Rapid Response
The Rapid Response resource page features expert analysis on recent news events. These in-depth articles also provide fire departments and leaders with top takeaways to learn from and relevant resources to bring back and implement within your own agency to always be prepared.
Recent incidents highlight issues of favoritism and territorialism clouding decisions around mutual-aid response
Leaders must ensure that the necessary counseling and recovery resources are available for their responders
Preplanning is critical to identifying the unsafe living conditions in your area
Medical call turns violent, leaving firefighter dead, police officer and bystander wounded
Fire erupts at new Florida warehouse not yet preplanned by fire department
Firefighters face multiple hazards at cultural icon as it continues to burn
Your jurisdiction likely does not have a building as old or as historic as the Notre Dame cathedral, but it is sure to have buildings of local importance that need preplans
Here are actions for fire safety educators and their departments to reach new residents and share life safety messages
Latest shooting highlights need to stop debating and start implementing ballistic vest plans, protocols and distribution
Fire Chief
Dallas Fire Chief David Coatney credits enhanced RIT training for rescue of three Dallas firefighters in an apartment fire structural collapse
Catastrophic California wildfires have caused unprecedented destruction and required aid from agencies across the country
The shooting at the Thousand Oaks, Ca., Borderline Bar & Grill is another blow to first responders in communities impacted by mass violence
What are the potential public policy, legislation, social service and healthcare actions fire/EMS providers should advocate to prevent mass shootings?
50 simultaneous gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities drives home the need for interoperable radios and automatic aid
Cincinnati Fire Chief Roy Winston credits coordinated police and fire operations for saving countless lives within the Fifth Third Center
Leadership
NFPA 3000 is a framework for preparing fire departments, EMS agencies, other responders and communities for active shooter incident response and recovery
Fire departments/EMS must carefully coordinate with police to provide rapid initial treatment and patient transport in mass casualty incidents
Firefighters being shot and killed in the line of duty is counterintuitive and can’t be treated as normal
Consider scene security, extra precautions for calls involving violence after fire captain dies in attack on responding firefighters
A Long Beach Fire Department (Calif.) fire captain was killed and another firefighter and civilian were injured in a shooting
Make information sharing a part of your mass casualty incident protocols, especially in incidents involving children or unknown illness
The tragic incident in Miami, Fla., illustrates the need for training and equipping every fire department for special operations
As first on scene from the outside, firefighters and medics have an important role in stopping nursing home abuse
In a tense and fluid situation, responders who lose sight of the primary objective put everyone at risk
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
There are three early takeaways all fire and EMS departments can learn from in this mass-shooting incident
A gunman’s attack at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is a reminder of soft-target vulnerability and to prepare everyone to “stop the bleed”
Here’s a quick look at some of the things that went wrong and how they can be prevented elsewhere
While a full picture of the Ghost Ship fire tragedy will be slow developing, these things are clear now
As we mourn the deaths of five Dallas police officers paramedics are reminded of the importance in being cautious, calm and conspicuous as caregivers
LODD of firefighter-paramedic John Ulmschneider is a tragic reminder of the potential for violence on every incident
Here’s a look at what it will take for Adam Thiel to win in Philly and what factors could waylay his progress
NIOSH’s new report on the 2014 fire that claimed two Boston firefighters holds lessons for every department
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