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  • Lessons from the Past: MGM Grand Fire
    Lessons from the Past: MGM Grand Fire

    November 21, 2010, marks the 30th anniversary of the MGM Grand fire in Las Vegas. Most of our senior peers from that era certainly remember the MGM tragedy. But even our young rookies back then have now reached the retirement age and have limited...

    Article • November 18th, 2010

  • PIO 101: The Anatomy of an Effective News Release
    PIO 101: The Anatomy of an Effective News Release

    After being interviewed by reporters, I’ve heard many people complain that the news media “just can’t get it right.” Whether it’s a live TV interview or some other encounter with a reporter, most of us have been victims of erroneous...

    Article • November 15th, 2010

  • PIO 101: The Basics of Media Relations for the Fire Service
    PIO 101: The Basics of Media Relations for the Fire Service

    It has been said that experience is the best teacher. It can also be the harshest. As a public information officer (PIO) for the Chattanooga Fire Department, I’ve worked hard to get the best training I can get to do my job. Yet, many of the things...

    Article • August 6th, 2010

  • Offensive Fire Prevention: Target Acquisition

    For fire prevention programs to be efficient and productive they need to be targeted to the appropriate audience, and the department needs to be offensive in its approach in reaching them. As I have said a thousand times before the people who most need...

    Article • June 9th, 2010

  • Hitting Close to Home

    By now, thanks to all of the efforts that National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has put in developing great statistical reports year after year, we in the fire service know that the majority of the fires and the fatalities occur in homes.Take a...

    Article • May 18th, 2010

  • The Proof Is in the Pudding

    As we stated last month in the opening installment of this commentary, in addressing our nation's fire problem, we need a detailed and accurate national data base that can provide us with up-to-date local, state and national fire-loss statistics...

    Article • May 5th, 2010

  • Next-Generation Building Codes Take on Safety and Sustainability

    Energy efficient and renewable technologies on and in commercial buildings are becoming more commonplace as businesses "go green." Due to the upswing in sustainable construction activities, it is important to understand how these technologies are...

    Article • April 14th, 2010

  • NFPA's Take: Fire Departments and the Codes & Standards Development Process

    Public participation in the development of NFPA's codes and standards is essential. All NFPA codes and standards are revised and updated every three to five years in revision cycles that begin twice each year and that normally take approximately two...

    Article • April 10th, 2010

  • The Proof Is in the Pudding

    Picture the following scenario from "Anytown, U.S.A.": You wake up from a night's sleep and walk into the den, where the early-morning news is on TV. As your eyes focus, you notice that a reporter is interviewing a battalion chief about a house fire...

    Article • March 31st, 2010

  • Reiterating Your Fire Prevention Messages

    Although no one is immune from the deadly effects of fire, children are one of fire's most unfortunate victims and, thus, demand fire service educators' foremost attention. Throughout the year, fire service professionals reach out into their...

    Article • March 31st, 2010

  • What are the Odds?

    I read the article titled "Families of "Charleston 9" Reach Partial Settlement" posted on the Firehouse.com, and the memory of that tragedy got my blood boiling again. What a shame! Nine firefighters died in that disaster, and now three years later and...

    Article • March 26th, 2010

  • There We Go Again

    Well, there we go again.

    Article • March 8th, 2010

  • An All-Year Approach

    All fire departments are familiar with Fire Safety Month, but fire safety shouldn't end there. Fire departments must provide children's fire safety education all year long in order to get the fire safety message out. Fire risks to children don't occur...

    Article • March 3rd, 2010

  • Prevention Culture Destroying Fire Service?

    Our society's culture and values have changed, and so must we if we are to not only survive, but thrive. That said, I recently heard a fire captain say, "We are becoming too safety conscious," and contended that such an attitude is destroying what the...

    Article • March 3rd, 2010

  • We Don't Lose "Non-Essential" Lives

    A recent newspaper article reported on a major fire department in our country being faced with the challenge of submitting a 15% budget reduction to the city council for consideration in the 2010–2011 budget process. This was in addition to the...

    Article • February 3rd, 2010

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