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Mutual Aid

Mutual Aid is a blog of news and views from FIRE CHIEF staff and industry experts. Click below to see what our experts have to say and leave your comments.

Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director

Lingering Questions

Next month, the American fire service will remember the nine Charleston, S.C., firefighters who were killed in the Sofa Super Store fire on June 18, 2007. The local media will carry reports and tributes. The fire service media, however, will be asking more questions. More...   Comments

Interoperability Impact

Donny Jackson

A couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate coordinated a demonstration of voice interoperability between six different manufacturers' systems using a new Bridging System Interface. More...   Comments

21st Century Job Hunt

Robert Avsec

After about four months, it became clear to both of us that my public-sector upbringing and their private-sector, family owned ways of doing business weren't a good fit. And in that environment there's really only one person who can go. More...   Comments

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Latest News

Charleston Mayor Releases Draft Report

Charleston, S.C. Mayor Joseph Riley Jr. released the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health draft report on the June 18, 2007, fire at a sofa furniture store where nine firefighters died. ...

New Fire Chief for Concord, N.H.

Daniel Andrus was named fire chief of Concord, N.H. He'll begin in June....

Ariz. County Lands Reporting Award

Northwest Fire District in Pima County, Ariz., has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial report....

NFFF, IAFC, IAFF Collaborate for Survival Week

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, the Everyone Goes Home Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program, the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the International Association of Fire Fighters are partners in the IAFC/IAFF 2008 Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week....

AccuWeather: More Hurricanes to Hit Landfall this Year

AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center meteorologists believe the waning La Niña conditions and a continued warm-water cycle in the Atlantic Basin will be the two defining factors influencing the 2008 hurricane season....

Off-Site News

ISO to Audit Alaskan Fire Dept.

Accusations that an Alaskan fire chief borrowed equipment to improve the town's ISO rating has sparked an investigation.

S.F. has Troubled EMS

A San Francisco Chronicle study of the city's EMS department found an overtaxed 911 dispatch center and sevaral other troublesome areas.

ISO to Audit Alaskan Fire Dept.

Accusations that an Alaskan fire chief borrowed equipment to improve the town's ISO rating has sparked an investigation.

Fire and EMS to Share Budget Pain

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley plans to chop $20 million from the city's budget, and the fire department is not exempt.

Fla. Fire Chief Resigns

Details surrounding Monroe County, Fla., Fire Chief Wayne Hinnant's resignation remain unclear.

Town Rejects Fire Chief Candidates

Fishers, Ind., an Indianapolis suburb, decided not to hire any of its three finalists for fire chief.

LA Times Rips FD

The Los Angeles Times editorial raked the fire department over the coals about the cost of ongoing descrimination lawsuits.

Pa. Communication Director Retires

Buck County (Pa.) Emergency Communications Director Brent Wiggins retired amid charges that dispatchers mishandled an emergency call that left one woman dead.

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