Fire Engineering Training Community

Where firefighters come to talk training

James Johnson
  • Male
  • British Columbia
  • Canada
Share on Facebook MySpace

James Johnson's Friends

  • Trevor Ashe
  • Susan William
  • Nicholas Papa
  • Cody Robinson
  • Dan Kerrigan
  • Brian Bastinelli
  • Frank Viscuso
  • Michael M. Dugan
  • Steve Pegram
  • Wayne Benner Jr
  • Paul Combs
  • David Polikoff
  • Rick Lasky
  • Douglas K. Cline
  • Fire Engineering

James Johnson's Groups

 

Welcome, James Johnson!

Latest Activity

James Johnson is now friends with Wayne Benner Jr and Trevor Ashe
Dec 29, 2020
Brian Bastinelli and James Johnson are now friends
Dec 2, 2019

Profile Information

Lives in:
British Columbia
Department:
A Large Unnamed Urban Fire Department in Western Canada.
Title/rank:
Firefighter
Agency structure:
Paid fire department
Professional Qualifications:
Fire Instructor II
Red Seal Journeyman Carpenter
Technical Rescue Member (Structural Collapse, Technical High Angle Rope Rescue, Trench Rescue, Confined Space)
Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Member
Topics you provide training for:
Building Construction
Areas of expertise:
Building Construction
Bio:
James Johnson is a firefighter for a large urban fire deparment in British Columbia, Canada.

James Johnson's Blog

The Well-Rounded Firefighter

Today during some rare downtime at work, I was privileged to receive a phone call from a man that I greatly look up to named Chief Jack Murphy. If you are in the fire service and do not recognize his name, I guarantee that he has impacted your career in some manner, whether you are aware of it or not, from the tireless work he has done advocating on our behalf for safety within the building codes.

Our conversation ranged from the recent Grenfell Tower fire in London, combustible…

Continue

Posted on July 22, 2017 at 3:25pm

True Aggressiveness Comes from Knowledge

It seems like nearly every time I open my social media accounts I stumble across an argument or negative comments between those who claim to be aggressive firefighters, and those who claim to subscribe to the science side of the fire service. I don’t know if it is due to ego, bravado, or just plain ignorance, but somehow many of us have missed the point that both of these things have to go hand-in-hand. Aggressiveness without knowledge is just recklessness, and knowledge without proper…

Continue

Posted on February 7, 2017 at 1:58pm

Comment Wall

You need to be a member of Fire Engineering Training Community to add comments!

Join Fire Engineering Training Community

  • No comments yet!
 
 
 

Policy Page

PLEASE NOTE

The login above DOES NOT provide access to Fire Engineering magazine archives. Please go here for our archives.

CONTRIBUTORS NOTE

Our contributors' posts are not vetted by the Fire Engineering technical board, and reflect the views and opinions of the individual authors. Anyone is welcome to participate.

For vetted content, please go to www.fireengineering.com/issues.

We are excited to have you participate in our discussions and interactive forums. Before you begin posting, please take a moment to read our community policy page.  

Be Alert for Spam
We actively monitor the community for spam, however some does slip through. Please use common sense and caution when clicking links. If you suspect you've been hit by spam, e-mail peter.prochilo@clarionevents.com.

FE Podcasts


Check out the most recent episode and schedule of
UPCOMING PODCASTS

Groups

© 2024   Created by fireeng.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service