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Tom Londo's Groups (14)
Illinois Fire Service Institute
55 members Latest Activity: Jun 24 This group is for Field Staff, Institute Staff, Institute Researchers, students and other interested parties. All topics related to the Institute's…
Books, Articles, Web Sites
35 members Latest Activity: Jul 20 Have you read any good books or articles lately or discovered a web site that may benefit this community? Are you looking for information on a partic…
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…
Tools and Tricks
176 members Latest Activity: Nov 3 Tools that you carry in your pockets, on your rigs, have fabricated or modified. All ideas are welcome, Truck, Engine, Rescue..... Show us!
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FireFighterClose Calls
216 members Latest Activity: Oct 31 Fires & runs with a "Close Call" where we coulda, shoulda, woulda-or, it was simply not avoidable. Short and sweet: what happened, what we learned, wo…
Becoming a Better Instructor!
128 members Latest Activity: Nov 10 A group to discuss becoming a better instructors!
“Pride and Ownership”
431 members Latest Activity: Nov 19 What are you and your department doing to get your firefighters to take ownership? Grab a cup of coffee and let’s visit! …and don’t forget to ch…
Fire Service Honor Guards
30 members Latest Activity: Oct 21 This group is for the exchange of information and ideas among Honor Guard members and Commanders
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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…
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Fitness, Wellness, Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention
44 members Latest Activity: Oct 26 This group will be used to promote fitness and wellness among firefighters to prevent injuries and deal with the rehabilitation of the injuried firefi…
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…
Firehouse Kitchen
92 members Latest Activity: Nov 15 We spend a lot of time at the firehouse. We train there, we sleep there, and we eat there. Because of that, there are many incredible firehouse cooks…
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
Fireground Strategies -- Test Prep -- Multiple Choice Scenarios
106 members Latest Activity: Oct 27 For those members preparing for a promotional exam or who just want to challenge their decision-making skills. Scenarios will be posted. Answers wil…
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