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Tactical Safety for Firefighters: Nozzle Backwards
May 11, 2012
In this satirical commentary piece, Ray McCormack makes that point there are no silly ideas in today's fire service, there's just poor salesmanship. |
Tactical Safety for Firefighters: A Rush to Judgment and a Person of Interest
May 4, 2012
Ray McCormack explains how the typical legal and law enforcement phrases "A Rush to Judgment" and "A Person of Interest" can apply to firefighting tactics. |
Tactical Safety for Firefighters: Quick, Aggressive, Violent
April 24, 2012
Ray McCormack offers three words that describe a firefighter's battle posture with no dangling apologies. |
Tactical Safety for Firefighters: Who Moved My Hoseline
March 23, 2012
Ray McCormack considers initial hoseline placement on the fireground. Is your firefighting strategy based on egress protection or fire extinguishment? |
Tactical Safety for Firefighters: Raising Fire Service Executives
March 7, 2012
Ray McCormack examines the phenomenon of the fire service executive and their efforts to change the job. |
Tactical Safety for Firefighters: Coupling Coupling
February 9, 2012
Firefighters live with the challenge of hose couplings every day, but we should take comfort in knowing that they are a silent sentinel leading the way, Ray McCormack writes. |
Tactical Safety: Marginal Effort Equals Marginal Results
January 30, 2012
Tactical safety is achieved by putting forth maximum effort and by having highly tuned-in firefighters and commanders who deploy their troops with purpose on the fireground, Ray McCormack writes. |
Paint Us Resistive Red
January 24, 2012
Ray McCormack comments on the "change painters" in the fire service, whose efforts seem to try and paint firefighting in a new light. |
Annual Attack Certification for Firefighters
January 13, 2012
Ray McCormack advocates for annual firefighter attack certification, to see how well members of the fire service can put it all together. |
Occupy 2012
January 2, 2012
Ray McCormack discusses what every firefighter can do to move the firefighting profession forward in 2012. |
PA Town to Sue Firefighters Union
May 16, 2012
The Borough of Chambersburg (PA) has authorized filing a lawsuit against the International Association of Fire Fighte...
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