FE Volume 164 Issue 8

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America Burning Study 40 Years Old: Forecast the Need for Better Fire Prevention and Codes

America Burning Study 40 Years Old: Forecast the Need for Better Fire Prevention and Codes

Forty years ago this past July, a group of 20 distinguished men and women from all parts of the country and from many different walks of life came together for the first time in Room 2010 of the New Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., to begin mapping out a course that would lead to new efforts in fire prevention and control in the United States.
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FE Volume 164 Issue 8

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Lone Wolf/Active Shooter: Attack on Texas Public Safety Building

Lone Wolf/Active Shooter: Attack on Texas Public Safety Building

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) calls them "lone wolf shooters," whereas homeland security and other agencies call them "active shooters." The United States Department…
Building ConstructionFire Safety
How to Improve Your Workers’ Compensation Program

How to Improve Your Workers’ Compensation Program

Workers' Compensation (WC) programs are designed to treat injured employees and return them to their preinjury working status. This is not always possible, for a…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

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Qualities of Effective Incident Commanders

Qualities of Effective Incident Commanders

The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) has formed an Incident Management Team (IMT) to help with large catastrophic events in the wake of 9/11.…
FirefightingWildland Firefighting
Mastering Fireground Command: 10 Commandments of Command

Mastering Fireground Command: 10 Commandments of Command

In "Mastering fireground command: calming the Chaos" (Fire Engineering, March 2011), I explained how improper risk assessment (poor size-up), lack of incident command, lack of…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Body to the Building

Body to the Building

Arriving as the second-due truck at a 21⁄2-story wood-frame dwelling with heavy fire showing from the first floor, we saw numerous people in the second-floor…
Firefighting
New Wine in Old Bottles

New Wine in Old Bottles

Last month in our continuing series on situation evaluation (standard command function number two), we looked at a fairly complete list of critical fireground factors.…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Names in the News

Names in the News

LORI MILLER was appointed as the first woman chief of an all-career fire department in Colorado, joining just a handful of other women across the…
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training
COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS

COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE announced Master Firefighter Hope Scott of the Virginia Beach (VA) Fire Department (VBFD) and Firefighter Martin "Skip" Ockomon of the Anderson (IN)…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
(August 2011)

(August 2011)

This is an update to my article, "The Dangers of Modular Construction," published in May 2009. In January 2011, Massachusetts took the lead in addressing…
Firefighting
Quick Drills for the Chief Officer

Quick Drills for the Chief Officer

Congratulations on getting promoted to chief officer! Before getting carried away with the glamour of the position, realize you are in a critical position that…
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

NFFF: “Check Public Safety Officer requirements”

08.01.2011
Fire Safety

PRODUCTS/SERVICES/MEDIA

08.01.2011
Rope RescueTechnical Rescue

Improving Cardiac Arrest Outcomes with CardioCerebral Resuscitation

08.01.2011
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Preventing Employee Problems

08.01.2011
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

08.01.2011
Fire Apparatus

Devil’s Claw Pike Pole

08.01.2011
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

The Fire Chief as Artistic Leader

08.01.2011
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

(fireengineering.com)

08.01.2011
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Improving the Operational Planning Process

08.01.2011
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Defensive Search Techniques

08.01.2011
Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

21st Century Firefighting: Preserving the Volunteer Fire Service

08.01.2011
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

On Behalf of a Grateful Nation

08.01.2011
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting