The fire service could take advantage of several of Department of Justice grants, along with growing nonprofit interest, to fund your Fire Explorer or mentor programs. The deaths of promising college students have occurred because of fires in fraternity houses, sorority houses and college dormitories all around the country. Clearly there is a need for a comprehensive public education campaign among this at-risk population. Colleges are starting to show an active interest along with national fraternity and sorority organizations and alumni associations. Fire Fighter Safety.
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Agencies that may be interested in helping solve this training problem include the Department of Agriculture, local vector control or local health care agencies. The trend right now is to reduce the amount of waste going into landfills. To accomplish this many states have a very active recycling program. Recycled waste removed from the solid waste stream is typically stockpiled. Fire fighters have seen unusually hot and environmentally dangerous fires as a result of scrap tire fires, fires in used oil collection facilities, biomass materials, plastic recycling centers and even automotive wrecking yards.