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	<description>Igniting enthusiasm for safety within the fire service and beyond</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>When You&#8217;re Gone, You&#8217;re Gone!</title>
		<link>http://www.sparksafety.com/2008/08/when-youre-gone-youre-gone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Should you be able to quit your fire department job and then expect to be rehired when a position is available? This is a common dilemma within the fire service. This article from the Wilmington, NC Star-News is one recently publicized example:
Will Tyler left the department Wilmington last year to follow his fiancee to Atlanta, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firefighter injuries: What is going to change?</title>
		<link>http://www.sparksafety.com/2008/08/firefighter-injuries-what-is-going-to-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Injuries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) has released a report providing invaluable information about those factors which continue to hurt firefighters. The analysis, compiled from two years&#8217; worth of line-of-duty injury data among metropolitan fire departments, speaks for itself (emphasis added is mine):
Ninety-four and one half percent of firefighter LOD injuries occurring in 2005-2006 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seatbelt Pledge</title>
		<link>http://www.sparksafety.com/2008/08/seatbelt-pledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Seatbelts]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[rollover]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How about this for a seatbelt pledge? The Fire Chief shows some backbone and pledges to immediately pull you off of the rig and send you home if you are caught not wearing your seatbelt! We have educated, begged and even threatened crews for years now to buckle up, but most continue to do so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<link>http://www.sparksafety.com/2008/08/welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sparksafety.com/?p=9</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the old Chinese proverb so aptly states, the greatest journey begins with a single step… and so it begins. I have started this blog primarily (but not exclusively) in the interest of firefighter safety. Safety is very cool to talk about in upper fire circles these days. I hear a lot of big talk [...]]]></description>
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