Special Report: Remembering the Granite Mountain Hotshots
On June 30, 2013, the 20-man Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew was dispatched to respond from its base at Prescott Fire Station 7 to a wildland fire burning near Yarnell, […]
June 2018
Re-thinking Rehab with Tim Nowack
A major fire requires a major rehab effort. A couple of bottles of water and some shade from a rig just won’t cut it. It takes a well-executed plan to […]
Running to Remember the Granite Mtn. Hotshots with “Fireman Joe” Zambrano
It has now been five years since 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona. This year, they’re being honored in an […]
Looking at the NFPA’s 2017 LODD report with Marc Bashoor
On June 11, 2018 the NFPA released its annual U.S. Firefighter Fatalities report. It showed a total of 60 U.S. firefighter fatalities while on duty in 2017. That’s the lowest total […]
Understanding NFPA 3000 with John Montes
Did you know … the US has five percent of the world’s population, but accounts for 31 percent of all public mass shootings? Communities everywhere are facing an increasing number […]
Watch What You Eat! with Dr. Susie Day
Firefighters seem to be pretty healthy people. After all, you work out a lot, right? But what do you eat? Now look, I’m not your dad—but exercising doesn’t give you […]
A Cautionary Tale with Dennis Rubin
In this show, we break down a fire that nearly cost two firefighters their lives. They ended up with serious burns, but they lived. The thing is, like so many […]
Tips to be a Better Incident Commander with Jason Hoevelmann
If you’re an incident commander, you probably have your own style, so to speak. Maybe it works for you. Maybe you need a little polishing. Running a scene well involves […]
Are You Afraid to be Alone With Your Thoughts? with Jada Hudson
Lots of firefighters are workaholics. Not that they’d use the word to describe themselves. You’re just busy, right? Now let’s ask something uncomfortable: Are you keeping busy to keep your […]
Learning SLAB SAVERS with Jesse Quinalty
Firefighters have a love-hate relationship with acronyms. There’s SLICE-RS, RECEO, and REVAS. In fact, Firehouse magazine once published a list of 300 acronyms and abbreviations. One of the newest is […]