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2018

2018

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Are you exposing yourself to cancer risks when taking off your gear?

Wrists, neck and groin are especially high risk areas where you may need to pay extra a...
13 Mar 2018
Are you exposing yourself to cancer risks when taking off your gear?
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Submission Guidelines for Questions to Delegates Assembly 2018

The Delegates’ Assembly is CTIF‘s highest decision making body. Here are guidelines for...
27 Feb 2018
Submission Guidelines for Questions to Delegates Assembly 2018
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE CTIF OFFICE

Here are the hours for the CTIF Permanent Office. Please check in here for updates. ...
27 Feb 2018
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CTIF OFFICE
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Thermal camera drone saved car crash victim from freezing to death

A drone equipped with a thermal camera helped rescue  a man who had crashed his car dow...
25 Feb 2018
Thermal camera drone saved car crash victim from freezing to death
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Lessons Learned in the Lac-Megantic Railway Disaster - Featured NFPA Presentation

On July 6, 2013, a runaway train composed of 72 tank cars transporting crude oil fr ...
19 Feb 2018
Lessons Learned in the Lac-Megantic Railway Disaster - Featured NFPA Presentation
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Lots of new Member´s Only features at CTIF.org - click here to learn how to use them!

Dear User of CTIF.org: This new and remodeled web page for CTIF.org, while not so diffe...
15 Feb 2018
Lots of new Member´s Only features at CTIF.org - click here to learn how to use them!
Ottawa University researcher Jennifer Keir and Captain Dave Matschke.
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Groundbreaking research shows firefighters absorb harmful chemicals through skin - despite full protection

FEATURED ARTICLE: A growing body of evidence has shown firefighters have an increased r...
01 Feb 2018
Groundbreaking research shows firefighters absorb harmful chemicals through skin - despite full protection
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Learn to tell your stories of Lessons Learned on video

ALMOST EVERY FIRE HALL has somebody who is tech savvy, someone with a video camera, som...
10 Jan 2018
Learn to tell your stories of Lessons Learned on video
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CTIF - The Official Video

CTIF WEB TV: This is the Official Promotional Video for CTIF.
03 Jan 2018
CTIF - The Official Video
2017

2017

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CTIF Newsletter for Fall 2017

This is the Official CTIF Newsletter for Fall 2017.
29 Dec 2017
CTIF Newsletter for Fall 2017
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CTIF moves office from Stockholm to Ljubljana, Slovenia

Due to a desire to improve the service to members we have decided to move the office to...
13 Nov 2017
CTIF moves office from Stockholm to Ljubljana, Slovenia
News Newsletter 2017 - Spring
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Newsletter 2017 - Spring

07 May 2017
Newsletter 2017 - Spring
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