September 1995 was an unusually busy "technical" rescue month for the City of Pontiac, MI, Fire Department (PFD). Within under 20 days, members responded to a confined space search...
The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives by Steve Delsohn (270 pages, Harper Collins, $23). Steve Delsohn, the New York Times best-selling co-author of Out of Bounds...
If there was a significant fire or emergency that occurred 100 years ago in your department, or your department's 100th anniversary is coming up, please drop us a line for possible...
In the photo below, a heavy fire condition in a vacant two-story restaurant with an occupied dwelling above greets units as they arrive on the scene in Baldwin, NY, recently. ...
A few years ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidelines of transmission of HIV and hepatitis B in health care workers. Soon after, the Occupational...
Firefighting and emergency responding can be the source of incredible satisfaction and reward. They can also be the source of significant stress. The quality of your emergency...
In our last visit with you, we began our discussion of fire risk analysis and its companion in life, "community fire defenses." We started to look at how a community needs to ...
There appears to be considerable confusion and misinformation concerning the proper role of the safety officer at an emergency incident. This confusion involves two distinct areas...
The answer to the question in the headline, in most cases, is no one. It's ironic that the fire service of this country is responsible for public safety and yet when government...
In recent years, the rising costs of heating and cooling buildings has resulted in a variety of efforts aimed at improving the energy efficiency of the structures. Blown-in insulation...
Judging from the mail, a recent column on school crime and fire safety hit a lot of raw nerves. A number of readers had some interesting comments and their reaction indicates ...