Glenn Bischoff

Editor, FIRE CHIEF

Glenn Bischoff is the editor of Urgent Communications and FIRE CHIEF magazines, published by Penton Media. Over a 30-year journalism career his publications have won several ASBPE awards for editorial excellence. He also has written for the Daily Herald, Illinois' third-largest daily newspaper. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northern Illinois University in 1980.

Posts by Glenn Bischoff

by Glenn Bischoff in Mutual Aid Jul. 28, 2011

Evolution is Inevitable for Public-Safety Communications

My father worked for nearly a quarter century at the Chicago Tribune. He was a printer. Or at least that’s what he was when he started at the....More

by Glenn Bischoff in Mutual Aid Jul. 14, 2011

Budget Woes, Political Infighting May Stall D Block Reallocation

There has been a lot of speculation that federal legislation that would reallocate the 700 MHz airwaves known as the D Block to public safety will be....More

by Glenn Bischoff in Mutual Aid Apr. 28, 2011

Shedding Light on Another Potential Fire Hazard

A couple of years ago, I moved into a new house and found in virtually every light socket a compact fluorescent lamp. These are the spiral light....More

by Glenn Bischoff in Mutual Aid Apr. 1, 2011

Clearing the Air on Cyanide Poisoning Treatments

In the March edition of FIRE CHIEF, Associate Editor Mary Rose Roberts wrote about the threat that firefighters face when they inhale smoke that is....More

by Glenn Bischoff in Mutual Aid Jan. 13, 2011

An Apology Clearly is in Order

Last week, a column was posted to the FIRE CHIEF website in which the writer harshly criticized the Chicago Fire Department for incident-command....More

by Glenn Bischoff in Mutual Aid Dec. 23, 2010

Understanding the Herd Mentality is the Key to Saving the Herd

Last May I attended a conference for 911 call-takers and dispatchers in Orlando. I sat in on a session entitled, “Why people die in fires.” One....More

by Glenn Bischoff in Mutual Aid Dec. 9, 2010

What I Want for Christmas

Certain topics just won’t die. Funding for the 911 sector is one of them. One would have thought that Congress by now would have reauthorized the....More

by Glenn Bischoff in Mutual Aid Oct. 14, 2010

In Technology, Extinction is Inevitable

Our sister publication, Urgent Communications, recently asked readers how long they thought it would take for mission-critical voice over IP to....More

by Glenn Bischoff in Mutual Aid Sep. 15, 2010

Firefighters are People, Too

We tend to look at the people who run into buildings when the rest of us are running out of them as mythic beings. I know that I do. I have a cousin....More

by Glenn Bischoff in Mutual Aid Sep. 9, 2010

A Good PR Campaign Starts at Home

Last week, I had the privilege of speaking at a conference sponsored by the Texas chapter of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). I....More