By Tami Kayea -- The electronic patient-care report (EPCR) and cardiac monitor are now standards in patient care. However, many EMS systems are not using them to their full potential....More
Some fire departments have turned to the iPad to improve situational awareness, enhance interoperability, and improve firefighter and citizen safety....More
Volunteers I’ve talked to believe that the $7 billion allocated to build the network could be used more immediately for essential resources many departments lack — even though many don't realize that if the money didn’t go to the network, it would disappear and not be reallocated....More
The federal government just agreed to spend $7 billion on a nationwide broadband network for public safety. Here’s why it will be every bit as important to fire and EMS as it will be to law enforcement....More
Junior firefighters’ comfort level using social media to communicate with friends can lead to fire departments’ liability, said J. Curtis Varone, a Rhode Island–based attorney and retired deputy chief who works on fire-service legal issues....More
There are some who believe that the nationwide public-safety broadband network is much more a law-enforcement play, and that the fire service — as well as the emergency medical service — won’t benefit nearly as much. I am certain that those people are wrong....More
We did not directly choose to move to this new digital age of radio communications. All of this is a mandate from the FCC in post-9/11 directives for interoperability driven in the direction of narrowbanding, digital and P25 communications systems. If your jurisdiction has not felt the pinch yet, wait for it, it is coming....More
Public-safety LMR networks operating on T-Band (470–512 MHz) spectrum will not be subject to the narrowbanding deadline at the end of the year, the FCC stated in a public notice released today....More
FIRE CHIEF Editor Glenn Bischoff speaks with Draeger Safety’s Greg Sesny about the company's new thermal-imaging camera and Level A chemical-protection suit. He also speaks with Bill Dedig about Draeger’s latest SCBA and Craig Nielsen about the company’s newly improved flashover container....More
FIRE CHIEF Editor Glenn Bischoff spoke with Gary Mueller, director of business development at ZCO Corp. about the company's new Fire Tab app for the iPad and iPhone....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