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  2. Houston Fire Department - Wikipedia

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    The department is the largest fire department (by number of personnel) in the state of Texas. [4] The administrative offices of HFD are located on the 17th floor of 500 Jefferson Street (a part of the Cullen Center) in Downtown Houston. [5] They were previously located at the City of Houston Fire Department Logistical Center & Maintenance Depot ...

  3. Field training program - Wikipedia

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    Since then, the SJPD's FTP program, also known as the "San Jose model", has been adopted and modified, most notably by the Houston Police Department in the early 1980s, the Travis County Sheriff's Office in 1992, and the Reno Police Department in the early 2000s. The "Travis County model", also called the "Whitehead model" for program developer ...

  4. List of Texas fire departments - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This following is a list of all professional and volunteer-professional combination fire departments within Texas. These departments are regulated by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. Department Name City Number of Personnel Houston ...

  5. Junior firefighter - Wikipedia

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    Junior firefighters in Germany and Austria are part of the regular fire departments, but they form a distinct group within their department. The French fire service also features a youth program. In the United Kingdom, it is organized through the YFA - Young Firefighter Association.

  6. Flame-Sim - Wikipedia

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    Flame-Sim has seen adoption in various markets of the fire services. It is an accredited course material by the Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training, [1] and is a current course for Florida State Fire College Virtual Experience Skills Training (VEST) [2] as well as a major portion of the Houston Fire Department’s training program and facility.

  7. Category:Fire departments in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Houston Fire Department; S. San Antonio Fire Department; Spring Fire Department This page was last edited on 5 August 2017, at 17:26 (UTC). Text ...

  8. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Officials at the state Department of Juvenile Justice did not respond to questions about YSI. A department spokeswoman, Meghan Speakes Collins, pointed to overall improvements the state has made in its contract monitoring process, such as conducting more interviews with randomly selected youth to get a better understanding of conditions and analyzing problematic trends such as high staff turnover.

  9. Firefighting - Wikipedia

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    A fire can be extinguished by taking away any of the four components. [38] The fuel is the substance being oxidized or burned in the combustion process. The most common fuels contain carbon along with combinations of hydrogen and oxygen. Heat is the energy component of a fire.