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Near Miss is an integrated learning environment that helps fire department personnel turn shared lessons learned into actions that are applied. Managed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the program provides a forum for firefighters and EMS personnel to share their near-miss experiences in the field in a voluntary, confidential, non-punitive and secure way. They can also find training resources, gleaned from the collected real-world experiences, that help responders apply lessons learned and leading safety practices in their own departments.

The day in the life series details the ins-and-outs of fire service life over the course of a single day, shift or week. These first-person perspectives from various ranks of the fire service hierarchy paint an honest picture of the intensity, stress and exhilaration of the job, not to mention the complexity and variability that comes with each shift.

If you’re interested in sharing a look inside a day, shift or week at your department, email editor@firerescue1.com with your pitch.

The FireRescue1 Institutional Knowledge Project seeks to compile vital advice and lessons learned from active and retired fire personnel.

People often talk about institutional knowledge in the context of members retiring, taking with them the decades of accumulated skills, experience and knowledge about how things get done. Ideally, this knowledge is shared throughout one’s career and beyond. Here we seek to compile guidance that can be applied by future generations of fire service professionals when handling similar situations.

Have an idea for FireRescue1’s Institutional Knowledge Project? Email the editor, and we’ll consider your topic for a future project theme.

In 1973, a national commission studying the U.S. fire problem created what would become a wake-up call for fire protection in America. The report, “America Burning,” defined in blunt terms and graphic images America’s fire problem as one of the worst in the world’s industrial countries. Any 1970s-era firefighters who read the report could not help but feel proud of their dangerous work.

Published on May 4, 1973, “America Burning” served as a road map for change.

In 1974, Congress passed the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act. The law created the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration, now the U.S. Fire Administration – and with it the National Fire Academy.

2023 marks 50 years since the seminal report changed the trajectory of fire service priorities for decades.

The FireRescue1 BrandFocus sponsored content features information on a variety of fire service products, technologies and topics, all brought to you by the industry’s top brands.

The building construction resource page includes important information about how structures are designed and how such construction factors affect building strength, likelihood of collapse, interior layouts and other issues that could compromise firefighter safety.

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.