Saturday, May 17, 2008
Appeals Court Tosses 9/11 Claims Suit
Glenn Bischoff
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the families of firefighters who died when the World Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001,...
Immunity Not a Given for Fire Chiefs
Philip Stittleburg
Governmental immunity is a provision in the law created, in part, to protect government officials from claims against them arising from the performance...
Why Do We Come in Last?
Mike Chiaramonte
It's budget time, and the fire chief of a small volunteer fire department in rural America is trying to figure out how to manage the $10,000 the town...
Incentives Package
By Fred Windisch
The time had come to purchase a replacement fire engine. The Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department in Texas had established a 12-year engine replacement...
Roundtable Reveals Congressional Agenda
What legislative issues considered in the 109th session of Congress could have the greatest impact on the nation's local fire and emergency service departments...
Weldon Promises Fire Issues on Docket
These issues may not be on the Congressional docket yet, but Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) has put them on his agenda for the next year's work. Weldon is vice...
Chertoff: I Will Listen to You
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff made his first major speech to the fire service at the 17th annual National Fire and Emergency...
Drawn to Scale
By Steve Meng
As the population grew and became more mobile, volunteer departments could not attract enough members to provide adequate service. To expand, paid crews...
Black, White & Shades of Gray
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
With very few exceptions, fire departments start off as totally volunteer. Even the largest firefighting agencies in the United States at some point were...
What NASCAR Has to Teach Us
[ Mike Chiaramonte ]
It was a warm, bright and sunny February day in Daytona when thousands of people descended on the raceway. The parking lots were jammed, with prices ranging...
DHS Sets Application Periods for Grants
Fire departments began applying for 2005 Assistance to Firefighters Grants on March 7 with the termination of the one-month application period scheduled...
USFA to Distribute Heroes Stamp Funds
The USFA will soon distribute funds collected by the U.S. Postal Service's Heroes of 2001 stamp to the families of emergency relief personnel killed or...
Financial Check-Up
By Pat West
Answering growing concern over budget cuts to the U.S. Fire Administration and perceptions that fire programs are being neglected under the Department...
When White Lies Become a Whitewash
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive. Sort of a pity isn't it? A modern-day translation of that might read, If you're going...
Lessons Learned From My Worst Officer
David L. Murphy
I learned a lot more from my worst officer than from my best. Here are 10 traits of unsatisfactory officers that you should not emulate. ...
EFOP Symposium Rescheduled for June
Forward This
Janet Wilmoth jwilmoth@primediabusiness.com
At some time in your life, you probably played the game grapevine or telephone. It started with one person whispering a sentence or statement to the person...
FY '06 Budget Battle Begins
FY 2006 budget negotiations on Capitol Hill started in February when the president submitted his budget proposal for the next fiscal year. While severely...
Medic Merger
By Bill Lowe & Alex Cohilas
On March 18, 2002, newly appointed Fire Chief Alex Cohilas issued a directive abolishing the Clayton County (Ga.) Fire Department's almost 20-year history...
Applications Open for FIRE Grants
The Department of Homeland Security is holding applications through March for two-hour workshops to help fire departments prepare applications for grants...
Newspaper Finds Deadly Delays in Response
An extensive investigative report published by The Boston Globe in January found that once a day on average in the United States, someone dies because...
Watch Your Mouth for Profanity Insanity
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
At the tender age of 17 I joined the U.S. Marine Corps. As a young man in Oklahoma, I learned my fair share of four-letter words. After all, I had been...
Title VII Decisions Clarify Some for Chiefs
[ John Rukavina ]
In September 2003, I discussed accommodation of religious practices in the firehouse, using two pending religious-discrimination cases as a framework....
Chertoff Sworn in as DHS Secretary
On Feb. 15, the Senate approved Michael Chertoff's nomination as the nation's second secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He replaces former...
Make Your Dreams of the Future a Reality
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
One of the communications terms we often hear in our society is sound bite. Derived from film and broadcasting vernacular, it's a very short snippet of...
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