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Safety Source
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NFPA's Safety Source blog features news and information created to reduce fire deaths, injuries, and property loss.
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McAllen, Texas, Fire Department spreads the word on fire safety at earth day festival
Each year the city of McAllen, Texas, hosts the largest Earth Day observance in South Texas. The Vida Verde Earth Day Festival features wildlife shows, organic cooking demonstrations, rock climbing, and hands-on eco-art projects. Visitors not only celebrate “going green” but learn about fire and life safety. At the festival...
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Fire safety education in New South Wales enhanced with support from GIO Personal Insurance
Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) has teamed up with GIO Personal Insurance as FRNSW’s first ever Principal Partner. GIO has been a partner since 2008 and has been instrumental in developing an online Home Fire Safety Audit Tool Kit and Recovery Kit. They have also contributed to the...
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NFPA, IAFC and NVFC offer sweepstakes quiz for firefighters in honor of Safety and Health Week
We are happy to announce that we are sponsoring the “Fire Service Safety & Health Quiz” Sweepstakes in conjunction with International Fire/EMS Safety and Health Week (which will be June 16-22, 2013). The theme of the week, and of the contest, will be “Saving Our Own… An Inside Job.” The...
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Journey with Flat Sparky
Everyone once in a while, most of us roam beyond the confines of our homes and offices and out into the world. NFPA's mascot, Sparky the Fire Dog is asking you to bring him along with Flat Sparky. These paper cutouts can be colored in, photographed and posted at Sparky's...
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Remembering When featured on radio show for older adults
Senior Moments Radio is a nationally syndicated program about care and services for older adults. Geoff Scott, “The Senior Bodyguard,” and co-host Cheryl Hartman interview guests on a broad range of topics, from how to avoid scams to pet therapy for older adults. I was asked to join in on...
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