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CHARLESTON, W.Va., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While working to beat back a fire death rate well above the national average, fire departments across West Virginia also are struggling with limited budgets to support fire prevention education. Now they are asking the community for help. "Firefighters' first priority always is to save lives and prevent injury," said Deputy State Fire Marshal Carol Nolte. "And the best way to protect lives is to prevent fires in the first place....
ST. CHARLES, Mo., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While working to beat back a fire death rate well above the national average, fire departments across Missouri also are struggling with limited budgets to support fire prevention education. Now they are asking the community for help. "Firefighters' first priority always is to save lives and prevent injury," said Chief Ernie Rhodes of the St. Charles Fire Department and current president of the Missouri Association of Fire Chiefs....
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While working to beat back a fire death rate well above the national average, fire departments across Tennessee also are struggling with limited budgets to support fire prevention education. Now they are asking the community for help. "Firefighters' first priority always is to save lives and prevent injury," said Gary West, assistant commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. "And the best way to protect lives...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While working to beat back a fire death rate well above the national average, fire departments across Pennsylvania also are struggling with limited budgets to support fire prevention education. Now they are asking the community for help. "Firefighters work every day to save lives and protect property," said State Fire Commissioner Ed Mann. "A strong fire education program at the local level can help prevent fires and, ultimately, save...
THOMASVILLE, N.C., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While working to beat back a fire death rate well above the national average, fire departments across North Carolina also are struggling with limited budgets to support fire prevention education. Now they are asking the community for help. "Firefighters' first priority always is to save lives and prevent injury," said Dolly Hulin, state council chair of the North Carolina Fire and Life Safety Educators' Association. "And the best way...
BRANDON, Miss., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While working to beat back a fire death rate well above the national average, fire departments across Mississippi also are struggling with limited budgets to support fire prevention education. Now they are asking the community for help. "Firefighters' first priority always is to save lives and prevent injury," said Chief Scott Berry, president of the Mississippi Fire Chiefs Association. "And the best way to protect lives is to prevent...
VERSAILLES, Ky., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While working to beat back a fire death rate well above the national average, fire departments across Kentucky also are struggling with limited budgets to support fire prevention education. Now, they are asking the community for help. "Firefighters' first priority always is to save lives and prevent injury," said Ronnie Day, executive director of the Kentucky Fire Commission. "And the best way to protect lives is to prevent fires in...
NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While working to beat back a fire death rate well above the national average, fire departments across Indiana also are struggling with limited budgets to support fire prevention education. Now they are asking the community for help. "Firefighters' first priority always is to save lives and prevent injury," said Chief Ken Gilliam of the Noblesville Fire Department and president of the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association. "And the best way...
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The debut of Riverside County Fire's Reverse 911 Alert System was fraught with procedural missteps, when they decided to use the untested capability on an actual Volunteer Firefighter callout. It was determined the Fire Department entered the wrong contact numbers, left out necessary procedures, and the communication center failed to coordinate the callout. All this contributed to a partial notification and misdirection of the County's...
TEL-AVIV, Israel, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- RADWIN (http://www.radwin.com), a leading provider of Backhaul and Broadband Wireless Solutions, today announced that the Arvada Fire Department in Colorado, USA, chose RADWIN's systems to connect Fire stations to headquarters and provide high-capacity, long-range connectivity. Telworx, RADWIN's Certified US Partner, was the distributor for the project. Scott Winberg, IT specialist, Arvada Fire Department, stated: "We were previously...
