Richard Michitsch's Groups (23)

Fireground Strategies

184 members Latest Activity: Aug 10, 2016 A site where strategies and tactics as well as case studies and lessons learned can be shared and dicussed

Achieving and Maintaining Safe Staffing

33 members Latest Activity: Oct 31, 2010 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 &…

Safety and Survival John Salka FDNY

70 members Latest Activity: Oct 25, 2014 Duxbury Firefighters are excited to announce FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka for our 2nd annual Safety and Survival Conference. The two training…

Fire Service Leadership

277 members Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2020 No matter what type of tactics or operations your department provides, the quality and efficiency are dramatically affected by the leadership skills…

Over-loaded Officers

32 members Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2013 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…

Quotes, Quotes, and More Quotes

119 members Latest Activity: Apr 5, 2013 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

52 members Latest Activity: Sep 26, 2015 Exchanging information on today's vehicle technology issues and preparing for tommorrow's concerns. Vehicle construction & materials, safety systems,…

Communications?

49 members Latest Activity: Aug 28, 2016 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…

Rescuing the Rescuers

120 members Latest Activity: Jul 11, 2014 A group to share information and tips regarding Rapid Intervention

The Volunteer Fire Service

74 members Latest Activity: Jun 22, 2014 Discussing issues relevent, and unique, to the volunteer fire service.

HazMat News or Training

71 members Latest Activity: Jun 22, 2014 This group has to do with anything that would do with HazMat Training or News.

Technical Rescue

133 members Latest Activity: May 23, 2019 Does your department have technical rescue capabilities? What kind of problems are you facing in regards to staffing, training and equipment? If you…

Fire Marshals Office/Arson Investigation

19 members Latest Activity: May 13, 2015 To Discuss matters relating to the FMO and Arson Investigation.

Policies and Procedures

51 members Latest Activity: Mar 16, 2014 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…

Street Smart Fire Officer

217 members Latest Activity: Sep 21, 2018 Becoming an officer is a daunting task. Becoming a good officer on the fireground is even harder. This group will concentrate on Fireground…

FireEMS

31 members Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2013 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…

Fire/Arson Investigation

49 members Latest Activity: May 13, 2015 A place for investigators to share information and ask questions of other investigators.

COMPANY DRILLS

510 members Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2020

A resource for Company Officers to assist with the delivery of company level training.

Haz-Mat

116 members Latest Activity: Jun 22, 2014 For those firefighters who want to learn and share ideas about hazardous materials training and mitigation

Engine Company Operations-Engineer

93 members Latest Activity: Aug 3, 2018 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…