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Narcotics Inventory Management ensures controlled substances are securely stored, accurately tracked, and compliant with legal and regulatory requirements. This topic covers systems and procedures for logging usage, monitoring expiration dates, and maintaining chain-of-custody records. Effective management reduces the risk of diversion, loss, or misuse while supporting accountability in EMS operations. Related content on Inventory & Asset Management Software highlights broader tools for tracking agency resources. Explore articles on policy guidelines, technology solutions, and best practices for managing narcotics inventory in public safety agencies.

Fire Training Towers provide realistic, controlled environments for firefighters to practice skills in live-fire and simulated scenarios. This topic covers tower design, safety standards, training applications, and maintenance requirements. These facilities support skill development in fire suppression, search and rescue, ventilation, and ladder operations. Related content on Training & Education explores broader programs that build firefighter competencies. Explore articles on construction options, safety considerations, and best practices for maximizing the value of fire training towers in preparing crews for real-world incidents.

Find COVID-19 news, what first responders need to know about the novel coronavirus, and tips for public safety leaders.

The FireRescue1 Special Coverage resource center captures all special coverage projects, including digital editions, like “Your Mayday Survival Guide” and “Dirty Helmet Syndrome”; eBooks, like “The Big 3: Training and tactics for residential, high-rise and warehouse fires” and “NFPA 3000: Preparing and training firefighters for active shooter incidents”; and unique special projects. Download these resources to review and share with your crewmembers, whether as a training tool, leadership guide or talking point at the firehouse kitchen table.

Every week, we select a Photo of the Week to feature in our Friday Member Newsletter and on FireRescue1’s Instagram page. Photos can include anything from fireground scenes and crewmembers in action to fire apparatus on display and community events. But don’t let that limit your imagination!

So the next time you come across something inspiring on duty, take out the camera and submit it to FireRescue1! Just remember to include your name, agency information and brief background information on the picture.

Please note that images submitted to FireRescue1 for inclusion in Photo of the Week are unpaid submissions, and we may ask you for permission to use the image with other content in the future. Photos should be current (taken within a month of submission). Safety tip: Never take photos during fire and rescue operations. Ensure that you are fully focused on your crewmembers, and only submit photos taken during safe operations and activities.

A workforce made up of people with different beliefs, backgrounds and experiences contributes to improving the culture of the organization. It’s important our public safety organizations in turn reflect the experiences of the communities they serve, to promote understanding, community strength and trust.

This series seeks to explore strategies for recruiting and retaining the best quality candidates to preserve the integrity and diversity of the next generation of firefighters.

Recent acts of mass violence during active shooter events and other incidents in schools, churches and businesses continue to highlight the need for a multi-pronged strategy for both preparation and response. Further, first responders have themselves become the targets of violence in recent months during civil unrest. This special FireRescue1 guide outlines lessons identified from incidents that can direct fire department involvement in threat assessment, improve multi-agency through policy, training and procurement, and inform response and communications strategies on the ground.

The SCBA topic features articles, news and videos related to the importance of wearing SCBA, best practices for SCBA training and a variety of other operational and safety factors.

Mass-casualty incidents are possible in every coverage area across America. Too often, public safety or local government officials dismiss MCI or large-scale event preparation and training with the simple “That can’t happen here” mindset. They are wrong. An MCI event could be anything from a carbon monoxide leak to a hazmat facility blast to a massive structural collapse like the tragedy in Surfside, Florida. It could also be the result of a natural disaster – a situation to which no area is immune.

This series defines MCIs to help agencies understand their role and how they can prepare; considers the tools needed to mitigate human-caused and natural disasters; and outlines keys for interagency coordination and response efforts.

The Firefighting 101 resource page features content focused on how to become a firefighter, how to extinguish certain types of fires, like electrical fires and grease fires (and how to communicate this information to your community), simple fitness evolutions, firefighter tools and more.