Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Pets in Peril
By Gerald M. Dworkin
Icy hazards emphasize the need to train and equip first responders for domestic-animal rescues....
Ice Rescue Prep
By Steven Orusa
Departments with small budgets still can prepare for ice-rescue operations....
CAFSTraining
By Keith Klassan
Train, train and retrain should be a fire department’s CAFS mantra....
AR-AFFF Best for Ethanol Fires
By David White
Ethanol requires a special kind of foam and specialized technique. Dealing with it means specific training. ...
Unethical Behaviors Not Usual Business
[ John Linstrom ]
I have heard nearly 100 anecdotes about wildly unethical processes…. Some of these situations were passed off as rights of passage, others as mere hazing, and still more as payback — but all were unethical....
Eductor Education
By Jim Cottrell
Setting up foam-eductor operations can be a problem. Here are some tips for getting it right every time....
Okla. Campus May Add Fire Training Center
The Northeast Technology Center in Pryor, Okla., is planning to add a fire-training center as part of its facilities upgrade. The center will serve departments in five counties, the Prior Daily Times reports....
Front of the Line
By P.J. Norwood Jr.
As the initial first responders, dispatchers directly affect the outcome of an emergency. Train them in crisis communication techniques. ...
Evaluation is Key to Penning Success Story
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
The fire service is not assessing individuals based on their long-term promotability beyond considering their strengths and weaknesses as they go through entry-level training....
Fire’s Mercenary
By Rick Markley
To improve fledgling fire services, this modern-day Robin Hood is hopping from country to country asking of the rich and giving to the poor. ...
Into Africa
By Ronny J. Coleman
The Ghana National Fire Service tries to adapt to the country’s major growing pains with limited resources. ...
Thermal Care
By Anthony Piontek
Thermal imagers can be deployed for limitless uses. They key is training firefighters to identify the possibilities. ...
Pa. Appoints Training Officer
John Fowler has been appointed training officer for the Mahanoy City (Pa.) Fire Department....
Free Fire System Training
Fire-Lite Alarms, part of Honeywell’s Life Safety Group, plans to host more than 25 free educational sessions throughout the United States....
MSA Earns OSHA Status
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration certified Mine Safety Appliances' facility in Cranberry, Pa. at the highest level, in its prestigious Voluntary Protection Programs....
Late Chicago Chief Honored
Chicago-area firefighters and emergency personnel joined representatives of The Dow Chemical and Union Pacific Railroad to honor the late John Eversole, the former chief of special operations for the Chicago Fire Department....
Flawed Progress
By Rick Ennis
With fewer fires and an arguably misplaced focus on system over solution, fire chiefs may need to revisit fireground strategy and tactics. ...
Higher Calling
By Glen Mayhew & David Hoback
A Virginia department partnered with an allied-health college to create a degree and internship program for firefighter/paramedics....
Safe Practice
By Pano Koukopoulos
Staying safe means embracing the ABCs of safety and treating a drill like the real thing. ...
Structural Integrity
Janet Wilmoth janet@firechief.com
Thermal extremes are a major factor in live-fire training.… Anybody looking to remedy the problem has to understand concrete and thermal movement....
ISFSI Names New Board Members
Effective April 11, Eddie Buchanan will take over as president of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors. Buchanan will relieve Chief Timothy E. Sendelbach, who has led the organization for the last five years. ...
Leadership Stopgap
By Mark Nichols
An Arizona battalion chief academy seeks to prepare the next generation of fire service leaders before they assume those roles....
Filling Member Wants Serves Agency Needs
Kenneth Richards Jr.
Word travels fast in the fire service, and if a department has a history of treating volunteers like second-class citizens, the department will struggle to get new members....
Inspectors Must See with Firefighters' Eyes
[ Mike Chiaramonte ]
It is the fire inspectors who get into the community on a regular basis. Every inspector must look at all occupancies they inspect as though they were fighting a fire in that establishment....
Study Group
By Chris DeChant & Jim Higgins
A new joint-use public safety training facility uses state-of-the-art props to enhance both team and individual preparedness....
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