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From the Bay Door to the Front Door: The Company Officer On SceneJoe McClelland offers some tips for new company officers on size-up and initial actions on the fireground. |
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European Emergency Professionals Gathering at Successful Rescuesim User Conference 2013
The European RescueSim User Conference 2013 which took place at the World Port Centre in Rotterdam on June 12th, saw ...
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For Lack of Command Experience
At larger-scale incidents, incident commanders need to follow the example of the U.S. military and tighten their span...
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RescueSim Interfacing with VBS2 for Civil-Military and Antiterrorism Training
During a training session organized by the Safety Region Rotterdam Rijnmond and VSTEP, RescueSim's new HLA comp...
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Federal Government Released National Planning FrameworksThe Federal Government and its partners today released three of five National Planning Frameworks. |
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Pelican-Hardigg Advanced Case Solution Centers Receive ISO 9001 : 2008 Certification
Pelican Products, Inc. has announced that their industry leading Pelican-Hardigg Advanced Case Solutions (ACS) center...
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FDNY Assists with Odd Job in the PATH Tubes
On Saturday November 3, 2012, five days after Hurricane Sandy flooded New York City (NYC), the chief of rescue operat...
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Calm Before the Storm: FDNY Preplanning and Preparation
As Hurricane Sandy made its way to the East Coast of the United States in October 2012, meteorologists called the sto...
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Regional Action Plans for Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Released
The Wildland Fire Executive Committee today announced the release of Regional Action Plans for wildland fire manageme...
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Are You "Four" or Against Strategy? Part 4: The Marginal Strategy
Richard Mueller outlines the concept of a marginal strategy, in which firefighters attempt entry to a structure with ...
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RescueSim Shows New HLA Capability in Joint UAV Training Simulation
At the Kooy Symposium 2013, Delft Dynamics, specialised in building unmanned helicopters, presented their Universal S...
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Flipping the Coin: Fireground Decision Making for Company Officers
Jim Silvernail offers some ideas on how firefighters can perform a coordinated fire attack without a dedicated truck ...
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When Words Become Weapons, Part 1
Dennis Rubin recounts his experiences as a defendant in a reverse-discrimination lawsuit at a major fire department.
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New Biological Management Option Against Cheatgrass Raises Hopes
A strain of naturally occurring soil bacteria tested on national wildlife refuges and other western lands may soon of...
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Firehouse Survival: Dealing with "Him"
Whether you are a volunteer, career, or part-time firefighter, the fire service is an incredible profession filled wi...
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Seattle Awarded GSN 2012 Homeland Security Award for Most Notable Municipal/County Security Program
The city of Seattle's (WA) Common Operating Picture (COP) solution received an award for the Most Notable Municipal/C...
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Stepping Up: So Why Are We Doing This?Taking a moment to let your firefighters know the learning objectives of a particular training session can help them focus on its purpose, Ron Hiraki writes. |
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From the Bay Door to the Front Door: The Company Officer On SceneJoe McClelland offers some tips for new company officers on size-up and initial actions on the fireground. |
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From the Bay Door to the Front Door: The Company Officer On SceneJoe McClelland offers some tips for new company officers on size-up and initial actions on the fireground. |
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MIJA Releases Critical Alert Technology for Pressurized Cylinder Gas Measurement
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