Your fire department's public image can greatly impact its ability to function. Tom Warren provides tips on how to demonstrate your department's importance to the community at large.

Thinking for pursuing further education to advance your firefighting career? Mike Ward has some important considerations for firefighters to keep in mind when considering their options.

Ocala (FL) Fire Rescue announces that Brian Stoothoff has been promoted to the position of assistant fire chief.

Glenn Corbett, John Jay College associate professor and Fire Engineering technical editor, has been named the Firefighter Christopher Santora Educational Scholarship Fund 2012 Man of the Year.

Sources close to the hiring process have indicated that Karen Brack has been selected as Charleston's new fire chief, according to WCBD.

Fire Chief William R. Metcalf of North County Fire Protection District in Fallbrook, Calif. has been named the 2012 recipient of the James O. Page EMS Achievement Award.

Joined by three other fire service partners, U.S. Fire Administrator Ernest Mitchell announced today that four senior fire officials will receive fellowships to attend the Harvard University's Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program this summer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

The United States Fire Administration (USFA) is looking for a Facility Operations Specialist.

Ray Driskell was announced as the new chief of the Tulsa (OK) Fire Department at a press conference on Wednesday.

he International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) has a number of award programs with simple nomination processes to make it easy to get the recognition you and your firefighters deserve.

Setting goals can be an effective way for firefighters to motivate themselves to achieve their long- and short-term aims, Mike Hennigan writes.

The city of Beacon (NY) seeks an experienced individual to become the first paid chief of the hybrid paid/volunteer department.

An Illinois Congresswoman, an Idaho State Senator and the Mayor of Cheyenne, Wyo., are the 2012 recipients of Elected Official of the Year Awards conferred by the International Code Council. The award recognizes commitments and contributions to building safety.

At this morning's FDIC 2012 General Session, Peter Van Dorpe of the Chicago (IL) Fire Department delivered the keynote address, "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants."

Stating that "There is no higher aspiration, no greater ambition than to serve one's fellow citizens as a firefighter," Bobby Halton, FDIC Education Director and editor in chief of Fire Engineering, in his opening remarks at Thursday's General Session, reminded attendees that "what firefighters do and how they behave on and off the job matters."

As Bobby Halton, FDIC education director and editor in chief of Fire Engineering, concluded his Welcome Address at this morning's FDIC 2012 Opening Ceremonies, he confidently declared to his audience members: "Now is your time, a time that many years from now future firefighters will look back on as "the fire service's finest moment."

In his keynote address, Chief Steve Kraft of Richmond Hill Fire & Emergency Services in Ontario, Canada, exhorted the FDIC audience to stay positive.

"Standards Increase Efficiency" is the 2012 theme for the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day, administered by the International Code Council which references almost 1,300 standards in its International Codes.

The University of Benin yesterday morning was thrown into pandemonium following an early morning inferno which gutted part of the female hostel inside the campus.