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...
During the average year, I read about hundreds of fires from news reports, look through thousands of photos of fires and emergency operations, review "On The Job" stories, receive...
Over the past several months, we have discussed the development of a fire risk analysis program for your community. We have talked about how to assess risk. Now we will discuss...
Volunteer fire and EMS departments in many areas are struggling to recruit and retain qualified personnel. One effective retention tool is the Length of Service Award Program ...
California is the third-largest state in the country and covers an area of nearly 160,000 square miles with a coastline over 840 miles long. San Bernardino County is the largest...
One of the hardest jobs in the fire service in general, and emergency medical services in particular, is notifying next of kin that a death has occurred. Whether a person dies...
The incident command system (ICS) is described as an "all risk" system that can effectively manage any type of incident. The key concept of "all risk" is that the same command...
Present State & History Of The BuildingAs fire attacks a building, failure will occur. It can start with localized interior collapse. As fire stops break down, the fire area will...
You may have noticed that in all of the hoopla over volunteerism at the President's Summit on America's Future, not one speaker or media story ever mentioned the volunteer fire...