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  • Sample Standard Operating Procedures and Guidelines for the 2007 Fire and EMS Safety Stand Down

    To help prepare for the 2007 Firefighter and EMS Safety Stand Down, Firehouse.com offers more than three dozen SOPs and SOGs from around the country, that can be easily adapted by your department, based on your agencies needs and resources.

    Article • May 27th, 2007

  • Training Resources Offered for 2007 Fire and EMS Safety Stand Down

    If you think about everything you really need to be prepared to respond to someone's emergency, it could easily take hours, if not days.In conjunction with the Firefighter Safety Stand Down for 2007, Firehouse.com has put together a complete package...

    Article • May 27th, 2007

  • How Much is your Life Worth?

    If we save a life and in turn lose our own, our value is in the life saved. If we lose our life at the scene of a building that is already lost with no human life at stake, how do we recuperate the cost?

    Article • May 4th, 2007

  • The Ten Command-ments of Intelligent and Safe Fireground Operations

    Mark Emery continues this series with Command-ment III: Thou shall identify, factor and monitor three situations that kill firefighters.

    Article • May 1st, 2007

  • Does Anything Really Change after a Catastrophic Incident?
    Does Anything Really Change after a Catastrophic Incident?

    The author served as the fire incident commander for the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999.

    Article • April 30th, 2007

  • Surviving the Offensive Attack
    Surviving the Offensive Attack

    It seems that everyday across America firefighters are being asked to handle a larger number of incidents, with a greater variety and with fewer resources. There are many great instructors across this country that instruct you how to get yourself out...

    Article • April 27th, 2007

  • Customer Service?

    How much funding and departmental effort is directed at actually preventing a fire from starting? Do we fully support plans review and code enforcement efforts? Is fire service education only conducted during fire prevention week? Do we thoroughly...

    Article • April 11th, 2007

  • Leadership on the Line: Marketing the Fire Service One Firefighter at a Time
    Leadership on the Line: Marketing the Fire Service One Firefighter at a Time

    The success of any business or the effectiveness of your department depends on how well each person understands and utilizes this one concept.

    Article • April 5th, 2007

  • The On-Going Battle: Us vs. Them

    You cannot expect members to follow you as a leader in battle when you spend the majority of your time between battles criticizing the commanders.

    Article • April 4th, 2007

  • The Ten Command-ments - Command-Ment II

    Mark Emery explains why fire-rescue commanders should maintain teams of at least two personnel.

    Article • April 1st, 2007

  • Safety 101 - Lesson 15

    Defensive driving and seat belt use are a "dynamic duo" in driving safety, if we realize it and practice it.

    Article • March 28th, 2007

  • Assuming Command from the First-On Companies

    On my side of town, we have experimented with a different way of commanding a fire.

    Article • March 23rd, 2007

  • Safety 101 - Lesson 14

    Standard Operating Procedures/Standard Operating Guidelines are a fundamental safety practice, nor only for emergency services, but business and industry as well.In today's society it is essential that all emergency service organizations develop...

    Article • March 5th, 2007

  • The Ten Command-Ments - Command-Ment I

    Mark Emery continues this series that began with an overview and introduces the first command-ment: Thou Shall Have One Competent Incident Commander.

    Article • February 28th, 2007

  • A New View: From the Front Seat

    As a company officer, you are going to be put in a position of "Having all the answers."

    Article • February 23rd, 2007

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