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  • KEY FINDINGS IN THE REPORT

    The death rate per 100 reported fires was twice as high in homes without a working smoke alarm as it was in home fires with smoke alarm protection. Out of all home fire deaths, 38 percent resulted from fires in which no smoke alarms were present. Hardwired smoke alarms are more reliable

  • SMOKE ALARM RECOMMENDATIONS

    Install smoke alarms inside every bedroom, outside each sleeping area and on every level of the home, including the basement. For the best protection, interconnect all smoke alarms so when one sounds they all sound. Use both photoelectric and ionization smoke alarms or combination

  • LESSONS LEARNED

    TRUST BUT VERIFY. If air traffic control hands you a clearance, abide by and execute it as stated. But take the time to double check your approach plate or chart to ensure you and the controller are on the "same page. TAKE MIDAIR COLLISION AVOIDANCE TRAINING SERIOUSLY. It is a significant

  • SEVEN WAYS HUMANS START WILDFIRES

    1. Leaving campfires or barbecue grills unattended2. Littering with smoldering cigarette butts3. Burning debris and trash4. Parking hot vehicles on dry Grass5. Driving vehicles off-road that throw sparks6. Shooting off fireworks7. Kids playing with matches -- Smokey the

  • LESSONS FROM THE DEEP

    Wear ALL your personal protective gear. If we had worn diving gloves, the sea urchin spines would not have been an issue, and the whole incident probably would have been averted. Pay close attention to training. We lacked experience and made mistakes; but in the end, our training saved us.

  • REPELLING THE RAYS

    When possible, wear a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, sunglasses that block 100 percent of ultraviolet rays, and a hat with at least a 3-inch brim. Apply and reapply sunscreen, especially during peak hours. Reapply every two hours ... or more often if you're sweating or jumping in

  • A SURVIVOR’S BIKING TIPS

    Wear a helmet, no matter how short of a distance you are driving -- even if only in the neighborhood. A whole lot of people keep telling me I should have had a helmet on, and I keep saying, "Yeah, I know." Focus on one thing -- especially what's in front of you. I should have

  • TIPS TO HELP MOTORCYCLISTS FROM BECOMING INVISIBLE

    Wear reflective gear. Buy a bike that has brighter colors. Black or dark bikes tend to blend with the asphalt more. If you don't have running lights, install them. Two lights spaced apart are easier to see than one. Keep plenty of distance between you and other vehicles, and avoid blind

  • CIVIL AIR PATROL EMERGENCY SERVICES

    Conducts 90 percent of federal inland search and rescue in the Continental United States, as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and supports Joint Rescue Coordination Centers in Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Coordinates Air Force-assigned missions through the CAP National

  • JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING - (Full version)

    My name is Dania Joyce Britt, and I live in Louisville, Ky., where my grandparents, Dantine and Joyce Britt, and the rest of my family reside. I attend Jefferson Community and Technical College in downtown Louisville, and I am going to be a phlebotomist. I carry myself as a young woman so that none

  • HOW TO AVOID HITTING A MOTORCYCLIST

    1. Be alert for them. Motorcycles aren't as easy to see as bigger vehicles so you have to keep an eye out for them. Plus, for many, they are seasonal vehicles, so they appear in larger numbers during warmer weather. You need to be aware of this fact and remain even more diligent as the weather

  • TORNADO SHELTERING

     In homes and buildings, stay where you're at when a tornado warning is announced. Immediately go to the center part of the lowest level in the smallest room, such as a closet or inner hallway. Close all windows, blinds and curtains, and then stay away from the windows. If possible, get under

  • A VITAL LINK - Efforts during tsunami show how

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- From a windowless vault deep within the Pacific Air Forces Headquarters building, Detachment 1, 561st Network Operations Squadron, Airmen provided the critical network support required to allow more than 770 sorties to deliver aid workers and supplies to

  • WHAT'S IN A CHAIR?

    Safer for loadmasters More structurally sound Built-in harness support system Maintenance friendly

  • MIDAIR CRASHES

    The following are three examples of midair crashes involving military aircraft.F-16 FIGHTING FALCON VS. C-130E HERCULES: An F-16 collided with a C-130E at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., March 23, 1994. The mishap killed 24 members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, making it the worst peacetime lost