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FireRescue1 features a diverse team of fire service leaders and experts, tackling topics that touch on every facet of a firefighter’s career, from the early days serving as a firefighter recruit at the Academy to training on fire-rescue operations to commanding incidents and, ultimately, the department.
Columnists and authors hail from volunteer, career and combination departments, big and small, stretching across the country. They are experts in their respective fields, and many have advanced degrees and certifications to support their ongoing training.
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RECENT ARTICLES
In this episode, host Marc Bashoor speaks with Fire Chief (ret.) Todd LeDuc about the top three health issues facing firefighters: cardiac issues, cancer and behavioral health challenges
A pandemic makes you first witnesses to history, but are you prepared to face this test – and the many others ahead?
Antifa has become one of the most prominent militant groups at protests
In this episode, host Marc Bashoor speaks with Division Chief Kent Davis about an alarming incident during recent protests as well as the department’s use of Police Assist Companies
Chiefs speak of balancing the pain of injustice and their duty to serve the community
EMS providers know positional asphyxiation can kill, and have a professional and moral obligation to object to it
FireRescue1 offers several articles that tackle each of your top stressors related to the pandemic
We can’t make good progress as a fire service with leaders making decisions based on likes instead of needs
As the State of Colorado eases measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we take a look at how one community with an early outbreak took aggressive measures to contain the spread of the virus – and emerge stronger than ever.