Steve Pegram of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) joined our roster of featured bloggers this week. Steve’s first blog post addressed the staffing crisis facing much of the U.S. fire service and what firefighter are (or aren’t) doing about it. Check out Steve’s blog and the rest of this week’s featured blog posts below.
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Boss vs. Leader David Rhodes on why it’s the “fire department” and not the “management department.” |
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Pull the Keys Issac Frazier is back with another seemingly basic yet critical extrication quick tip. |
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Ventilation Factors We Cannot Control, Part 2 P.J. Norwood takes a closer look at door failure. |
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Are You Coordinating? Coordination between crews is an essential piece of fireground victory, Jarrod Sergi writes. |
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What’s Missing from the Conversation? Talking about tactics and science is important, but staffing is also critical, Steve Pegram says. |
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Never Deny Training Requests Have a policy and standards derived from training needs, writes Jeremy Rebok. |
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Upstream Devon Wells on opportunities to bring “upstreamist” thinking to fire and EMS. |
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Opposing Forces How do you deal with superior officers or an organization that doesn’t want to move forward? Jason Hoevelmann has some thoughts. |
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For Pride, Not Pay You, your rigs, and your work is representative of your department, Zach Schleiffer says. |
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Politics and Tactics Recap Frank Ricci reviews this month’s radio show, which dealt with Detroit Shields and had an interview with Step Up and Lead author Frank Viscuso. |
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