Jerry Knapp discusses the hidden and obvious dangers to firefighters when responding to natural gas emergencies and some actions that can decrease these risks and improve efficiency.
Jason Joannides explains how to safely and efficiently create a door from a window and illustrates how this conversion can decrease the time it takes to rescue a firefighter who has called a Mayday.
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.
The International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) and the Underwriters Laboratories Firefighter Safety Research Institute (UL FSRI) will be co-recipients of the Senate Paul S. Sarbanes Fire Service Safety Leadership Award, which will be presented at the 30th Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner on April 19, 2018, in Washington, DC.
Rommie Duckworth presents a template first responders can use to manage bus collisions with few or multiple patients and suggestions for building the management plan and team before these events occur.
Dena Ali discusses research related to firefighting that shows the conditions that can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder and attempted suicide and the interventions that possibly could promote post-traumatic growth and build resilience in firefighters.