Posts Tagged: Safety
IAFC FRI Company & Command Officer Leadership Symposiums
The program offerings at FRI 2010 provided in-depth leadership education like for newly promoted company officers and those transitioning to battalion chief.
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Rules of Engagement 2010
The “Rules” were formally adopted by the IAFC Health, Safety and Survival Section at the Fire Rescue International Conference held last week in Chicago.
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38 Buildings To Burn:
“Johnny Reb”
A Backstep Firefighter double-header looks at Ogden Utah's live burn opportunity.
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38 Buildings To Burn:
“Billy Yank”
A Backstep Firefighter double-header looks at Ogden Utah's live burn opportunity.
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Preplanning Pays Off For Boston Chief
District 7 chief's first thoughts on arrival were of the Worcester Cold Storage fire.
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Nation’s Medevac Under Attack
The headline for the article written by Alan Levin “Medevac Industry Opposing Upgrades Wanted by NTSB” is an attention grabber, because you have to wonder upon reading it, why anyone would oppose more safety in an industry that has had a recent, poor safety record.
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Roto-Ray and Federal Q’s On POV?
By mentioning the Roto-Ray, the Federal Q, and POVs in one title, I'm going to be the high flyer of the internet.
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A Little Safety Parable
Firefighting isn't Jackass: There is a serious difference between taking stupid risks and calculated risks.
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Stuck In The Past
When your organization is experiencing such dysfunction that it is obvious even to the newest recruit, then how clueless are you to insist that everything is coming up roses?
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Kids Are Like Cats; Mayors Are Like Zombies!
This portion of the blog is brought to you by Hummer with the new, Zombie Deflecta-Shield…
I finally get my cell phone out of its holster to call the battalion chiefs. My hands-free, voice activation feature doesn’t recognize the name that I am mumbling. Frustrated, I use the key pad…1…1…1…1 as I drive through the plaza (literally), I fling the phone out the window, along with my left hand.
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3*4*3 Reports
After a recent training program, we discussed in a smaller group setting common, contributing and apparent causes related to three prominent fire incidents.
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In the Streets; On the Air
Taking it to the Streets had its premier July 21st on Firefighter Netcast.com with a lively and provoking discussion on “What’s on YOUR Radar Screen?” The program theme aligned with a recent posting on the same topic. Join me on the program wer…
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In the Streets; On the Air
Taking it to the Streets had its premier July 21st on Firefighter Netcast.com with a lively and provoking discussion on “What’s on YOUR Radar Screen?” The program theme aligned with a recent posting on the same topic. Join me on the program wer…
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Companies Standby for the Transmit of the Box
Taking it to the Streets
Premiering Wednesday July 21st 9:00pm ET
Live on Firefighter Netcast.com
Premiering “What’s on YOUR Radar Screen”?
Check out what’s on of off your radar screen on CommandSafety.com
If you’ve never listened to…
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BURN
BURN is a documentary about Detroit, told through the eyes of Detroit firefighters, who are on the front lines charged with the thankless task of saving a city — and an American Dream — that many have written off as dead. We made a 10-minute trailer.…
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Transmitting the Box for an Alarm of Fire…Taking it to the Streets
Taking it to the Streets
Premiering Wednesday July 21st 9:00pm ET
Live on Firefighter Netcast.com
Premiering “What’s on YOUR Radar Screen”?
Check out what’s on of off your radar screen on CommandSafety.com
If you’ve never listened to…
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Taking it to the Streets
Taking it to the Streets
Premiering Wednesday July 21st 9:00pm ET
Live on Firefighter Netcast.com
Premiering "What's on YOUR Radar Screen"?
Check out what's on of off your radar screen on CommandSafety.com
If you’ve never listened to a …
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Premiering “What’s on YOUR Radar Screen”? on Fire Fighter Netcast.com
Taking it to the Streets
Premiering Wednesday July 21st 9:00pm ET
Live on Firefighter Netcast.com
Premiering “What’s on YOUR Radar Screen”?
Check out what’s on of off your radar screen on CommandSafety.com
If you’ve never listened to…
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Newest NIOSH Alert: Preventing Deaths and Injuries of Fire Fighters at Structure Fires
NIOSH released it's latest Alert on Firefighter Risk Reduction. Fire fighters are often killed or injured when fighting fires in abandoned, vacant, and unoccupied structures. These structures pose additional and sometimes unique risks due to the potentia…
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The Roto-Ray: Beauty or Beast?
I guess the Roto-Ray is the Philadelphia Flyers of warning devices: You either love them or you hate them.
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Ten Minutes in the Street: “A Little Smoke Showin’ with your Coffee?”
New Scenario Posted
Ten Minutes in the Street
A Buildingsonfire.com Series
Interactive Scenarios, Where YOU Make the Call
Ten Minutes in the Street is back, bringing you insightful and provoking street scenarios for the discriminating and persp…
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Hot Chiefs
Unless it's snowing or raining, should the IC really be fully dressed?
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What it Takes To Be Aggressive
The principle of being aggressive seems to be the black sheep that no one really wants to talk about due to its “stigma”. If you are not willing to aggressively perform ALL of the tasks necessary to extinguish a fire, then you are, or will be, lacking fundamentals, safety,and efficiency. There are, however, conditions to being an aggressive firefighter/crew.
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Eleven Minutes to Mayday; What You Need to Know
The Colerain Township (OH) Fire and EMS Department under the leadership of Director and Chief G. Bruce Smith recently released its final report Investigation Analysis of the Squirrels nest Lane Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths related to the Ap…
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Merchandising Your Safety