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There are many areas of the country where innovative pieces of apparatus can be found. Some of these vehicles are older, used units which were acquired and then heavily modified to meet local conditions and budget requirements. Others are brand new rigs which represent the latest in technology and safety and typically are larger and heavier in size than their earlier counterparts. Whether old or new, well-designed engine company apparatus should be set up to provide safety for the crew as...

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William Jenaway

William Jenaway
Safety 101 - Lesson 27

You must be able to recognize that these emergent issues will constantly change due to real world happenings, new technology and management practices.

Regardless of the type of industry, emergent issues in business, operations, and safety come from three basic sources:

Jonathan Bastian

Jonathan Bastian
A Final Farewell
This month will be the last in which I am the regular author for the column.

Vincent Dunn

Vincent Dunn
Dunn's Dispatch: Accountabilty on the Perimeter
Do you know how to discard smoldering material out a window without killing or seriously injuring a fellow firefighter?

August Vernon

August Vernon
Fire/EMS Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices Response
If your agency received a report about a possible "car bombing" incident or suspicous vehicle how would you respond, do you take it seriously, how do you evacuate your entire downtown if the suspected vehicle is located there?

Robert Dube

Robert Dube
WMD – Where Is Your Focus?
Expand your WMD training to include explosives and collapse, and do it now. The terrorists are ready, are you?
 

Recent Podcasts

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 01:20

The Apparatus Architects look at a number of topics this month and their guest, a Los Angeles Fire Department Captain, talks about the LAFD's operations and apparatus assignments.

Friday, February 5, 2010 - 12:35

In this episode of the Leader's Toolbox, host Dr. Richard B. Gasaway focuses on the Everyone Goes Home initiative and the Courage To Be Safe program.

Chief Gasaway interviews Ron Dennis, executive director of the Arizona Fire Chiefs Association and the training liaison for the Everyone Goes Home initiative. He also talks with Billy Hayes, director of community affairs for the Washington, DC, Fire Department and the advocate manager for the initiative.

 

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Upcoming TrainingLive Webcasts

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Jeffrey Pindelski

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 03:00

Rapid intervention and firefighter survival skills are often considered advanced, but do you have a firm grasp on the basic skills of firefighter removal? This webcast, based on case studies and proven statistics, will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied to basic, everyday fireground survival.

 

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