Saturday, May 17, 2008
NFPA Fire Service Needs Survey by State
In July, the National Fire Protection Association released state-level breakdowns of its national Fire Service Needs Assessment Survey commissioned by...
Opportunity Knocks
Janet Wilmoth
Three years ago this month, America joined the rest of the world in the fight against terrorism. Our sense of security was shattered, and our families,...
Insurer Demands Payback for Wildfire Costs
Allstate Corp., which expects to pay out $290 million to $330 million to policyholders as a result of last fall's fires in the San Diego area, is demanding...
USDA Announces Rural Response Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman in July announced that $100 million is committed for a new First Responder Initiative to support...
Patchwork Force
By Brian A. Crawford
Earlier this year the International Association of Fire Chiefs' committee on human relations sat down to discuss what fire departments in this country...
Grant Applications to Close
Applications for 2004 Fire Prevention and Safety Grants under the FIRE Grant program will be taken Sept. 1 through Sept. 30. The Fire Prevention and Safety...
Purity of Focus
By Dave Small
Over the past several years, I've heard a lot of people talk about mission statements and the need for them. I've even heard others talk about personal...
Bay State House Tackles Nightclub Fires
On Aug. 17, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signed into law the state's most far-reaching fire safety legislation since the Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942,...
Early Retirement
Janet Wilmoth jwlmoth@primediabusiness.com
Just more than 10 years ago, Fire Chief Arthur Lim Bin Lock put his gold badge in the drawer and hung up his uniform. He had retired from his job as chief...
NIST Addresses Arson's Burning Issues
By Douglas Page
Arson investigators face a bewildering range of ignitable chemicals, all with similar characteristics, making the task of distinguishing and identifying...
Follow the Leader
By Gary Johnson
The subject of succession may stir feelings of defensiveness, indifference or passion. The emotional volatility of the subject is rooted in its most vital...
Validated Effort
Bob DiPoli is in his 34th year with the Needham (Mass.) Fire Department and his 15th year as chief of department. He is a past president of the Fire Chiefs...
Higher Counsel
By Wayne Detzler, Ph.D.
Chaplain, follow me into the fire scene, the incident commander ordered. As we entered the burnt-out room of a high-rise apartment building, a charred...
Supremes on ADA, trucks get religion
John Rukavina
On May 17, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Tennessee v. Lane (No. 02-1667), a case raising the question of whether a state was liable...
Leaders Must Embrace the Power of Paradox
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
Do opposites really attract? That witticism is often uttered to explain away how two very different people can get along very well, implying that the...
Qualified Privilege May Not Block All Evidence
[ Philip Stittleburg ]
Sept. 11, 2001, injured so many people and organizations in so many different ways. Certainly, one of the most grievously injured was the Fire Department...
Best in Show
By Brian Davey
Many articles promote better ways to manage fire departments. They provide ideas, describe tools and provoke discussion for managers, be they crew or...
Ticket to Ride
By Robert P.Avsec
Strategic project management can work in a fire and EMS organization if the fire chief is behind the project and everyone in the organization knows it....
Concentrated Effort
By Dannie C. Smith
Budget planners are increasingly tightening belts and making tough decisions. It's certainly not uncommon to read about cities considering staff and service...
Just Like a Business
By William F. Jenaway
The volunteer and combination fire service of today is simply not an emergency response agency. Today's version is a quasi-business, recognized as being...
Women Chief Officers Leadership Conference Scheduled
FEMA Launches New USFA Web Site to Enhance Wildland Preparedness
Department of Homeland Security
Watch Your Step
By Matt Tobia
Getting promoted is easy. Yeah, right. Hour after hour of studying seemingly minute and unimportant facts never to be referenced again. Years lost waiting...
Pride Can Come from More than Run Numbers
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
Who has the busiest fire company in the entire United States? Probably somewhere in a major city, and I'm sure that the firefighters who work in that...
Fire Service Battles for FIRE funds, SAFER
The figures for fire service programs under the Department of Homeland Security began to come into focus in June as both chambers of Congress worked on...
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