The Shell Oil Co. recently partnered with the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute at the University of Kansas–Continuing Education’s Fire Training School to train 50 volunteer firefighters from Harper and Barber counties....More
A documentary about the risks Detroit firefighters must take because of the city's high number of arsons due to urban blight was accepted to premiere at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival....More
By Jim MacKay — I hope to have intelligent and broad discussion regarding what's working and what's not when it comes to driver operator training, EVOC training and jurisdictional policy regarding Volunteer Firefighters responding in POVs....More
ampaigns geared toward those “hard-to-reach” groups within our population, who either remain unaware or for other reasons choose not to have or maintain smoke alarms for their protection, have been tried with varying success....More
The National Fire Protection Association recently released its “Smoke Alarms in U.S. Home Fires” report, which found that two-thirds of home fire deaths between 2005 and 2009 occurred in properties without working smoke alarms....More
The U.S. Fire Administration and the National Fire Protection Association launched their second annual "Put a Freeze on Winter Fires," a free fire public-awareness campaign developed to help fire departments educate constituents about the high prevalence of winter fires and mitigation strategies....More
I suggest that we reverse that scenario and take the opportunity every time we respond to a fire to communicate directly with the property owner and tell them the truth about what really happened....More
Trial by Fire: Lives Re-Forged chronicles seven burn survivors, who share their stories of what happened and the resulting social issues they face as they recover and re-enter society....More
Jack McElfish of Sandy Springs (Ga.) Fire Rescue shares his department's new business cards, which they use to create a new level of citizen engagement....More
In my experience leadership in fire departments are scared to initiate true succession planning as they feel threatened by the knowledge being imparted to the future leaders.
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In my experience leadership in fire departments are scared to initiate true succession planning as they feel threatened by the knowledge being imparted to the future leaders.
By SSWilliams on May 15, 2012