News in Brief
In December, President Bush nominated Virginia Beach, Virginia, Fire Chief Gregory B. Cade to head the U.S. Fire Administration within the Department of Homeland Security.
FE Volume 160 Issue 2
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EMOTIONS
Dealing with emotional issues can be challenging, especially for me. Almost all issues have an emotional component, but some are almost exclusively within that arena.
US&R INVOLVEMENT
I first remember hearing someone utter the acronym US&R (Urban Search & Rescue) in the late 1980s.
ROLLOVER ALERT SYSTEM
Last year, more firefighters were killed in collisions and rollovers in firefighting vehicles than in working fires, according to statistics from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
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FIREGROUND INTELLIGENCE
Business success and surviVAL are closely connected to effective planning and information management.
FROM AROUND THE GLOBE: 2006
The Firefighter Combat challenge has been coined the “toughest two minutes in sports”; however, how many of you have witnessed the “toughest 20 minutes in sports”? The Extrication Challenge has come quite a way from its early beginnings in 1983.
COMPANY NEWS
● Insurers FIREMAN’S FUND and THE BG GROUP awarded the East Norwich (CT) Fire Company an $18,955 grant for a BullEx™ Digital Safety Intelligent Training System™ fire extinguisher training simulator to prepare the company’s firefighters, the general public, and the civilian workforce in the district to combat incipient fires while awaiting emergency response.
RECRUITING AND RETAINING THE MILLENNIALS
I look at corporate trends to see how they can be related to firefighters. The article “Here They Come” (Human Resource Executive) highlights the motivators for incoming young workers, the same group we are trying to attract to our firehouses.
AVOIDING A LIVE-BURN TRAINING PITFALL
Conducting live-burn training at acquired structures using Class A burn materials is serious business.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Martinez/Columbia (GA) Fire Rescue’s HME pumper protects 17 miles of Interstate 20 near the industrial area to which it is assigned, and hence features a large water tank, according to Chief Doug Cooper.
Letters to the Editor
I read Editor in Chief Bobby Halton’s “Near Miss: Learning, Not Blaming” (Editor’s Opinion, November 2006) and completely agree with it.
Preparing For A Wildfire Season That Does Not End
On the morning of October 26, 2006, fire service groups and civic leaders were visiting together in Washington, D.C., to discuss how to raise the awareness of national and local politicians on critical fire service issues.
