Preventing Emergencies: Project Mayday with Don Abbott
About the scariest thing a firefighter can hear over the radio is a mayday call. It sends chills down our spines. But there’s an effort underway to prevent maydays. And […]
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Attacked on a Run with Ben Vernon
When Ben Vernon, a San Diego firefighter/paramedic, responded to a call for an intoxicated male on June 24, 2015, he figured it would be just like any other day. He […]
Ideas for Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers with Candice McDonald
Sometimes, it seems like people just don’t have the time to be a volunteer firefighter anymore. It’s getting harder to find people to volunteer and even more difficult to keep […]
What You Need to Know About High-Rise Firefighting with Mike Terpak
High-rise firefighting is a lot of work and can be dangerous in different ways. It’s important for you know as much as possible about these buildings’ design, construction and occupancy. […]
Is a 270-Degree Recon Enough? with Brian Butler
Go to enough conferences or read enough magazine articles and you’ll start to feel shamed if you don’t do a 360-degree recon on arrival at every fire. But the reality […]
Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle safety with Jennifer Hamilton
There are a lot of cars on the road today that—just a few years ago – would have been considered exotic. One of the newest car types is the hydrogen […]
Avoiding “No Way Out” Situations with John Cagno
The difference between a “Mayday” situation and a “No Way Out” situation, says John Cagno, is that the former is not a firefighter’s fault and that latter is the result […]
Five Rules for Firehouse Leadership with John M. Buckman III
There’s been lot said and written about leadership in the fire service, and some of it is pretty detailed. Great leadership can be one of those things that are hard […]
Finishing the Arizona Fallen Firefighter and Paramedics’ Memorial with Rick DeGraw
Lots of cities around the country have memorials to fallen firefighters, but I’m partial to the Arizona Fallen Firefighter Memorial, for obvious reasons. It’s a beautiful installation, on the Arizona […]
Stopping Confirmation Bias with Brian Schaeffer
Is there a typical fire? Probably not. But there is a most-common fire: single-family residential fires add up to about three-quarters of all structure fires. In the National Incident Management […]