I rarely ask you for anything, but this week I am. Please take the time to read the investigative series published this week in the Chicago Tribune....More
Volunteers I’ve talked to believe that the $7 billion allocated to build the network could be used more immediately for essential resources many....More
There are some who believe that the nationwide public-safety broadband network is much more a law-enforcement play, and that the fire service — as....More
We did not directly choose to move to this new digital age of radio communications. All of this is a mandate from the FCC in post-9/11 directives for....More
My dad is a planner, and it was essential he stuck to his plan: He would work until age 65 — maybe longer, if the department would let him — and....More
New fire officers sometimes find it difficult to put down the tools of the trade and discover the value of their new role as decision-makers. But all....More
Feedback is essential, whether one is a baseball manager, fire chief, magazine editor or parent. At times, I think it is the most difficult part of....More
Which NFPA codes do you need to consider when you build your next fire station? That is somewhat of a trick question, according to Ken Holland, a....More
Last year, East Haven (Conn.) Fire Department dispatcher Ray Kline didn't expect to be working a call alongside first responders in central Maine,....More
By Sean Grayson—It is one thing to hear dispatchers on the radio. It is quite another to learn everything that it takes to get to the point of those....More
Janet Wilmoth grew up in a family of firefighters in a Chicago suburb. She first worked for FIRE CHIEF magazine in 1986 as an associate editor and also served as FIRE CHIEF's international...
Mary Rose Roberts is a senior editor at Penton Media, with a focus on wireless technology, public safety and fire leadership for FIRE CHIEF, Urgent Communications and Wildfire magazines. She also...
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