For the 27th year, the career fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse® Magazine to share and compare statistics about company and department activity levels, funding, staffing...
Firehouse Magazine concludes this compilation with Part 4 detailing pay scales and staffing, busiest hazmat, busiest heavy rescue, busiest ambulance and busiest non-transport ...
Robert Burke details the memorial service on the 35th anniversary of the Kingman, AZ, explosion that claimed the lives of 12, including 11 firefighters.
Over the past decade, the number of firefighter on-duty deaths has remained persistently high (about 100) despite significant improvements in personal protective equipment (PPE...
Last month's tragic deaths of seven firefighters and two flight crewmen in a California helicopter crash should call new attention to the lack of benefits for the survivors of...
While I am working on very serious FIRE close calls for upcoming columns, I have to beg your understanding as I also beg you to read this month's column, even though it is not...
DHS Unit Releases First National Emergency Communications PlanOn July 31, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) released the...
SUBJECT: Hybrid Vehicles TOPIC: GMC and Chevrolet 2008 model year two-mode hybrid vehiclesOBJECTIVE: Understand the design and operation of a 2008 model year or newer GM two-mode...
Missouri Responder Latest Victim of Emergency Scene ViolenceThe tragic shooting and death of a young firefighter/paramedic from Maplewood, MO, just outside St. Louis, in July ...
Making Every Emergency Operation Smoother and Safer Standard operating guidelines (SOGs) have become the mainstay of many public safety agencies. Many fire departments have extensive...
It is impossible to emphasize enough the vital role of the media in the creation of an effective marketing plan for a fire department. The reasons are as obvious as the nightly...
Alert-All designed the original Tot Finder Fire Rescue Sticker and is the creator of Freddie Firefighter, Cappy Firedog, Today’s Heroes, Fire Safety Xtreme Team that appear in...