Recent Articles
Posted By: Emily Stephens
Wed Sep 29th, 2021
1. Tell us about yourself and why you decided to join the fire service
My name is Norm Bemis, and I am the newly promoted Training Chief for the Palatine Fire Department. Palatine is a suburb 30 minutes northwest of Chicago. I started with Palatine Fire in December of 1998. Before that, I had serve
Posted By: Emily Stephens
Thu Aug 26th, 2021
1. Tell us about yourself and why you decided to join the fire service
I joined the Country Fire Authority of Victoria as a volunteer in 1975 – currently still serving as a volunteer in my local brigade. I am aspiring for a career in the military, I enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force as a t
Posted By: Jamie Lacy
Sat Aug 7th, 2021
In nominating him, Battalion Chief Tim Cassidy of the Mount Prospect (IL) Fire Department wrote: “My basis for this recommendation is the impact Chief Kenny has had in making firefighter behavioral health and psychological resiliency common topics of discussion in our firehouses. In our area, these
Posted By: Emily Stephens
Thu Jul 29th, 2021
1. Tell us about yourself and why you decided to join the fire service
My name is Brittany Brown and I recently transitioned from the public sector to become a full-time professor at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond Kentucky in the Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology and Fire I
Posted By: Emily Stephens
Wed Jun 30th, 2021
Tell us about yourself and why you decided to join the fire serviceI've wanted to join the fire department since I left high school. Unfortunately, that dream didn't come to fruition until a lot later in life. Regardless, I'm in the fire service now, going on 22 years, and I love it! Who'd have thou
