Originally published on www.fireengineering.com There have arguably been fewer collections of material more sentinel to the evolution of safer regarding firefighting and firefighter health/ wellness than the three pieces presented in this Fire-Dex-sponsored … [Read more...]
How the Swiss Air Force learns
A great Swiss Air Force video shows us all how an enlightened high risk organization should use mistakes to get better, by moving away from a blame game and towards a learning culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaXE5pbLI0E … [Read more...]
Cancer & the FF; Self Study survey
Here’s a quick Firefighter Safety Self Evaluation that personnel can quickly complete to get an idea of their “real” level of safety. It’s by no means a complete safety picture but might serve as a quick eval for folks. They just have to click through the score boxes. It will … [Read more...]
Firefighter Safety Self Evaluation
Here’s a quick Firefighter Safety Self Evaluation that personnel can quickly complete to get an idea of their “real” level of safety. It’s by no means a complete safety picture but might serve as a quick eval for folks. They just have to click through the score boxes. It will … [Read more...]
Firefighter Line of Duty Death for February 2016
The United States Fire Administration has received notice of the following 5 firefighter fatalities in the month of February: Name: James R. Varnell Rank: Firefighter Status: Volunteer Date of Incident: 02/02/2016 Fire Department: Bakertown VFD Age: … [Read more...]
What Makes a Good Instructor?
What Makes a Good Instructor? By Steve Crothers Published Tuesday, March 1, 2016 | From the March 2016 Issue of FireRescue Constant self-improvement as an instructor is imperative. How do you get better? How are you truly challenging yourself and seeking to improve? What … [Read more...]
TACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS 1–4Setting the Stage
Please click on the link below to review UL's Tactical Considerations to ensure we are performing our job Safely. Thanks to UL http://brevity.next.firehouse.com/issue/561fcf363bab46bf780c3752/56264c383cab46171f8b456c … [Read more...]