Community Risk Reduction
Fire departments are primary advocates for community risk reduction (CRR). While fire prevention, inspections and public education remain integral parts of fire department activities, the CRR concept takes a more holistic approach to improving civilian and firefighter safety.
The week focuses on the need for better understanding of the life safety benefits of home fire sprinklers
Important information to keep you informed about fire safety
A step-by-step look at how to extinguish a grease fire — key tips to share with your community
“A two-man response to a structure fire is not only well below any recognized standard, it is outright dangerous,” the Dover fire union said in a statement
A State Farm representative donated a Fire Prevention Week kit to the Lenoir Fire Department ahead of the awareness campaign
The Springfield Township School District and area FDs see success in introducing high school students to community service through fire, EMS
Oceana officials have withdrawn from a regional fire authority and will receive service from CAL FIRE San Luis Obispo and Pismo Beach Fire Department
The Snyder Fire Department was recognized for improving their recruitment and retention plans
A California fire department and utility company devised the exercise to underscore National Preparedness Month messaging to plan for disasters
Without a commitment to community risk reduction, your fire department can’t tout its role in the public safety business
Best practices for using built-in fire protection systems
If you don’t believe public safety personnel should be held to a higher standard, please go back to class
Mooresville commissioners turned down plans to annex a 96-acre community based on being outside of the FD’s response time
“Blessing Boxes” installed outside of Orangeburg County firehouses will offer free, non-perishable food
Lowndes County firefighters had noticed at the end of the year that the fire truck was weathered
East Haven firefighters adopted the dog after rescuing it from a hot car
The emergence of unconventional chemical threats
North Haven Firefighter Anthony DeSimone collapsed while walking into his home after completing a 38-hour shift
A look at firefighters keeping their community cool during the hot summer
The U.S. fire administrator touted the work of the Fire and Life Safety Communicator’s Initiative and the collaborative effort to focus on the fire service’s messaging challenges through #FireServiceOneVoice
Whether to respond (or care) based upon who needs our help CANNOT be part of the equation
The fire service is uniquely positioned to lead the transition to more electric devices in our homes, workplaces and community as a whole
Benton County Fire District 4 Capt. Raymond Newton has spent 20 years with polycystic kidney disease.
Connect with finance staff early and often to ensure mutual understanding of needs, requirements and limitations
Amid the flames, first responders are working to rescue and evacuate stranded tourists and residents from the island of Maui
San Jose firefighters who stopped at the Pink Noodle said they could not recall going to a bikini bar afterwards
Should past troubles disqualify fire service leaders from holding the top spot, and are some troubles too serious to uphold the public’s trust?
Lynn Vocational Technical Institute students spent July learning how to extinguish fires and rescue victims in several scenarios
The St. Tammany Fire Protection District pilot program will use a behavioral health center specialist for crisis calls
Firefighters from three departments were able to train inside several of Lynnewood Hall’s rooms
Newport News firefighters were called on for their ladder truck to rescue “Ledge Cat”
South Bay Fire Department FFs reflect on the department’s beginnings and changes over the years
Newbern Mayor Patrick Braxton says fellow volunteer firefighters locked him out the fire station and left him alone at fires
