Once again, the FDIC was an outstanding display of new products, improvements to original apparatus designs, and even a major renaming of a product line.
Part of the mission of the Fire Research Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards to improve the understanding of the behavior, prevention, and control of fires to enhance firefighting operations and equipment, fire suppression, fire investigations, and disaster response.
Dive into the topics you can't ignore - everything from the role of emerging technology to leadership and management insights for today's fire service.
On December 6, 2010, the crew of Long Beach (CA) Fire Department (LBFD) Engine 11 (E-11) responded to a residential fire with a two-year-old boy trapped.
From when I was a student in the State of Ohio Fire Service Instructor class, I remember one important point 28 years later: "Seventy-five percent of what you learn is forgotten if it isn't reinforced (practiced) within two weeks."
I was hanging out with a group of young firefighters the other day in a seminar, and one of the bright lights asked me why I used the old-time term "boss" so much in our discussion.
At the end of March, Joe Duda, deputy state forester, Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), issued a release describing the events surrounding the Lower North Fork Fire in Colorado.