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
PACE Planning
As we all know, planning is why we got into emergency services in the first place. While we tend to shoot from the hip, planning is essential to successfully completing our mission safely and effectively. PACE Planning is a model to provide for alternatives and external influences on our actions. Drawn from military…
ContinuePosted on August 28, 2024 at 11:30am
While the fire and emergency services community often claims that it possesses “all-hazards” response capabilities, the ability to actually respond to all hazards is questionable. While fire and emergency services will deploy to all hazards, the ability to maintain proficiency across disciplines, including training, staffing, and equipping, is a herculean task. If the response community is truly honest, we do not possess the capability or capacity to provide levels of service that the…
ContinuePosted on August 25, 2024 at 1:00pm
Created from the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, the National Fire Academy (originally envisioned as the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control) was charged with training fire, and now EMS, personnel, developing model curricula, develop entrance and promotional examination materials, and encourage fire prevention and detection for builders, contractors, and architects. Since that time, the NFA has created and distributed a wide variety of training programs…
ContinuePosted on August 22, 2024 at 12:30pm
The recent proposal to update the fire brigade standard has brought heartburn to many departments and communities. One of the loudest arguments coming from the volunteer fire service has been that communities will no longer be able to afford to support a fire department. This may be a valid argument in many communities. Rather than seeking to block the passage of regulation designed to improve the health and safety…
ContinuePosted on August 18, 2024 at 3:00pm
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