===THIS THURSDAY: FROM THE INCIDENT COMMANDER AND THE RETIRED CHIEF WHO LOST HIS SON ON A HIGHWAY INCIDENT The monthly NFFF Connect webinar is coming up this Thursday and it will be a special one. It will be about a vehicle crash on an interstate that killed heroic Virginia … [Read more...]
===A UNIQUE, NEW FIRE LEADERSHIP PODCAST. EPISODE: Gordon Graham. EPISODE Chief Reggie Freeman EPISODE: Chief Pat Kenny The Leadership Crucible Podcast....presents their stories, so you can learn from their experiences and the lessons they have learned from the challenges and … [Read more...]
It’s been two months since Apopka firefighter Austin Duran died in the Line of Duty after a trailer filled with sand fell on top of him. The 12-page Apopka police report includes several witness interviews, including one with the firefighter who was sent to help Duran move the … [Read more...]
A new article (and an online firefighter training program) “Hierarchy of Contamination Control in the Fire Service” co-authored by some phenominal fire service scientists Gavin Horn, Kenny Fent, Denise Smith, and Steve Kerber, has been published. This document covers fire service … [Read more...]
What keeps fire chiefs up at night? How things are going on scene- and in the firehouse. Here is an excellent program that will help Chiefs get a little more sleep: On Tuesday, August 23, 2022 from 0800-1700 hours in San Antonio there will be a one day program focused on … [Read more...]
Thanks to www.FirefighterCloseCalls.Com Contributor Fire Chief Rudy Horist for these 5 pages of information from ProjectMayDay.net that can be shared with your members! Great info for the fire … [Read more...]
All, It's no secret that cardiac disease is a societal issue, and even more critical related to the job of firefighting-career or volunteer. Firefighters have some of the highest rates of heart disease, heart attacks, and sudden cardiac death...a big deal. BUT YOUNGER … [Read more...]