Recent Articles
Posted By: Jamie Lacy
Wed Jun 19th, 2019
Tell us about yourself.I currently serve as a career Firefighter/Paramedic and Fire Instructor for the City of Troy, Ohio where I grew up. Prior to that my first career fire job was with the City of Memphis in Tennessee. I gained a lot of good experience and training with some of the finest crews in
Posted By: Leigh Hubbard
Tue Jun 11th, 2019
In order for a team to be happy and productive we have to understand the motivation. The first of these is interesting work. We want to be happy doing what we love. Whether we are being compensated financially or rewarded as a part of our profession, we want to enjoy what it is we are tasked to d
Posted By: Bruce E Bjorge
Tue Jun 11th, 2019
Like many of you, there are a few incidents during my 30+-year career that stand out from the rest. These incidents begin with us responding to the scene with the intention of making a difference by saving lives and property—and quickly transition to realizing there is nothing we can do to make a po
Posted By: Kevin Milan
Wed May 15th, 2019
In today’s world of litigation and blame, live fire training props and facilities are potentially a very hot topic. Some departments prohibit building props or facilities in a hope to limit their liability. Others encourage training staff to work with local talent to build custom props for specific
Posted By: Brett Tompkins, Company Officer
Tue May 14th, 2019
I love Power Point. So much, that my guys would come up with a great class idea and I would tell them to come back to me when they had a Power Point presentation. I would hear the groans when I told them we had a 150 slide EMS presentation on “The Cell and the Cellular Environment.” But I thought
