How Good is Good? Improving Emergency Operations Through Performance AnalysisDave Donohue The Fire Chief has approached you following a recent fire. She states that the crews took too long to deploy…Continue
Started Jan 16, 2019
Whether active or not, every community in the United States has a Local of Tribal Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). Created as part of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA), these committees provide valuable planning resources to emergency responders and can offer gateways to identifying community gaps and remedies. At the very least,…
ContinuePosted on October 4, 2024 at 8:30am
In the fire service, our leadership is drawn from the rank and file. Firefighters train and become drivers, then company officers. Later they may move to managing officer, managing organization divisions, then chief level officers, and, perhaps, chief of department. This development model has served us well in the past; however, it has several weaknesses, which disadvantage the fire service. This blog is putting forth a new model for professional development which develops future…
ContinuePosted on September 28, 2024 at 12:47pm
The ABCD’s of Writing Learning Objectives
All training begins with the end in mind. In the fire and emergency service, training frequently revolves around the performance of tasks and even our knowledge-type training frequently manifests in performance metrics. To define the end state of training, trainers and content developers assemble learning objectives. Terminal Learning…
ContinuePosted on September 21, 2024 at 2:00pm
Traditionally, hazardous materials teams are focused on emergency response and training. While these are critical functions, are teams missing the boat by not expanding into other service areas where their expertise can be of benefit to the organization? I believe by performing additional, values-added services, hazardous materials teams may improve the level of support from their organizations, develop additional funding sources, increase staffing, improve responder health and safety, and…
ContinuePosted on September 14, 2024 at 1:12pm
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