Fire Prevention & Investigation

  • Marketing The Fire Problem

    Question: With all of the attention to EMS and, since 9/11, homeland security, how do we keep the public's attention on the fact that there is still a fire problem? Answer: The facts are that the United States and Canada continue to lead...

    Article • March 31st, 2003

  • Pennsylvania Firefighters Charged In Barn Blaze They Fought

    Davidsville--Four young adults, three of them volunteer firefighters, have been accused of setting a fire earlier this month that destroyed a barn

    News • March 31st, 2003

  • Authorities Searching For Arson, Assault Suspect In California

    Carmichael-- Authorities are searching for a man who allegedly tried to burn a woman before setting a home on fire late Sunday

    News • March 31st, 2003

  • Personal Decisions

    There are many decisions that a fire ground photographer must make in his/her career.

    Article • March 28th, 2003

  • Arizona Man Suspected of Arson

    Investigators think they've identified the man responsible for a Boone County house fire nearly two years ago.

    News • March 26th, 2003

  • Two Guilty Of Arson At Paterson, New Jersey Body Shop

    The owner of a Paterson auto body shop and his employee have pleaded guilty to setting fire to the store after business soured.

    News • March 25th, 2003

  • Presentation Skills for Firefighters – Part II

    The theater of presenting (as some call it) is very important to making or breaking a presentation.

    Article • March 25th, 2003

  • If You Are In The Fire Service You Are An Investigator - Part IV

    If your department is fortunate to have a fire investigator available to respond while you are on the scene, he or she has the opportunity to gather first hand facts on observations, extinguishment and overhaul.

    Article • March 24th, 2003

  • Canadian Arsonist Wears 'Scarlet Letter,' Says Lawyer

    A Drayton area man responsible for a series of fires last year will be under close scrutiny for the next 18 months, after being placed on house arrest in a Guelph court this week.

    News • March 24th, 2003

  • Second Fire Prompts Investigation At Jackson Tavern

    A village tavern was the scene of a fire early this morning, the second since Friday. Authorities now say that first fire was deliberately set.

    News • March 24th, 2003

  • Delivering Hometown Attentiveness

    Occupant Support is a task many departments’ practice and have been practicing for years. There are many names to describe it, however, I think that it can best be described in two words. Good old fashion:” Hometown Attentiveness”.

    Article • March 20th, 2003

  • La-Z-Boy Fire Ruled Arson

    La-Z-Boy Furniture Warehouse CEO Marcia Forcey looked out of a second-floor window at the charred remains of a service corridor below and said that the fire could have been much worse.

    News • March 19th, 2003

  • PIO Interviews - Part II

    Most of the time the department’s Public Information Officer should do the interviews, they are the department spokesperson.

    Article • March 19th, 2003

  • Officials Suspect Arson In Preschool Fire

    Greeley firefighters and police think a fire that destroyed a preschool center at Billie Martinez Elementary School last weekend was intentionally set.

    News • March 19th, 2003

  • Pennsylvania Firefighters Charged in Firehouse Arson Scheme

    In a news release from the United States Attorney Western District Office in Pittsburgh, attorney Mary Beth Buchanan announced March 18, that Jerry E. Booker, II of Adah, Fayette County Pennsylvania, was arrested following his indictment on a charge...

    News • March 18th, 2003