James J. Schaefer reviews the partnership of Lake Superior State University, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, as a designated regional training center with fire departments in Michigan...
The long and bitter election campaign is over and now we await a new president and a new Congress to lead the country on an uncertain path through the dangers of an economic recession...
Last month, we began a report on a close call that involved 10 firefighters at a burning commercial structure in Sacramento, CA, on June 5, 2008. As we reported, nine minutes ...
SUBJECT: Lifting Heavy Loads - Part 2 TOPIC: Cribbing CrushOBJECTIVE: Understand how a wood box crib performs at failureTASK: Given the need to support a lifted or otherwise unstable...
Unfortunately, there has been a steady increase in the number of firefighters killed behind the wheel of their own personal vehicles recently. This month's column will discuss...
Who in the world would knowingly choose a career that offers hours and hours or days and days of strenuous physical labor, limited clean air, no access to large-diameter hoselines...
20 Years Later, New Investigation May Yield New Findings Into CauseA hazardous materials explosion that occurred 20 years ago this month claimed the lives of six Kansas City, ...
New Responsibilities Are Introducing Serious New HazardsTurnout gear. Bunkers. Whatever the term is that you use to describe your personal protective equipment (PPE), the objective...
Ask Yourself: Where Should I Be Headed at This Stage in My Life?Let me begin where I left off in my last column by sharing some actual, identifiable data that was developed for...