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Leadership and Command

Let me begin this missive to my fire service buddies by suggesting that the cold winter weather here in New Jersey is wreaking havoc with my front porch-sitting, cigar-puffing, thinking-chair sessions. Ladies and gentlemen, I have been forced to conduct a strategic, retrograde retreat to the safety of my super-sized Lazy-Boy recliner. Let me also share the fact that Mrs. Carter don't allow no seegar smokin' in her home. I can chew on them, but there is no interior firing up of a heater in...

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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Over the past several years, I have seen a certain diminution in the level of fire protection that exists in a number of areas. I have seen this in communities of every size. I have seen this in career, and combination,...

 

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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