Ron Kanterman

Good fire inspections, code enforcement, and public fire safety education are things that firefighters can easily do and should do, Ron Kanterman writes. Put together, these things will inevitably have a real positive impact on firefighter safety.

The Mohegan Tribal Fire Department (MTFD) in Uncasville, Connecticut, protects the Mohegan Tribe’s main reservation in southeastern Connecticut, which includes most of the 350 acres the tribe holds in trust. The area includes the tribal government building, warehousing, the utility authority, public safety operations, numerous parking garages, and the Mohegan Sun casino hotel and resort complex.

There's been a rash of deaths and close calls recently when firefighters respond to incidents in confined spaces. Ron Kanterman advises firefighters to review their confined space rescue procedures and make sure everyone knows the drill.

In late 2002, New Jersey’s new state fire marshal called on industry to get into the homeland security boat.

We left our department headquarters in New Jersey and headed south on the Garden State Parkway in a driving rainstorm on December 11, 2003.