Michael Lee

Street Smarts

Michael Lee has 25 years experience in pre-hospital paramedic experience and more than 20 years experience in the fire service. He started as a firefighter/paramedic and worked up through the ranks, including training officer, to his current position as battalion chief with the Mountain View Fire Protection District in Colorado. Lee has a master's degree in emergency services management and a bachelor's degree in fire science from Columbia Southern University. Connect with Lee on LinkedIn.

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Coordinating your fire attack
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Ways to coordinate your resources in a safe, aggressive, and intelligent manner
How to attack townhouse fires
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Knowing how townhouses in your area have been built will assist in anticipating how fire will move
Townhouse Fire Hazards
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Life safety hazards must be number one priority regardless of time of day
Budget Cuts Present Dangers for 2010
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By Michael Lee So we find ourselves at the end of 2009 — how the heck did it get here so fast?! Regardless, it gives us the opportunity to look back on what we accomplished in the past 12 months an...
How to Respond to Fires in Senior Care Facilities
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By Michael Lee The "graying of America" is covered widely in the mainstream media — but what about its effects on our responses? People aged 65 and older made up 12.4 percent — or 35 million — of t...
Response Guide for Sprinkler Systems
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By Michael Lee October is the month when we typically educate the public on fire safety as part of Fire Prevention Week. But it's also a good reminder of the need to educate our own personnel about...
Chemical Hazards of Electrical Fires
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By Michael LeeA recent fire in an older structure raised an interesting firefighter safety issue regarding electrical fires in high-voltage equipment. It was prompted by a sticker on transformer bo...
12 Great New Ways to Train
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By Michael Lee As I sat in our most recent officers' meeting, I noticed a paragraph that our division chief of operations had added to the agenda: "Lessons Learned." It encouraged officers to prese...
Mayday – When Would You Use It?
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By Michael Lee As Safety Week drew to a close, I was proud to look back and see how our department has grasped onto this concept and really put effort into it. We performed various drills and also ...
Fireground Tactics: Planning Your Attack
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By Michael Lee In the previous article we looked at the pre-attack indicators involved when beginning the risk vs. benefit process for selecting offensive or defensive tactics. Preplanning, buildin...
Fireground Tactics: Pre-Fire Planning
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By Michael Lee AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Los Angeles firefighters take cover as a building collapses during a fire at a row of commercial and industrial buildings last April.Related Resources: It's mo...
Impacts of Winter Weather – Part 2
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Impacts of Winter Weather Part 1 Photo Tod Parker/PhotoTac.com Indianapolis firefighters encounter wintry conditions at a house fire. Most firefighters can attest to the impacts of winter weather o...
Hard Times for '09
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Financial Crisis and the Fire Service FireRescue1's Year in Review 2008 Photo Ron Trout/Phillyfirenews.comProtesters gather outside a Philadelphia firehouse last month after the city's mayor annou...
Impacts of Winter Weather – Part 1
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Impacts of Winter Weather Part 2Photo Tod Parker/PhotoTac.comIndianapolis firefighters work at the scene of a house fire in February last year.Regardless of where you rest your helmet, winter has i...
Tactical approaches for chimney fires
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Here's a step-by-step look at the tactics and methods to safely attack a chimney fire
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