Without proper guidance and preparation, promotion can feel like catching a 20-foot shark. However, mentorship, along with the required curriculum and experience, is crucial for firefighter succession and advancement, especially for...
Read moreFireground Strategies: Personnel Considerations in Additional Alarm Requests
In Fireground Strategies, 4th Edition, Anthony Avillo writes about the staffing considerations an IC needs to take into account to maintain operational equilibrium when requesting additional alarms.
Read moreTactical Decision Games
Welcome to Tactical Decision Gaming (TDGs), where you learn by doing. Click the links at the bottom to begin the simulation.
Read moreCrew Rescued After Ship Carrying 3,000 Cars Catches Fire in North Pacific
The crew of a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire aboard the vessel in waters off Alaska’s Aleutian island chain.
Read moreVolunteer Fire Stations Cost Some Lancaster County (PA) Taxpayers More Every Year; Here’s Why
As East Hempfield Township’s fire chief, John Kottmyer plans for “armageddon” but hopes for the best. Armageddon, he said, will happen the moment township leaders decide they need to hire a full staff of professional firefighters.
Read moreTwo Killed, 10 Injured in Cincinnati Fire
A fire in a thee-family home on Summit Avenue has left two people dead and ten others injured, according to Fox 19.
Read moreThe start of the Palisades and Eaton fires: 24 hours that changed Los Angeles
It would take days to learn that the conflagrations had caused an unprecedented level of destruction, killing at least 28 people, destroying and damaging more than 18,000 buildings valued at more than $275 billion, and leaving a burn zone 2½...
Read moreThe Larry Conley Show: Inspiring Higher Education in the Fire Service
Join Larry Conley and the rest of the G.L.U.E. Crew as they sit down with two giants in the fire service: Rick Lasky and Dr. Denis Onieal. In this compelling
Read moreHonolulu (HI) Firefighter, 25, Killed in Apartment Fire
A 25-year-old firefighter with a year-and-a-half on the job died in a three-alarm fire in a Honolulu apartment Monday night. The fire broke out in a walk-up apartment at 1645
Read moreUnconventional Firefighting: The Power of Thinking Outside the Box
By Jeffrey Levy In the ever-evolving world of firefighting, the ability to adapt and employ unconventional methods can make all the difference in safely and effectively mitigating fire incidents. The morning
Read moreTraining Days: Rapid Intervention
Photos by author This training day was designed to give some new ideas to members assigned to rapid intervention team (RIT) duty. The idea for the class came from an FDIC hands-on-training
Read moreThinking Firefighters: The Theory Behind the Action
By Brian A. Carr Firefighting is a practical discipline. Men and women trained to the highest levels work together to solve problems affecting people, places, and community. Firefighters and emergency responders
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