Friday, May 16, 2008
Richmond Launches Home Safety Campaign
USFA Launches 'Coffee Break' Training
These one-page training notices, posted every Tuesday, provide technical training in fire protection systems, building construction, codes and standards, inspection techniques, hazardous materials and administrative tips....
Fire Chief Suspends EVT Forum
We expect to announce the return of this feature in the near future....
Serious Talk Amid Holiday Fun
Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director
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Younger Generation
By Julie Harper
Firefighter recruitment is often a tough proposition, and attempting to mirror the make-up of the community you serve can be even tougher. A camp that targets young women or other non-traditional candidates could be the answer....
Divided Efforts
By Greta Wodele
Federal funding for first responders grows more complicated each year as monies are split among competing interests and goals....
Tough Lessons
By Grady E. McCright
Rash decision-making when a police officer or firefighter is wounded could be fatal to would-be rescue and medical crews....
Win-Win Approach
Michael P. Charter
The perceived problems with labor negotiations rarely are the fault of any one party. Setting up ground rules and going in with an open mind will help alleviate some tensions....
DHS Opens Direct Assistance Applications
Phase II of the “Commercial Equipment Direct Assist Program” will be accepting application through Jan. 13....
Top Interior Official Selected to Lead State and Private Forestry
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth has announced the selection of Jim Hubbard as deputy chief for state and private forestry. ...
DHS Funding Up $2.4 Billion
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff applauded increased funding and changes to the Department of Homeland Security's organization....
Bush Names Preparedness Chief
President George W. Bush has named George Foresman, an emergency management professional with more than 20 years of experience at various levels of government, as the first preparedness undersecretary at the Department of Homeland Security. ...
USFA Debuts Chiefs' Corner Innovations
The U.S. Fire Administration has created the Chiefs' Corner, a spotlight on innovative fire prevention and safety programs....
USFA, Fire Corps to Study Fire Police
The U.S. Fire Administration and the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association's Emergency Responder Safety Institute will work together to perform a study of effective recruitment and retention methods and techniques for fire service traffic control personnel, referred to in some areas of the country as fire police....
Respect the Past, Advocate the Future
By Ronny J. Coleman
We’re in a unique profession in the sense that firefighting is a young person’s job at the end of a hoseline and an older person’s career when it comes to managing a fire department. ...
Positive Returns
By Nancy Shepherdson
A little planning and some good public relations can help your department win big in a bond referendum....
Bridged Divide
By Pat West
A longtime advocate for labor-management partnerships, 2005 Career Fire Chief of the Year Richard “Smokey” Dyer uses his department as a laboratory....
DHS Launches Decentralized First Responder Training
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that it will begin implementing the Cooperative Training Outreach Program....
Fire Agencies Need Fortune 500 Recruiters
Bruce Evans
Fire-based EMS must think differently about how to find and hire paramedics. The process will only become more difficult as Baby Boomers place a higher demand on the medical system. ...
What We Can Do
By Janet Wilmoth
The recent double-whammy of hurricanes proved the drastic difference between incompetence and competence. ...
Paulison Named FEMA Head
Hours after reports of Michael Brown's resignation as the head of FEMA, the White House named R. David Paulison as his successor....
Gage Receives CFSI's Ray Picard Award
The Commission on Fire Accreditation International awarded Dennis Gage of the ISO the 2005 Ray Picard Award....
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