Preparing to Help Other Agencies during Incidents
Take the time to meet your fellow public safety counterparts and collaborate with them in order to learn how they handle events and how you can help them.
Roadway Safety: How Can EMS Personnel Be Better Protected?
EMS Roadway Safety Dilemma: If traffic is stopped ahead of a full-speed driver on the highway because of an accident, could another serious accident occur?
Choosing the Right Performance Metrics for Fire Services
To make our organizations more effective, we must first identify those performance metrics which we desire to measure and develop reports or dashboards.
Motivating Firefighters to Maintain Physical Fitness
As firefighters, we are in control of the physical fitness of our organization. Be sure that you are a model of what you want your organization to become.
The Fatal Danger of Ignoring Fire Service Standards
Fire Service Standards: Like most activities in the fire service, we are not too proactive. We usually need an impetus in order to make the change.
Surge Capacity: Is It Possible during the Summer Months?
Many facilities need 24/7 coverage and the ability to recall personnel for surge capacity. But is surge capacity possible in the summer months?
Summer: Ideal for Practicing Firefighting’s Basic Skills
Now that warm summer weather is here, it is a good time to practice basic skills. These basic skills will be important throughout a firefighter’s career.
Spring Disasters: Getting the Management Basics Right
All disasters start locally. If you get the management basics right on the small events, that will make the big events easier to handle.
A Tiered EMS System Improves Responses and Patient Care
Having a well-organized and efficient tiered EMS system will reduce the time spent by crews at an incident scene and allows faster definitive care.
To Receive Funds, Volunteer Organizations Need More Data
Each community will reach a point when it must hire paid personnel. Providing valid data from volunteer organizations to support this need is key.