Firefighter Safety & Health

There is only so much radio space to communicate strategic/tactical/task assignments, status changes, and priority traffic. Think about the extra useless words we use on the radio when communicating and make it a practice to eliminate them from the airwaves. Sometimes years of habit need reset. For example, At This Time… and Be Advised… are two crutches used all too ...

We are killing our profession with poor fire service marketing. Over and over we see articles, white papers, and opinions on the negatives of the fire service. No wonder there is a recruitment and retention challenge. The fire service will provide you a great career with solid pay, benefits, a second family, and retirement. Check with those that came before ...

This run information is from Assistant Chief John Ryan, City of Newburgh Fire Department. Something to keep in mind when your struggling for a source.

A bunch of us are tapering for the Glass City Marathon in Toledo, Ohio this Sunday. FF Hackenburg is running the full marathon in gear and a pack while most of our First Due Racing team is running the half marathon.

The next few paragraphs and pictures are from Andrew Brassard. The prop he built to talk about fire behavior worked great. Check it out and talk about the stages of fire with your crew. What are you looking for when, where, and why as you crawl into each building.

At the front of the plant they have a legend of what the different colored pipes mean. Great idea and great value for us rescuers that will be working in areas around these pipes.

A crash involving more than 50 vehicles on the Ohio Turnpike. Two people were killed and an Ohio State Patrol Trooper was pinned between two vehicles.

Often times I've been told that guys will flip a switch or step up to the occasion on an incident scene.

RIT has a plan at least to start; that's powerful if routine turns to MAYDAY. At this fire we watched the working crews put the fire out without need for the RIT. Good day.

Training is not busy work. I hope this mentality is not true and trust we will not let it be the norm for our craft. If this is truly the unions stance; it is hogwash, B.S. and an injustice to the service.