Saturday, May 17, 2008
The Power of Positive Pressure
By Kriss Garcia & Reinhard Kauffmann
Despite numerous successful tests of blowers' effectiveness during initial attack, many fire departments use them only for post-knockdown operations....
What Would Ranger Ed Say?
Dick Mangan
As I started writing these thoughts and ideas, I saw that it was Aug. 20 perhaps the most important date in wildland fire in the United States. On that...
Taking Charge
By Chris Cavette
Bigger incidents that affect more people across many regions of the country translate into a need for specialized command units....
NIMS: Every Day, Efficient and Effective?
Chief I. David Daniels
To be compliant with the National Incident Management System, the federal government says organizations need to use ICS every day. For the fire service, that means using ICS on all kinds of incidents -- not just for fire calls. ...
Deferred Decisions
By John J. Hohman
Ask a fire officer to risk his life in a burning building, and you know he'll do it. Ask him to give up one of his days off to get some extra training,...
Tags, Not It?
By Matthew Tobia
Who's in the building? It's a simple question but one that far too many incident commanders find themselves unable to answer. The issue of fireground...
Magic Numbers Do Departments No Favors
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
How many firefighters should a community have? How many should your community have? Despite a 300-year history of fire protection in this country, there's...
Toxic Plants: Avoiding, Treating Rashes
Nature hides some hazards for wildland firefighters: rashes caused by poison ivy, oak or sumac. Reactions to poison ivy, oak and sumac are recognized...
Teamwork Takes Trust
Mike DeGrosky
In the past 15 years, the use of team structures has exploded across the organizational world, and teams have largely become the basic organizational...
Condition: Critical
By Chris DeChant & Les Caid
How prepared is your agency for a mass-casualty disaster response? The Metropolitan Medical Response System can assist your agency during such an incident....
Backbone of NIMS
By Clint Brown
The sun rises on a crisp winter morning in a bustling U.S. metropolitan city. People and traffic are beginning to move and subways and other public transportation...
Call-Center Conflict
By Michael A. LaPean
For many departments, the use of a civilian dispatch center has become a lightning rod of controversy. Many people in and around the fire service are...
2 New NIMS Courses Up on Virtual Campus
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Rapid Results
By Jeffrey Pindelski & Michael Mason
The need for rapid intervention teams on the fireground is here is to stay. Their deployment has led to the successful rescue of numerous firefighters....
Say So Long to Industrial Era
Mike DeGrosky
To remain relevant leaders must keep up with the times. The inevitable shift in the nature of the workforce demands that leadership adapt accordingly or become irrelevant....
ICS Nets Recruits
By Patrick R. Collins
How do we manage our missions, responses and incidents every day? With the Incident Command System, of course. But have you ever thought of implementing...
Cyclical Plan Keeps Command on Course
[ John Linstrom ]
When developing a solid cadre of fire officers who can manage large-scale events with the incident command system, process keeps coming up as being as...
10,000 Tackle TOPOFF 3 Twin Attacks
From April 4-8, some 275 federal, state, local and private organizations in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom a cast of about 10,000 players...
Wildland Firefighter Deaths Drop 33%
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 20 line-of-duty deaths were recorded in wildland fire incidents last year, a 33% decrease from the...
DHS Releases Interim Preparedness Goal
Last month, DHS announced publication of the Interim National Preparedness Goal, establishing readiness benchmarks and targets to strengthen the nation's...
Brown Kicks Off National Response Plan Workshops
Department of Homeland Security
Defense's Offense
For 28 years, the U.S. Army has held its annual conference with the International Association of Fire Chiefs. In 1997, the Army, Navy and Air Force joined...
Terrorists in the Woods
Dick Mangan
Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, much of the world's focus has been on the issue of terrorism. The tragic deaths of thousands of Americans in New York, Pennsylvania...
NIMS Center Offers Web Self-Assessment
The NIMS Integration Center has released a Web-based self-assessment tool to help all levels of departments and agencies evaluate incident preparedness...
Wildland Fatalities Down 33% in 2004
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 20 line-of-duty deaths were recorded in wildland fire incidents last year, a 33% decrease from the...
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