Chief Lasky visits with Captain Homer Robertson of the Fort Worth (TX) Fire Department about taking pride in your tools, your apparatus, and in how you treat the job and each other.

Chief Rick Lasky of the Lewisville (TX) Fire Department discusses the position of the battalion chief's aide with Lt. (Ret.) Chris DeLisio of the FDNY and Engineer Gary Apple of the Lewisville (TX) Fire Department.

Chief Rick Lasky of the Lewisville (TX) Fire Department talks with Battalion Chief John Salka of the FDNY about engine company operations and much more.

Hosts Sean DeCrane and Jack Murphy talk to Paul Martin, president of the Center for Campus Fire Safety, and Robert Ferrara, director of fire safety at Montclair State University, about current issues in campus fire safety and the Center's recently announced partnership with Fire Engineering. This program will highlight the broad spectrum of fire and life safety issues on college/university campuses across the country and help bridge the life safety network with the fire service.

Learn more about the Center for Campus Fire Safety HERE.

Jack Murphy and Sean DeCrane discuss the upcoming 2010 International Code Council (ICC) code hearings and their potential impact on the fire service. Guests Laura Blaul, assistant chief and fire marshal from the Orange County (CA) Fire Authority, and Mike O'Brien, fire marshal of the Brighton Area (MI) Fire Department, discuss fire code implementation issues in their respective local areas.

Host Steve Pegram talks to Shane Ray, Fire Chief of Pleasantview (TN) and past-vice presidents of the ISFSI, and Brian Collins, ISFSI Grant Program Manger and Brentwood (TN) Fire Department lieutenant, about the ISFSI's new training program, "Modern Construction Considerations for Company Officers." This training packet combines much of the research by UL, NIST, and other research labs on lightweight building construction and fire hazards related to these construction techniques.

At FDIC 2010, FDNY Lieutenant Mike Ciampo discusses his contribution to Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II, specifically his chapter on ladders. Mike also discusses creating training while on runs.

At FDIC 2010, Chief Rick Lasky of the Lewisville (TX) Fire Department discusses Pride & Ownership, FDIC, and the ISFSI.

Fire service attorneys Chip Comstock, John K. Murphy, Brad Pinsky, and Curt Varone talk about the legal aspects of consolidating fire departments or districts.

DAVID “CHIP” COMSTOCK JR., JD, is a partner in the law firm of Comstock, Springer, and Wilson Co., LPA in Youngstown, OH. He is a 25-year veteran of the fire service and chief of the Western Reserve Joint Fire District in Poland, OH. He lectures extensively on fire service topics related to company officer operations, liability, and personnel issues. His articles have appeared in many fire service magazines, including Fire Engineering. He is president of the National Association of Fire and Emergency Service Attorneys.

JOHN K. MURPHY, JD, has been a career member of the fire service for 32 years, retiring as a deputy fire chief with Eastside (WA) Fire & Rescue in Issaquah, Washington, and fire chief of the City of Sammamish (WA). He is an attorney whose focus is on employment practices liability, policy, internal investigations, and firefighter health and safety. He is an expert witness and consultant on risk management for private and public entities. He lectures and writes on fire service topics related to company officer operations, organizational liability, and personnel issues.

BRADLEY M. PINSKY is an attorney in Syracuse, New York, and a captain and municipal training officer in the Manlius (NY) Fire Department. He represents approximately 300 fire departments in New York.

CURT VARONE has more than 37 years of experience in the fire service, including 29 years as a career firefighter with the Providence (RI) Fire Department, where he retired in 2008 as a Deputy Assistant Chief. In addition, he has been a practicing attorney since 1985 and is a faculty member in Providence College’s Fire Science program. Curt served as Division Manager of the Public Fire Protection Division at the National Fire Protection Association. He has authored two books, Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services and Fire Officer’s Legal Handbook. He is currently the Director of the Fire Service Division of the Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute providing litigation support to firefighters and fire departments.

Budget cuts are hitting fire departments across the country hard in these troubled economic times. Attorneys Chip Comstock, John K. Murphy, Brad Pinsky, and Curt Varone discuss the potential for liability because of cut backs in fire service.

DAVID “CHIP” COMSTOCK JR., JD, is a partner in the law firm of Comstock, Springer, and Wilson Co., LPA in Youngstown, OH. He is a 25-year veteran of the fire service and chief of the Western Reserve Joint Fire District in Poland, OH. He lectures extensively on fire service topics related to company officer operations, liability, and personnel issues. His articles have appeared in many fire service magazines, including Fire Engineering. He is president of the National Association of Fire and Emergency Service Attorneys.

JOHN K. MURPHY, JD, has been a career member of the fire service for 32 years, retiring as a deputy fire chief with Eastside (WA) Fire & Rescue in Issaquah, Washington, and fire chief of the City of Sammamish (WA). He is an attorney whose focus is on employment practices liability, policy, internal investigations, and firefighter health and safety. He is an expert witness and consultant on risk management for private and public entities. He lectures and writes on fire service topics related to company officer operations, organizational liability, and personnel issues.

BRADLEY M. PINSKY is an attorney in Syracuse, New York, and a captain and municipal training officer in the Manlius (NY) Fire Department. He represents approximately 300 fire departments in New York.

CURT VARONE has more than 37 years of experience in the fire service, including 29 years as a career firefighter with the Providence (RI) Fire Department, where he retired in 2008 as a Deputy Assistant Chief. In addition, he has been a practicing attorney since 1985 and is a faculty member in Providence College’s Fire Science program. Curt served as Division Manager of the Public Fire Protection Division at the National Fire Protection Association. He has authored two books, Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services and Fire Officer’s Legal Handbook. He is currently the Director of the Fire Service Division of the Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute providing litigation support to firefighters and fire departments.

Live from FDIC 2010, attorneys Chip Comstock, John K. Murphy, Brad Pinsky, and Curt Varone discuss situations in which harassment can lead to serious monetary awards from litigation against fire departments. They also make recommendations on how departments can deal with harassing comments that lead to legal action.

DAVID “CHIP” COMSTOCK JR., JD, is a partner in the law firm of Comstock, Springer, and Wilson Co., LPA in Youngstown, OH. He is a 25-year veteran of the fire service and chief of the Western Reserve Joint Fire District in Poland, OH. He lectures extensively on fire service topics related to company officer operations, liability, and personnel issues. His articles have appeared in many fire service magazines, including Fire Engineering. He is president of the National Association of Fire and Emergency Service Attorneys.

JOHN K. MURPHY, JD, has been a career member of the fire service for 32 years, retiring as a deputy fire chief with Eastside (WA) Fire & Rescue in Issaquah, Washington, and fire chief of the City of Sammamish (WA). He is an attorney whose focus is on employment practices liability, policy, internal investigations, and firefighter health and safety. He is an expert witness and consultant on risk management for private and public entities. He lectures and writes on fire service topics related to company officer operations, organizational liability, and personnel issues.

BRADLEY M. PINSKY is an attorney in Syracuse, New York, and a captain and municipal training officer in the Manlius (NY) Fire Department. He represents approximately 300 fire departments in New York.

CURT VARONE has more than 37 years of experience in the fire service, including 29 years as a career firefighter with the Providence (RI) Fire Department, where he retired in 2008 as a Deputy Assistant Chief. In addition, he has been a practicing attorney since 1985 and is a faculty member in Providence College’s Fire Science program. Curt served as Division Manager of the Public Fire Protection Division at the National Fire Protection Association. He has authored two books, Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services and Fire Officer’s Legal Handbook. He is currently the Director of the Fire Service Division of the Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute providing litigation support to firefighters and fire departments.

Fire Engineering Editor in Chief Bobby Halton and Technical Editor Glenn Corbett discuss the proposed Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero and issues regarding the 9/11 Memorial, including the prohibition of rank designations for uniformed personnel who died on 9/11; the lack of consultation with 9/11 families on human remains to be displayed at the site; the portrayal of the terrorists as opposed to the portrayal of the victims of the attacks; and more.

Chief Bobby Halton talks to Fred Lafemina, chief of Rescue Operations of the Special Operations Command in the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), about the upcoming FDNY Special Operations Symposium. The symposium will be held in New York City on March 15-16, 2010 at the FDNY Training Academy.

For more info on the symposum, visit www.fdnyfoundation.org

Chief Bobby Halton talks to members of the Fairfax County (VA) and Los Angeles County (CA) Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams about the rescues they made and challenges they faced when responding to the Haiti earthquake.

Host John K. Murphy, retired deputy fire chief and attorney, talks with Chief Mat Cowan of Snoqualmie Pass (WA) Fire & Rescue and the deputy fire chief at Maple Valley (WA) Fire & Life Safety, about an ice cave rescue that occurred in August 2008 in the Snoqualmie Pass area. The collapse entrapped two kids who were hiking with a youth group. Firefighters had to use chainsaws to free the victims and narrowly avoided a secondary collapse in the area.

John K. Murphy has been a career member of the fire service for 32 years. He retired as a deputy fire chief with Eastside (WA) Fire & Rescue in Issaquah, Washington, and the fire chief of the City of Sammamish (WA). He is an attorney whose focus is on employment practices liability, policy, internal investigations, and firefighter health and safety. He is an expert witness and consultant on risk management for private and public entities. He lectures and writes on fire service topics related to company officer operations, organizational liability, and personnel issues.