Recent Articles
Posted By: Sarah Graham
Sat Feb 8th, 2020
As I read a line-of-duty-death report recently, two statements jumped off the page. First, the report concluded that “General Orders are often contradictory, unclear, or too cumbersome for personnel to glean operational value.” Second, it stated investigators had observed “lack of trust with departm
Posted By: John H Russ, F.O.
Mon Jan 20th, 2020
One of the many jobs we encounter as firefighters is to mentor and train our personnel. Beginning with core skills, we add to the skill-set until a recruit can put two or three together for an assignment. These skills are an important part of training our personnel to make decisions under stress.
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Posted By: Sarah Graham
Fri Jan 10th, 2020
Today’s firefighters are “all-hazards” responders, providing emergency medical response, fire suppression, technical rescue, hazardous materials response, response to active shooter/hostile events, fire inspections, public education, investigation, community training and more. While this is a long a
Posted By: Brian Zaitz, MS, EFO, CTO
Sun Jan 5th, 2020
Company training is the foundation for company success on the fire ground. “What qualifies as company training? How do I prepare company training? We have a training officer, I don’t need to do company training. My guys are above the level needed for basic company training.” These are all state
Posted By: Sarah Graham
Fri Dec 20th, 2019
Have there ever been any lawsuits filed against a fire department for failing to implement or being noncompliant with NFPA standards? I am specifically concerned with whether (and the extent to which) lawsuits arising out of firefighter line-of-duty death (LODD) or serious injury reference NFPA stan
