It appears as if legislation of concern to the fire-rescue service survived the "first 100 hours" of the 110th Congress in good condition. The huge legislative package pushed ...
Mark Emery discusses rules firefi ghters, officers and chiefs should follow and how obeying them could contribute to a decrease in the death and injury of scores of firefighters...
Travis Ford details the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Educational (FESHE) Conference, which brings national academic programs and national fire service leaders together to...
Fires involving mobile homes present special challenges. Our sincere thanks to Firefighter Tracy Davis, Training Officer Brandon Flynn, Chief John Childs, EFO, Chief of Operations...
Every time I teach a class or do a presentation, I ask this question: Why do you think we lose about the same amount of firefighters in the line of duty each year? I remind everybody...
Recent events around the country continue to place firefighter/paramedics in positions of having to defend themselves in criminal or civil courts after restraining combative patients...
The term "rain roof" has been used for the past 25 years in the construction industry and the fire service to describe a complete roof assembly constructed over an existing one...
Periodically, we see a fire department conduct a management process that deserves a standing ovation. An excellent example of this can be found in the Montgomery County, MD, Fire...
TOPIC: Rear-Hinged Jammed Door ProtocolsOBJECTIVE: Develop departmental procedures for forcing open a rear-hinged third or fourth door that is jammed due to collision damage.TASK...
This month's thermal imaging (TI) training column is a response to a question from a Tennessee firefighter: Jonathan...Our biggest problem in using the TIs is that our older officers...