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  Rapid Response: Multi-vehicle accident on the WWB highlights jurisdictional cooperation, preplanning

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  A coordinated response across a complicated section of roadway made possible by pre-construction emergency response planning

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  How to spec a 911 rapid response vehicle

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  Calculate chassis load, determine fire suppression capability and do your math to build your 911 rapid response vehicle from the ground up

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  The evolution of apparatus emergency lights

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  When I started in the fire service, the standard was the old-fashioned, red, rotating light with a chrome base

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  Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation offers equipment, education grants

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  The quarterly grants offer fire departments a way to fund smaller projects and needs outside of the larger federal funding opportunities

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  What? How? Why? Take the next step in your firefighter career

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  Encourage progress and change in your fire department and your personnel with clear expectations and mentoring

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  Importance of TIM, physical health highlighted by NFPA 2017 LODD Report

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  Roadway incidents and cardiovascular health are the biggest dangers to firefighters as reported by the NFPA LODD research

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  Conflict in the fire service: Avoid or address?

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  Officer leadership courses should include sections on conflict management and resolution for when situations inevitably arise

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  Remaining a visible and relevant fire service

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  Fire departments need to value community involvement, education and community paramedicine, over a low profile

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  It's time to get real about firefighter fitness and nutrition

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  Reintroducing NFPA standards and fire service initiatives to incorporate nutrition and fitness in your firefighter wellness program

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  Fire service Father's Day: Honoring our mentors

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  This Father's Day, recognize the fire service leaders who have made a difference in your life and career, and strive to mentor the next generation of firefighters

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  Apply best-available data to active shooter incident planning, training

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  Fire chiefs and field providers have much to learn from the FBI’s ongoing summary and analysis of active shooter incidents

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  Alternative deployment models for the fire service

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  Taking into account the uniqueness of each community, it is important to employ the correct deployment models

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  The fire service mission: A standard of accountable performance

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  Understanding what guides firefighters' efforts, decision making and general direction leads to improved operations, community service and safety

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  Automatic and mutual aid: The response conundrum

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  In theory, automatic aid sounds like it would benefit all departments and jurisdictions involved, but that may not always be the case

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  Decon alley: 5 steps to doffing firefighter PPE before rehab

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  Changing the way we approach on-scene firefighter rehab can help protect firefighters from exposure to carcinogens while removing their PPE

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