Recent Articles
Posted By: Alex Tanner
Wed Sep 27th, 2023
The importance of shift training as a crew needs no explanation. For many firefighters, 1-hour training sessions that feature 1 or 2 companies is all they have time to receive. This applies to on duty training led by a Company Officer and weekly training that volunteer departments may organize. It i
Posted By: Philip Duczyminski
Wed Aug 30th, 2023
Did you know that drowning is the number one cause of death for children between the ages of 1-4? Approximately 3,400 people drown each year in the United States (Stop Drowning Now, 2023). Many fire departments around the country have continued to expand their response capabilities as the needs aris
Posted By: Daniel Arroyo
Wed Jul 26th, 2023
The amount of electric vehicles (EVs) taking over our roadways have increased at a very rapid rate and fire departments need to be ready when the inevitable fire in one of these vehicles starts. According to the US department of Energy and New Jersey’s Electric Vehicle Act 2020, the number of EVs hi
Posted By: Robin Brent True
Wed Jun 28th, 2023
We have all likely participated in a course or a training session where we felt frustrated trying to learn a new concept or a skill. For me, my most difficult experience was my first foray into technical rescue in 2008. In looking back upon the experience, I think the absence of an effective formati
Posted By: Tony Ambrosia
Wed May 31st, 2023
Many of us in the fire service who like to keep up to date on current events and relevant fire service topics, have been reading a lot of news stories, articles, blogs on electric vehicle fires. Some of the topics I have read about have to do with preventing the fires, the cost of the fires, how lo
