Thinking About Fires
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July 30, 2008

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Thinking About Fires - Part 2Two firefighters' deaths reveal Calif. fire district weaknesses
 There is something wrong with how we think about fires.

The report into a fire that killed two firefighters in San Pablo, Calif., last year was released this month. As often is the case, staffing is cited as a factor in the LODDs. Final reports such as this, the one from Charleston and so many reports produced by NIOSH make me wonder if the report writing is more catharsis than call to action, more procedure than learning. Full Story



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