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Street Smart Fire Officer
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Who is your Safety Officer
The Incident Commander can fill the role of the Safety Officer with the exception of a Level II or III Hazardous Materials incident. In Toledo I was blessed because Chief Bell had the foresight to create a permanent position of safety officer. These were Lieutenants that were specially trained as…
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Too Many Chiefs Spoil the Fire
On page 5 of the Second edition, I discuss the basic premise behind IMS. The first is that one and only one person will be in charge of every incident that we respond to. The "person" filling the role can change (first arriving officer to first arriving chief officer etc.) but the first key that…
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Is it safe to say that the Incident Managemet System (IMS) is used the same way in your department.
In my Second edition on page 1, I give my definition of IMS. to me, IMS is a Standard way opf operating at all incidents that your department responds to. Paid departments have different shifts ot platoons and on volunteer departments, there can be different people running different "jobs". Is it…
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What would you do if a firefighter tells you no at an order?
What if a Officer gives a firefighter an order to perform a task, and the firefighter tells you no that he/she feels it is not safe. How do you address this on the emergency scene, if through your training, knowledge and experience feel that the order is safe and will make a significant outcome on…
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As a Company Officer, What tool do you carry?
Just a debate going on in my head for a while now. As a company officer do you carry a small tool just for the forcible egress or do you carry other tools to actually do work. What do you carry in as a company officer.
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Asst. Chief Test
I don't know if this is the right place for this topic, but I have been tasked with coming up with oral interview/ assessment center questions for the position of Asst. Chief of Department.Anyone have any ideas? If I could just get some direction that would be great.Usually the Division Chief of…
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Safety Through Leadership
As a Company Officer, what's your role during combat fire suppression to ensure crew safety? Are you doing anything different to reduce risk?
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New Officer looking for suggestions
I am looking for some good books or even some good information that anyone has that they can pass onto me. I just became the new LT this year at my department. I am 21 years old and one of the youngest guys on the department. I have taken many classes and I'm a very knowledgeable person when it…
