February 2010 Blog Posts (84)

YIPPERS!!Check this out.....

I have just very recently become an IBO. I'm extremely Hyped to announce this because the people that help me out are 100% terrific and so are the products. I love the products and started out using them before I got interested in the business. I have a part time job that isn't the most fair or pleasing, and my income from there has greatly shrunk. My very best friend told me how I could make a little extra money on the side and though when I first heard the idea I told her no thanks that it… Continue

Added by Jenelle on February 2, 2010 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

New Free After-Action Evaluations program available

The Firefighters Support Foundation (FSF) has released its newest free program, After-Action Evaluations. This approximately 30-minute video program presents two of the most powerful performance-improving techniques in use by the world’s best-managed corporations: root cause analysis and constraint analysis. These techniques are at the foundation of the long-term stellar performance of companies such as Toyota and IBM, but to date they have seen little use in the public safety professions… Continue

Added by Ralph on February 2, 2010 at 3:17pm — No Comments

Ventilation & search & rescue ops in lightweight structures

Light It Up

Ventilation & search & rescue ops in lightweight structures

Story & Photos by Stephen H. Higgs

Preservation of life—we all understand this critical part of our mission. These days, the question is often, “How do we ensure preservation of life in a lightweight structure?” In my February 2009 article in FireRescue magazine, “The Danger Within” (p. 64), I shared suggestions on how to understand fire behavior in lightweight structures and… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on February 1, 2010 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

Welcome the to Nation

FireFighter Nation is NOT a training institution.

Seems like a simple enough statement, but there are those who think that it is, or should be, and would have everyone believe that it is.

What is FireFighter Nation, or FFN, as we like to call it? It is a Social Network for FireFighters and our EMS brothers and sisters. It is a virtual gathering of Firefighters from all across the U.S., and the world, in a sort of on-going Social Hour. Like the first hour of a Firefighter’s… Continue

Added by Greenman on February 1, 2010 at 6:13am — 3 Comments