Who’s watching the kids? WHO checks the status of smoke alarms at vacation properties, sleepovers, grandparents house, hotels … anywhere and everywhere yours/mine/our kids stay.... Please keep reading.... I, like everyone else, was (and remain) stunned after learning that … [Read more...]
EVIDENCE BASED FIRE TACTICS..... for a "More Effective" Fireground A NO COST WEBINAR: TOMORROW Wednesday, March 22 at 1300 Hours Eastern DETAILS / REGISTER: https://info.lexipol.com/webinar-evidence-based-tactics-tslIn this no cost webinar, members of the Loveland … [Read more...]
WHAT DO FIREFIGHTERS WANT? The Perfect Storm... Take the 2023 "What Firefighters Want" state-of-the fire service survey STAFFING? PERSONNEL? The fire service is facing a perfect storm: recruitment and retention challenges, expanding job expectations, strains on behavioral … [Read more...]
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) filed a lawsuit today against the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) for its role in imposing a testing standard that effectively requires the use of carcinogens in fire fighter protective gear. The case, … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Brady Fire/EMS (Texas, NW of Austin) Engineer/EMT William “Bill” Fore, 38, was on-duty and other Firefighters noticed that he missed roll-call at 0745 hours on Wednesday March, 8, 2023. Tragically, they discovered him severely injured from a … [Read more...]
A veteran Firefighter called a Mayday when the second-floor of a house collapsed. Charleston (West Virginia) Capt. John Hastings, an 18-year veteran, who was pinned under debris immediately called for help. He was rescued in about 10 minutes and transported to an area trauma … [Read more...]
Devastating, incomprehensible news as that dwelling fire in Chicago has now claimed the lives of all four family members of Chicago Firefighter Walter Stewart. His two remaining children -- a 2-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl who have been hospitalized since their house fire … [Read more...]