[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Last month, fire service leaders came together for what could arguably be called the most important conference of the year. And yet, it had no hands-on training, no huge...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]It's time to put a stop to firefighter ED. Now that caught your attention! But the ED I’m referring to is not what you’re thinking. Phew! Instead, it’s an incident command...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Are you training on policy? Why is this an important question for fire departments? Training on policy is an important part of organizational excellence because it helps...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"] There isn’t a place more sacred in a fire station than the kitchen table. The place where we break bread with fellow firefighters, solve the department’s problems, have...
As each wildland fire season seems worse than the last, messages about preparation often fall on deaf ears.
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Policies. General Orders. Standard Operating Guidelines. Standard Operating Procedures. Directives. In public safety, we use a lot of different words...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]With everything you have going on as a fire department leader, you probably haven’t spent a lot of time thinking about nursing mothers (unless you are one). Pregnancies...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]I remember when I first made fire chief. The “have to” things that came with the job made me cringe. City Council...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Nearly 80 percent of law enforcement officers have experienced an on-the-job “near-miss” event that they attribute at least in part to sleep deprivation or fatigue. That’s...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]As firefighters, we are exposed to risks and hazards on a daily basis. We do what we can, as individuals and...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]The call comes in as a structure fire. As personnel are suiting up, you fire up the rig and get the lights activated. In moments you’re rolling Code 3 with the siren...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]It’s been just over five years now that my good friend Captain Andy Troncale of the Arcadia (Calif.) Fire Department...
