I have been assigned to a truck company for most of my career in the New York City Fire Department. In 1994, however, I took a detail to drive the Safety Operating Battalion for...
Over the past year, I have been a staunch advocate – along with many other public safety organizations and representatives – of a plan to eliminate a serious radio interference...
Question: With the constant constraints on budgets in most functional areas of many departments, can the discipline of alliance development or sponsorship add support to the fulfillment...
By the end of the 2004 FIRE Act (Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program) grant period, the federal government will have distributed almost $2 billion directly to the fire service...
Photo courtesy of Bullard Photo 1 shows two images of the same scene. The fire has been knocked down, and firefighters are overhauling the ceiling. The image on the left shows...
Dr. William F. Jenaway discusses the importance of focusing on the key issues a fire officer should consider when responding to limited-access highway incidents.
Three California fire agencies have taken lessons from the mean streets by developing a new color-coding system. Bill Clayton and Mike Rohde discuss the system and its effects...
Regardless of who the new Secretary of Homeland Security may be, the time is long overdue for a fire chief to be appointed to the rank of under secretary. At the very least a ...
SUBJECT:NFPA 1670 Vehicle Rescue, Technician-level Skills and CompetenciesTOPIC:Advanced Hands-on Training Skill: Jacking and Shoring of a Side-Resting VehicleOBJECTIVE:Accomplish...
We’ve received several “small town” Close Calls that we’ll run consecutively this month and next. Together with photos, these drive home the fact that the “bad stuff” can and ...