The Leary Firefighters Foundation

Hitting 100 mph en route

Friends of LFF — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:06:11 +0000

Performance measurement, turnout time, time-temperature curves, the "golden hour," response times, strategic planning targets — in the fire and emergency services we're constantly surrounded with reminders of the "need for speed," as a famous actor once uttered in the iconic movie "Top Gun" (where the real stars — U.S. Navy fighter jets — routinely …

Google Glass: 4 good uses in firefighting

Friends of LFF — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:30:16 +0000

This cyborg-like technology will hit the streets later this year; here’s a look at how the fire service can capitalize on its functionality.

Google Glass: 4 good uses in firefighting

Friends of LFF — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:30:16 +0000

This cyborg-like technology will hit the streets later this year; here’s a look at how the fire service can capitalize on its functionality.

Feds cut funding on wildfire prevention

Firerescue1 Daily News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:45:53 +0000

By Nicholas Riccardi and Mead Gruver The Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place. A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove …

Feds cut funding on wildfire prevention

Firerescue1 Daily News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:45:53 +0000

4 things to know before buying a rotary saw

Friends of LFF — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:37:32 +0000

When you need to cut the really hard stuff like concrete and steel, a rotary saw is the right tool; here’s what to know before and after making your purchase.

4 things to know before buying a rotary saw

Friends of LFF — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:37:32 +0000

When you need to cut the really hard stuff like concrete and steel, a rotary saw is the right tool; here’s what to know before and after making your purchase.

LODD: Ga. firefighter commits suicide while on-duty

Friends of LFF — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:19:40 +0000

ATLANTA, Ga. — A firefighter committed suicide and was found dead while on-duty in the fire station Tuesday. Firefighter Katrina Sims, 24, with the Atlanta Fire-Rescue, was a graduate of the AFR Cadet Program and worked at AFR Station 35. Investigation into the circumstances related to the death is underway by authorities, according to the USFA. However, it is being treated as a suicide by police …

LODD: Ga. firefighter commits suicide while on-duty

Friends of LFF — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:19:40 +0000

Man, 72, dies following fire at Md. mobile home

Firerescue1 Daily News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:02:18 +0000

The Capital Gazette BALTIMORE, Md. — A 72-year-old man died from injuries he suffered in a fire last week at a Brooklyn Park mobile home, an Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman said Tuesday. Brice V. Clements, of the 600 block of Sunset Strip, died Friday at the John Hopkins Bayview Burn Center in Baltimore. Clements is the fourth fire-related fatality in the county this year, fire department …