FE Volume 164 Issue 8

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America Burning Study 40 Years Old: Forecast the Need for Better Fire Prevention and Codes

America Burning Study 40 Years Old: Forecast the Need for Better Fire Prevention and Codes

Forty years ago this past July, a group of 20 distinguished men and women from all parts of the country and from many different walks of life came together for the first time in Room 2010 of the New Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., to begin mapping out a course that would lead to new efforts in fire prevention and control in the United States.
Fire PreventionFire Safety

FE Volume 164 Issue 8

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Lone Wolf/Active Shooter: Attack on Texas Public Safety Building

Lone Wolf/Active Shooter: Attack on Texas Public Safety Building

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) calls them "lone wolf shooters," whereas homeland security and other agencies call them "active shooters." The United States Department of Homeland Security's Active Shooter: How to Respond booklet defines an active shooter as an "individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area."
Building ConstructionFire Safety
How to Improve Your Workers’ Compensation Program

How to Improve Your Workers’ Compensation Program

Workers' Compensation (WC) programs are designed to treat injured employees and return them to their preinjury working status. This is not always possible, for a variety of reasons.
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Mastering Fireground Command: 10 Commandments of Command

Mastering Fireground Command: 10 Commandments of Command

In "Mastering fireground command: calming the Chaos" (Fire Engineering, March 2011), I explained how improper risk assessment (poor size-up), lack of incident command, lack of accountability, inadequate communications, and lack of standard operating guidelines (SOGs)—or failure to follow them—can lead to firefighter line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) and injuries and chaos on the fireground.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Qualities of Effective Incident Commanders

Qualities of Effective Incident Commanders

The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) has formed an Incident Management Team (IMT) to help with large catastrophic events in the wake of 9/11. I am fortunate to be involved with the team. As a part of our training, we sometimes shadow National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) in the wildland fire service.
FirefightingWildland Firefighting
Body to the Building

Body to the Building

Arriving as the second-due truck at a 21⁄2-story wood-frame dwelling with heavy fire showing from the first floor, we saw numerous people in the second-floor windows waiting to be removed. Their primary means of escape—the open interior stairs—was blocked by fire and smoke, telling us we would have to remove them with portable ladders.
Firefighting
New Wine in Old Bottles

New Wine in Old Bottles

Last month in our continuing series on situation evaluation (standard command function number two), we looked at a fairly complete list of critical fireground factors. The list was arranged in major categories that are the result of a lifetime of study, teaching, and trying to figure out what are the basic elements that must be evaluated and reacted to while we are conducting firefighting and incident command operations.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Names in the News

Names in the News

LORI MILLER was appointed as the first woman chief of an all-career fire department in Colorado, joining just a handful of other women across the country to achieve this elite status. With the departure of former Chief Gary Green, Red, White & Blue Fire Protection District has reached an historic "first" in the state of Colorado.
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training
COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS

COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE announced Master Firefighter Hope Scott of the Virginia Beach (VA) Fire Department (VBFD) and Firefighter Martin "Skip" Ockomon of the Anderson (IN) Fire Department (AFD) as the recipients of its National Firemark Awards for Heroism and Community Service, respectively.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
(August 2011)

(August 2011)

This is an update to my article, "The Dangers of Modular Construction," published in May 2009. In January 2011, Massachusetts took the lead in addressing an issue of importance to the safety of firefighters and the occupants of buildings of modular (prefabricated) construction.
Firefighting
Quick Drills for the Chief Officer

Quick Drills for the Chief Officer

Congratulations on getting promoted to chief officer! Before getting carried away with the glamour of the position, realize you are in a critical position that involves leading, motivating, evaluating, supervising, training, coaching, and mentoring your assigned personnel. Your top priorities should be to ensure that your personnel go home safely to their families at the end of their shift and that they are trained and prepared for the worst-case scenario.
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

NFFF: “Check Public Safety Officer requirements”

Fire Safety

Improving Cardiac Arrest Outcomes with CardioCerebral Resuscitation

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PRODUCTS/SERVICES/MEDIA

Rope RescueTechnical Rescue

Preventing Employee Problems

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

Fire Apparatus

Devil’s Claw Pike Pole

Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

The Fire Chief as Artistic Leader

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(fireengineering.com)

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Improving the Operational Planning Process

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Defensive Search Techniques

Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

21st Century Firefighting: Preserving the Volunteer Fire Service

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

On Behalf of a Grateful Nation

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