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Richard Michitsch's Groups (23)
Fireground Strategies
180 members Latest Activity: Nov 11 A site where strategies and tactics as well as case studies and lessons learned can be shared and dicussed
Achieving and Maintaining Safe Staffing
42 members Latest Activity: Sep 23 Everyone can say that we have a staffing problem, but how do we fix it? We can achieve safe staffing thru ESP: Education& Emotion, Standard & Stat…
Safety and Survival John Salka FDNY
70 members Latest Activity: Oct 9 Duxbury Firefighters are excited to announce FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka for our 2nd annual Safety and Survival Conference. The two training pres…
Fire Service Leadership
254 members Latest Activity: Nov 18 No matter what type of tactics or operations your department provides, the quality and efficiency are dramatically affected by the leadership skills o…
Over-loaded Officers
33 members Latest Activity: Nov 18 This is a group that is avaiable for Officers to gripe, fuss, and complain. Too often Officers have no place to take their frustrations to and just ve…
Quotes, Quotes, and More Quotes
131 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 A timely quote can say what a thousand words can't Some are famous, some infamous. Some are just great statements about this crazy busines we're in.…
Vehicle Technology - Concerns of today & tommorrow
43 members Latest Activity: Oct 30 Exchanging information on today's vehicle technology issues and preparing for tommorrow's concerns. Vehicle construction & materials, safety systems,…
Communications?
42 members Latest Activity: Sep 8 This group exists to allow firefighters discuss all of the wonders of today's technological gems. The good and the bad of radio and computer communica…
Rescuing the Rescuers
121 members Latest Activity: Nov 10 A group to share information and tips regarding Rapid Intervention
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The Volunteer Fire Service
65 members Latest Activity: Nov 15 Discussing issues relevent, and unique, to the volunteer fire service.
HazMat News or Training
79 members Latest Activity: Sep 8 This group has to do with anything that would do with HazMat Training or News.
Technical Rescue
119 members Latest Activity: Oct 9 Does your department have technical rescue capabilities? What kind of problems are you facing in regards to staffing, training and equipment? If you h…
Fire Marshals Office/Arson Investigation
15 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago To Discuss matters relating to the FMO and Arson Investigation.
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Policies and Procedures
46 members Latest Activity: Nov 11 The purpose of this group is to share and review policies; and to create a clearing house for departments that need guidance or ideas in developing po…
Street Smart Fire Officer
203 members Latest Activity: Oct 13 Becoming an officer is a daunting task. Becoming a good officer on the fireground is even harder. This group will concentrate on Fireground operatio…
FireEMS
29 members Latest Activity: Nov 19 EMS is an integral part of the fire service and Fire Engineering magazine. Tell us the EMS topics we need to cover and let us know what you think a…
Fire/Arson Investigation
44 members Latest Activity: Oct 9 A place for investigators to share information and ask questions of other investigators.
COMPANY DRILLS
375 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 DRILLS ONLY.....A resource for Company Officers to assist with the delivery of company level training. List the learning objectives and a step by ste…
Haz-Mat
121 members Latest Activity: Oct 6 For those firefighters who want to learn and share ideas about hazardous materials training and mitigation
Engine Company Operations-Engineer
83 members Latest Activity: Oct 2 I've created this group for all of us that have one of the most difficult jobs during any working fire. I hope that we can share ideas and/or difficul…
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