"Charleston 9: The Ultimate Sacrifice" focuses on how the leadership of the late Chief Tom Carr helped the department recover after such a devastating loss....More
The course provides participants the skills necessary to effectively manage an incident by applying and implementing a multi-disciplinary management team approach as described in the National Incident Management System....More
Skidmore College researchers were part of the team developing the WASP system, a Department of Homeland Security–sponsored wireless accountability software, hardware and Globe turnout gear project that includes an imbedded physiological monitoring system to track the health and stress of firefighters on scene....More
Christopher Kehde of LeMay Erickson Willcox discusses the benefits of using building information modeling, which helps architects and their fire station design clients plan, collaborate, and predict performance before breaking ground....More
Steven Harms of Fire Facilities discusses where chiefs should locate training facilities, what materials they should use, and what grants and financing are available to pay for them....More
Hurst's Joe Towery demonstrates the company's Mini-lite hand pump and combination tool, which is used to get through a locked door with Chicago bar, for FIRE CHIEF Editor Lisa Allegretti....More
The firefighter-developed product uses illuminating tags designed to attach to any size SCBA to keep track of firefighters in low-visibility environments....More
Whenever someone is hurt, our nation’s first responders are compelled to rush in to help. I love that about this industry. However, self-deployed first responders also put themselves and the operation at risk unknowingly....More
With a vote declaring this sacred loss of trust, there is no turning back. What’s done is done and, regardless of the justifications or excuses, the fabric of command and control has been torn forever....More
By Mike Metro -- The last time I wrote, I discussed the concept of sending the right person, at the right time, with the right equipment and the right training, in the right vehicle. Last month, we focused on the right person. For this article, I want to focus on the right equipment....More
VFIS's Ryan Pietzsch said that many agencies do not consider safety and security during the fire station design phase. Instead, they wait until after construction is completed and accidents or losses begin to occur....More
By Daniel B.C. Gardiner--Hundreds of pieces of fire apparatus will be blasting their way down different Main Streets this Memorial Day, giving nearby spectators as well as the firefighters in the line of march, a good dose of acoustic trauma....More