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Making tough decisions – and pushing for change – is your responsibility, even when it doesn’t win you any fans
Four simple tests can help you determine if your decisions uphold or dishonor the badge
Not being able to let go puts the new chief in an awkward position
Not every meaningful change has to be built from scratch; here’s what experts see as the best adaptable ideas for the fire service
As driverless or driver-aided technology cuts deeper paths into consumer vehicles, three industry experts discuss if and how that technology can be used in fire and EMS
DARPA has long chased moon-shot technology goals for the military; some of what it’s working on now could find its way into firefighting
Responders can “Identify-Report-Refer” to help improve a patient’s health through strengthening the patient’s social connections
By pulling a page from the military’s playbook, we can reduce firefighter injuries and deaths
Attitudes, not technology, are what’s holding back significant improvements to firefighter safety
As first on scene from the outside, firefighters and medics have an important role in stopping nursing home abuse
The 53-page assessment of the fire department following Nicole Mittendorff’s suicide didn’t address the core issues or their solutions
An in-depth examination into the department’s communication and culture following Nicole Mittendorff’s suicide holds lessons for all departments
Here’s how to teach new engine operators how to adjust for the normal intake pressure drop and keep their lines supplied
Clearing busy intersections may be the most dangerous thing about any fire call; here’s how to put the odds in your favor
The edge transition is one of the most critical moments in a rope rescue, and these steps will help you improve efficiency
Responders learn a situational awareness process and complexities to maintaining and acting on situational awareness
Food trucks and carts are a fast-growing gastro rage that pack enough wallop when they catch fire to do real damage, and they are largely unregulated
Colorado WUI expert examines what fire chiefs in urban and suburban areas need to know to cut the risk and severity of WUI fires
It takes more planning, effort and money, but progressive recruiting builds solid firefighter candidates from a diverse pool
Firefighters and officers are often wrongly taught to use decision-making processes for tame and critical problems on the more complex wicked problems
EMS, fire and hospital personnel describe interstate collision, patient entrapment and field amputation to save a man pinned inside his truck cab by 80,000 pounds of logs
Young officers leading older firefighters face an uphill battle; here’s a look at how to make that situation smoother for both officers and firefighters
The state is combining reward and punishment incentives and including aspects of public safety beyond fire
While many self-improvement resolutions perish from neglect or outright disdain, here’s one we must keep near and dear
Firefighters will needlessly suffer until we break down the fence separating mental health fact from fiction
Moving past the cringes and gee-whiz reactions of the flying-over-water firefighter can make the fire service safer
Use this guide to learn which saw blades are best suited for your department’s rescue and forced-entry needs
Sudden collapse of Plasco building is a reminder for all firefighters and commanders to understand risks for building collapse and review high-rise fire tactics
Combine the piercing nozzle technology used on ARFF rigs with the reach of a municipal aerial and you have an interesting firefighting concept
Here’s a look at what every fire apparatus driver needs to know about maintaining and inspecting the rig’s suspension system
With no conclusive data on if firefighter cancer prevention measures work, it begs the question if the steps are worth the effort
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time to reflect on our fire service diversity situation and take the necessary steps to improve it
Here’s a look at the initial steps necessary to add medical response to your volunteer fire department
