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  2. Essentials of Fire Fighting - Wikipedia

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    The Essentials of Fire Fighting is the required training manual used in countless local fire departments and state/provincial training agencies in every region of the United States and Canada. Since the release of the first edition of this manual in 1978, more than 2.5 million copies of the Essentials of Fire Fighting have been distributed to ...

  3. Emergency Response Guidebook - Wikipedia

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    The Emergency Response Guidebook: A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident (ERG) is used by emergency response personnel (such as firefighters, paramedics and police officers) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States when responding to a transportation emergency involving hazardous materials.

  4. List of emergency and first responder agencies that responded ...

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    This article is a list of the emergency and first responder agencies that responded to the September 11 attacks against the United States, on September 11, 2001.These agencies responded during and after the attack and were part of the search-and-rescue, security, firefighting, clean-up, investigation, evacuation, support and traffic control on September 11.

  5. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    Country Fire Authority There are two types of response for the Country Fire Authority which cover the outer Melbourne Area. These are similar to those used by Ambulance Victoria, minus the use of Code 2. Code 1: A time critical event with response requiring lights and siren. This usually is a known and going fire or a rescue incident.

  6. First responder - Wikipedia

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    First responders typically include law enforcement officers (commonly known as police officers), emergency medical services members (such as EMTs or paramedics), fire service members (such as firefighters, search and rescue members, technical/heavy rescue members, etc) and Public Works employees such as Heavy Equipment Operators as well as ...

  7. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    Fire police: Special constables attached to a fire department, tasked with ensuring the safety and security of emergency scenes as well as general assistance to the fire department and other agencies. Fire prevention: Fire safety; standards for minimizing fire hazards. In some departments also the name of the division tasked with promoting fire ...

  8. Emergency medical responder levels by U.S. state - Wikipedia

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    Is issued to Firefighters and Police Officers, usually after their P.O.S.T. Certification or their Fire Academy if the individual chooses not to pursue EMT. It is also separate from individual BLS and CPR Certifications. It is officially recognized by the California EMS Authority.) Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) [7]

  9. List of fire departments in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Alameda County Fire Department; Anaheim Fire & Rescue; Berkeley Fire Department; California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; Fresno Fire Department; Fullerton Fire Department; Holy Jim Volunteer Fire Department; Kern County Fire Department; Laguna Beach Fire Department; Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department; Lompoc Fire Department