHLORINE by Detrick Lawrence Corporation
Edgartown, MA : Emergency Film Group, 2008.
1 DVD (approx. 29 min.) + 1 CD
DVD offers basic chlorine handling and response lessons including 2008 identification and leak detection; health hazards and exposure limits; container design and markings; protective clothing; victim treatment; protecting containers in fire situations; Chlorine Institute emergency kits. Accompanying CD contains instructor resources for training preparation.
 

CLEANING KITCHEN EXHAUST SYSTEMS by Ackland, Phil. Summerland, BC : Phil Ackland Holdings, 2008.
1 DVD (approx. 20 min.)
Program aims to explain how kitchen exhaust systems are cleaned and how appliances should be protected. Discuses how clean is clean and what are reasonable expectations from this trade of exhaust cleaners.

ETHANOL: RESPONSE CONSIDERATIONS
International Association of Fire Chiefs;  Fairfax, VA : International Association of Fire Chiefs, 2009.
This program is divided into seven modules and provides first responder awareness training. It contains information related to ethanol and ethanol-blended fuels, including their use, transportation and transfer, bulk and foam fighting principles.

HAZARDOUS WASTE by Detrick Lawrence
Edgartown, MA : Emergency Film Group, 2008.
1 DVD (approx. 25 min.)
Program introduces fundamental lessons about the handling of and response 2008 to unplanned leaks, spills, and fires at hazardous waste sites. Topics covered include: how to identify unknown substances, effects of exposure to hazardous chemicals, sizing up, air monitoring and sampling, proper protective clothing and controlling run-off.         

LIVE FIRE TRAINING IN ACQUIRED STRUCTURES
Kirsch, Jim. Tulsa, OK : PennWell, 2008.
1 DVD (approx. 26 mins.)
This DVD is based on the procedures outlined in NFPA 1403 (2007) on live fire training evolutions. The program also presents guidelines to assist departments of any size acquire, inspect, prepare, and drill in acquired buildings. Roles and responsibilities of all participants - instructors, students, and safety officers - for creating a safer live training
atmosphere are examined.

PESTICIDES by Detrick Lawrence Corporation
Edgartown, MA : Emergency Film Group, 2002.
1 DVD (approx. 25 min.)                                                         Program teaches valuable lessons about the symptoms of exposure to toxic pesticides. Also covers: EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) labels, decontamination, first aid of pesticide exposure, managing run-off and firefighting tactics. Includes a 10 minute self-test.

PROPANE BUTANE AND PROPYLENE
Detrick Lawrence Corporation
Edgartown, MA : Emergency Film Group, 2005.
1 DVD (approx. 29 min.)
Propane, butane and propylene are the most common liquefied petroleum 2005 gases. This program covers: how to determine fire protection needs for LPG facilities, how to avoid BLEVE's, discusses strategies for handling fires and explains how to determine water flow to cool tanks exposed to fire. 

RECIPE FOR KEEPING YOUR COMMUNITY COOKING SAFELY. Quincy, MA : National Fire Protection Association 2008.
This compact disc is designed for fire and life safety educators to use in a cooking-safety campaign in the community. The kit contains program support materials including cooking safety checklist, talking points, cooking fire facts, statistical reports, low literacy messages, and templates for news release, letter to the editor, opinion/editorial articles.

CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT : a positive change for the fire service. .Fairfax, VA : International Association of Fire Chiefs, 2003. http://www.iafc.org/associations/4685/files/pubs_CRMmanual.pdf

THE EFFECT OF "BLISTERING" ON THE IGNITION AND FLAMMABILITY OF PAINTED GYPSUM WALLBOARD
Mowrer, Frederick W. Gaithersburg, MD : National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2001.
http://www.fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire01/PDF/f01153.pdf

GROW OPS : what realtors need to know. Ottawa, ON : Canadian Real Estate Association, 2004.
http://www.schumacherrealty.com/pdfs/realtor_toolbox/GROW%20OPS.pdf