As a firefighter with the Orange County (FL) Fire Rescue, Lucas Sloan is trained to jump into action during an emergency.

TrueVector Technologies introduced a web-based, interactive drawing solution for emergency responder web mapping software.

Does the fire service have the right people in the right positions modeling the right behaviors? Craig Nelson and Dane Carley take a look at behavior that leads to greater firefighter efficiency and safety.

Much has been written in the past year about the decline of the role of the company officer within the fire department.

Report writing is an essential part of success in the fire service. For example, using the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) supported by the United States Fire Administration (USFA) and accurately documenting the incident by putting in the correct data will assist you in acquiring funding through grants and other sources.

Does your fire department require mandatory medical monitoring of any sort for firefighters immediately after a working fire or other stressful incident? Share your replies with other firefighters from around the nation and world.

Producers and cast members of "Burn: One Year on the Front Lines of the Battle to Save Detroit" will be on the December 16 Tailboard Talk program on Fire Engineering Talk Radio. T

VSTEP, a leading developer of 3D interactive immersive simulation products, is introduces RescueSim USA.

Craig Nelson and Dane Carley talk about deferring to expertise regardless of the seniority or rank of the firefighter.

In their new book Fireground Operational Guides (PennWell, 2011) Deputy Chief Frank Viscuso and Deputy Chief Michael Terpak provide readers with a universal tactical worksheet that could be used at all structure fires and 70 operational “field” guides for multiple incident types.

The Fire Protection Research Foundation has joined with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in developing a prioritized research agenda for NIST's new structural fire resistance testing facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

This month's Roundtable question concerns your department's morale. Several factors contribute to the morale of a department.

In this article on making the fire service into a higher-reliability organization (HRO), Dane Carley and Craig Nelson discuss another quality of HROs: A commitment to resilience.

Chief Plaugher has been Orange County’s Fire Chief since December 2000 and his career spans 39 years as a fire service professional.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a nomination hearing for Chief Ernest Mitchell, Jr., who was nominated by President Obama to be the United States Fire Administrator.

Does your fire department allow an engine company to initiate attack without securing a water supply? Discuss this month's Roundtable question with other firefighters from around the country and world.

Several Ontario, Canada fire departments seeking to hire a shared training officer to reduce costs and increase training.

Hometown fire and police departments in Florida are giving way to consolidations to save money and sustain essential services.

I remember having discussions with the shift commander (deputy chief) stationed at my house when I was a lieutenant in the early 1980s about my engine laying a supply line in at a working fire.

A Macon-Bibb County Firefighter and a Captain have been demoted following a firehouse prank involving an armed gunman that was filmed and uploaded to social-networking websites.