It’s Not Easy Being ‘Small’ in the Fire Service Without a Good Risk Analysis and Response Plan
When you are small, you have more attuned to firefighter safety and survival than most fire departments, writes Nicholas DeLia.
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Defining Rescue and Risk-Managed Search for Fire Departments
The renewed emphasis on rescue begs the question: how do we define a rescue? Raul Angulo on the impact to risk management.
The Incident Commander and Risk Management
Dennis Reilly shares some key points that incident commanders can use to help manage risk on the fireground.
The Need for Quality Risk Analysis in “Small” Fire Departments
It is critical that fire departments take up some form of risk and hazard assessment to provide guidance for present and future needs.
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Legal Issues You Can Solve
John K. Murphy examines how a fire department can best prepare itself for the threat of litigation that can pop up at any moment.
A GIS-Based Risk Assessment of the Columbia-Richland (SC) Fire Department
Tracy Whelen looks at how the Columbia-Richland (SC) Fire Department used a model to develop a novel geographic information system-based risk assessment to support their efforts to pursue international accreditation status.
Four Key Elements of the Fireground
Richard Ray deconstructs the strengths, deficiencies, and needs that fire crews will have when confronting the battlefield of the fireground.
Wargaming for the Fire Service: Fight a Fire Every Day
Wargaming can help augment traditional firefighter training methods to help build future incident commanders.
It’s Not Easy Being Small: High-Risk/Low-Frequency Emergencies
High risk/low-frequency emergencies need not overwhelm small emergency response organizations, writes Nicholas DeLia.
Fatal Fires in St. Louis, Baltimore Expose Vacant Home Risks
St. Louis fire leaders are doing an inventory of every vacant home, while Baltimore is evaluating the city's 15,000 vacants.
Grenfell Report: Fire Service Needs to Be Proactive in Assessing Risks
A public report on the devastating 2017 Grenfell Tower Fire underscores the need for fire service leaders to better engage with emerging threats.
Interior Fire Attack: Obsolete or Indispensable?
Is interior fire attack headed for the dustbin of history? Leigh H. Shapiro argues that exterior-only tactics cut against fire service tactics and ethics.