Friday, May 9, 2008
Incident Command
A Super Sunday
By Tom Shannon
The game on the field was a nail-biter, but not so for the team behind the scenes. ...
Rapid Responsiblity
By Jeffrey Pindelski
An RIT officer often is too burdened during a mayday to handle more tasks. A dedicated operations chief alleviates some problems. ...
Letters to the Editor
Readers speak out on evacuations, sprinklers, Schaitberger...
GAME PLAN
By Tom Shannon
Glendale’s fire department prepares to take the field for the NFL’s biggest game....
RIDERS ON THE STORM
By Rick Markley
Chicago’s marathon turned into a wild ride for the CFD’s bicycle paramedics....
GETTING THE 411
By Diane D. Pitts
The intelligence community has opened the door to fire service to improve information-sharing....
LETTERS
Readers weigh in on safety as a system and breathing-air use....
Sandia Labs Introduces the IPAWS that Refreshes
By Douglas Page
Sandia National Laboratories has designed and deployed an alert and warning system that provides a more robust, multifaceted path to help ensure effective public communications during a federal, state, or local emergency....
Exit Strategy
By Alan Tresemer
Every department needs to have a standard operating procedure on hand for evacuating its population....
History Revealing
By Gary P. Morris
Conditions leading up to the Charleston Sofa Store fire had similarities to a fatal fire in Phoenix. What was learned after that fire also may apply....
A View from the Far East
By Rick Markley
IFE president and retired Hong Kong Fire Chief Charles Man-Chun Chu talks about how to improve the fire service globally. ...
Shared Vision
By Michael St. John
A common operational picture increases incident commanders’ situational awareness and may save firefighters’ lives....
Making Changes
By Rick Markley
A long list of recommended changes for the Charleston Fire Department is complete; the hard job of implementation remains. ...
Letters
Readers weigh in on swiftwater rescue's federal needs and backlash against the Charleston Fire Department....
FEMA Responds to California Wildfires
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working with state officials and other federal agencies engaged in the response to the multiple wildfires burning across Southern California....
Charleston Fire Dept. Report Released
The experts brought in to assess and recommend improvements for the Charleston (S.C.) Fire Department completed their Phase 1 Report. ...
Put to Task
By Janet Wilmoth
Charleston Fire Chief Rusty Thomas talks about moving forward after tragedy with the recommendations of a fire assessment task force....
Letters
Readers weigh in on Charleston tragedy...
Best-Laid Plans
By Gregory Bridges
The lessons from a multiagency hazmat call show the importance of learn and learn again....
Face Up to Reality
By Janet Wilmoth
This has been a difficult year for the fire and emergency services, particularly for its leaders. Two Baltimore Fire Department officers lost their jobs...
USFA Offers Pilot IMT Course
The U.S. Fire Administration is conducting a pilot class for its newly developed six-day course, Command and General Staff Functions for Local Incident Management Teams. The pilot class will be held Nov. 11–16 at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Md....
Guarded Potential
By Jeff Rubin
In disaster response, the fire service and the National Guard have a lot to learn from each other. ...
Incident Management
After 16 months on the job, Albert Fluman says his biggest success is making NIMS implementation easier to understand and evaluate....
Military, Civilian Emergency Communications Tested
Being tested was the Incident Command System that is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Incident Management System....
The Advantages of Two-Piece Engine Companies
By Chris Cavette, In Service Senior Editor
The concept of two-piece engine companies dates back more than 100 years when horse-drawn hose-wagons ran with steamers. The concept continued after the advent of motorized apparatus, and some departments used it well into the 1970s. Although the idea of running two separate apparatus instead of a single engine may seem odd today, there are several advantages that departments may want to consider....
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