Firecom Partners with Simulation Technology for Fireground Training
Firecom announced that its 50-Series wireless communication headsets will be a standard component of Simulation Technology’s firefighter driving simulation systems.
Diversity Should Be Management’s Priority, Not Just Labor’s, IAFF Rep Says (with Related Video)
Pat Morrison said there’s something wrong if fire departments lack diversity and fail to represent the community they serve.
Video: Heritage Center Creates Award to Honor Fire-Service Writers
The National Fire Heritage Center has created Ben Franklin Fire Writers Award. There are several award categories, and three levels of prizes will be awarded in each category.
An Alternative to Ambulance Delivery
By William Mansour When I go out to eat at a fast-food restaurant, I don’t expect the person behind the counter to be wearing a suit and tie while serving me a $5 burger.
Hoarding Dangerous to Firefighters, NFPA Reports (with Related Video)
While hoarding can be a crippling psychological disease, it also poses extreme dangers to firefighters who may enter an inflamed structure only to find exits blocked or collapsed ceilings from the sheer volume of goods stored in unlikely places, said Sharon Gamache, program director for the NFPA’s high-risk outreach programs.
Confined-Space Tales Expand Appreciation
This week I filed a story on confined-space rescues that will appear in FIRE CHIEF’s January edition.
USFA Releases 2012 Harvard Fire Executive Fellowship Program Application Procedures
The 2012 Harvard Fire Executive Fellowship Program application procedures have been released and national and international senior fire executives who have demonstrated significant career accomplishments can now apply for the program.
Treat the Soil to Grow Diversity in the Fire Service
When Rosemary Roberts Cloud was assigned to her first station, she realized the Atlanta Fire Department had picked “new flowers but they hadn’t treated the soil to make sure they could flourish.”
Mo. Chief Battles Against Departmental Cancer
Cottleville Community Fire Protection District Chief Rob Wylie said 10% of his 50-person career work force has been diagnosed with cancer in the last four years.
The Power of a Fire Officer
By Neal Copeland As the fire service continues to evolve, we are going to be faced with many “new age” fire officers taking the reins. I consider myself to be one of these new-age officers.