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Featured Content 2005 pg. 1

• Twenty-Five Traits of Excellent Fire Service Supervision
  It is valid to say that the demands of a fire service supervisor are far greater than those of the average supervisor.
• Keep Your Community Fire Safe This Holiday Season
  Your community members may celebrate a number of different holidays during the end of the calendar year, but a few minutes spent on safety can go a long way.
• Training Props Might Just Be Whatever You Can Find At the Moment
  Many times training is only done verbally, which is fine for some topics. But with power tools, you need to actually use them. Talking about how they work and how you should use them only goes so far.
• Keep Your Citizens Warm And Safe During The Winter Season
  As temperatures start dropping, firefighters must urge their citizens to be careful as they fire up furnaces, space heaters, and fireplaces.
• American Heart Association Announces Updated Emergency Care Guidelines
  New emergency care guidelines include dramatic changes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emphasis on chest compressions, according to authors of the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
• Training Tips - The Company Officers Toolbox
  Firefighters will feel that an officer who is shirking his or her leadership or teaching duties will not have the commitment to be their supervisor on the emergency scene when their lives are at risk.
• Tips To Keep Your Families Safe at Thanksgiving
  Ads and television specials may tell us that the holidays are a more relaxed time to spend with family and friends, but don't let your guard down. Thanksgiving Day also happens to be one of the most dangerous days of the year for residential fires.
• Four in Five EMS Workers Injured on the Job
  Four in five EMS workers have experienced some kind of injury or medical condition as a result of their work, according to the NAEMT "Experiences with Emergency Medical Services Survey," conducted by Harris Interactive.
• Investigation-Mode
  When crews anticipate getting cancelled while en route or show up to the call unprepared to take any action, the outcome can be catastrophic and lead to serious consequences.
• Some Thoughts On The ICE Usage
  As the name implies, using the ICE acronym as part of the information in your cell phone's internal phone book can provide a valuable list of people to contact in case of an emergency.

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