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Wildland

Topography and terrain play vital role during radio traffic

Communicating during emergency operations is a constant challenge for those in the fire service. Nowhere does that become more evident than during a wildland urban interface (WUI) incident. Structural firefighters who find themselves participating in these incidents for either the first time or very infrequently will likely find the communications environment challenging (for example quite different from what they are used to.) The good news is there are some basic concepts,...

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William Mora

William Mora
Firefighters Need to Know
History of buildings like the Sofa Super Store has shown that enclosed structures are highly prone to producing multiple life threatening hazards.

Dennis Wolf

Dennis Wolf
Branding for the Fire Service
All firefighters are touch points for the fire service and have direct responsibility for being the personal face of the brand.

Vincent Dunn

Vincent Dunn
Dunn's Dispatch: Life and Death Decision Making
After a war many soldiers who made life-and-death decisions retire. The fire service does not have this problem.

Charles Werner

Charles Werner
FCC Mandates Frequency Narrowbanding
In 2013, all radios in the identified radio spectrum bands will be mandated to meet the FCC narrowband requirements.

BC79er

BC79er
Grant Application Narratives
We have been taught growing up that there are two sides to every story. This has never been truer than in the realm of grant applications.

John Dibacco

John Dibacco
Evolved from Individuals: Are We Freelancing Companies?
Have we evolved from individual freelancing to freelancing by companies?
 

Recent Podcasts

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 16:51
The Apparatus Architects focus on firefighter and emergency vehicle safety as they close out June and the Firefighter Safety, Health & Survival Week. Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur look at a variety of NFPA Standards, including 1911, 1912, 1931 and 1962, and the 16 Life Safety Initiatives that form a baseline for annual vehicle inspections and safety checks. They break down each of these standards and how they relate to safer vehicle response and fireground operations.
Friday, June 19, 2009 - 09:22
Los Angeles County Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Dubron talks about cancer and firefighters. Dubron founded the Firefighter Cancer Support Network after he was diagnosed with cancer. For more on this years 2009 Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week, visit: http://www.firehouse.com/safety-week.html. Please send any questions or comments to: podcast@firehouse.com Related Links
 

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Upcoming TrainingLive Webcasts

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Jeffrey Pindelski

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 03:00

Rapid intervention and firefighter survival skills are often considered advanced, but do you have a firm grasp on the basic skills of firefighter removal? This webcast, based on case studies and proven statistics, will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied to basic, everyday fireground survival.

 

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