Bill Carey's Blog – July 2011 Archive (2)

Texas 2010 LODD State Investigation. Lessons Never Learned

Bill Carey draws your attention to the Araguz LODD report and the biggest finding not mentioned.

The first article regarding the line of duty death of a Texas Captain was a synopsis of the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office investigation, minus the building construction details. This article will look at the seven findings and their various…

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Added by Bill Carey on July 12, 2011 at 8:09am — No Comments

Scopes of Situational Awareness

Brian Brush with two items you probably didn't know that limit your fireground awareness.

There is no shortage of discussion on the topic of situational awareness and rightfully so. If we can find ways to train firefighters to evaluate and process more information about what is happening around their task or operation the safer they will be. Unfortunately, there are a couple factors which seriously limit the scope of situational awareness… Continue

Added by Bill Carey on July 12, 2011 at 7:56am — No Comments