Featured Blog Posts – July 2010 Archive (31)

Tractor-Trailer vs. Sedan Incident Offers Lessons Learned

By David Cone

Photos Courtesy Old Lyme Fire Department and Old Saybrook Fire Department

The view from the highway. The trailer is rolled onto its left side, and the cab is beyond the wooden sound barrier. An…

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Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 8, 2010 at 6:30am — 3 Comments

Deep Impact: Going the extra mile to help someone can affect your entire community

Deep Impact

Going the extra mile to help someone can affect your entire community

By Ray Gayk

Have you ever thought about the impact your department has on the community you serve? Sometimes the impact is very clear, such as when we help save a life or make a great stop on a fire. We train hard for those moments, and when… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 7, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Leadership Skills: Opportunity's Knocking--Will You Open the Door?

Leadership Skills: That Noise You Hear … It’s the sound of opportunity knocking—will you open the door?

From the June issue of FireRescue magazine

By Chief Marc Revere

There’s a fable about a lumberjack who was purported to be the best in the land and had won numerous competitions. The edge of his axe blade was honed to perfection;… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 6, 2010 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Fire on the Mountain: FireRescue recalls the South Canyon Fire

Fire on the Mountain: FireRescue recalls the South Canyon Fire

By FireRescue Editor-in-Chief Timothy E. Sendelbach

The South Canyon Fire is perhaps one of the most controversial fires in U.S. history. To this day, it sparks conversation and concern about firefighters’—and commanding officers’—understanding of entrapment situations, situational awareness, LCES, etc. In short, it stirs emotion because it was an avoidable…

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Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 6, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

The Charleston 9 - Another Perspective, Part 2

On our way from the staging area to the Coliseum, one person in particular stood out from the crowd of people lining the streets. Once we exited I-526 and turned onto the city streets, I noticed a woman kneeling on the sidewalk. Her right hand was held over her heart and her left hand was held aloft giving the …

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Added by Ben Waller on July 3, 2010 at 6:42pm — 1 Comment

Eleven Minutes to Mayday; What You Need to Know

Eleven Minutes to Mayday; What You Need to Know

By Christopher J. Naum, SFPE

CommandSafety.com

The Colerain Township (OH) Fire and EMS Department under the leadership of Director and Chief G. Bruce Smith recently released its final report…

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Added by Christopher J. Naum, SFPE on July 3, 2010 at 7:16am — No Comments

Put It All Together: Integrate multimedia into post-incident analyses to solidify lessons learned

By Brett Bowman & Jennie Collins

Photos Courtesy Prince William County (Va.) Department of Fire and Rescue

Have you ever participated in the experiment where a person reads a group of people directions to fold a piece of paper in half, fold it in half again, tear off the upper right-hand corner, etc.? By the end of the exercise, there are usually multiple versions of the end product because there was no visual reference to ensure…

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Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 2, 2010 at 4:30am — No Comments

“Marketing” Isn’t a Dirty Word: How to market your service, personnel & apparatus to your community

By Chief Jeffrey D. Johnson, EFO, CFO, MIFireE

From the July issue of FireRescue magazine

At the bedside of an 80-year-old woman with a fractured hip, I learned my first lesson in marketing. As my crew—clad in bunker pants and T-shirts emblazoned with the word “fire”—began treating the woman, the local private ambulance crew entered the opposite side of the room. They were dressed in crisp uniforms complete…

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Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 1, 2010 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

Challenge News: Firefighter Combat Challenge has strong start

CHALLENGE NEWS

On Your Mark … Firefighter Combat Challenge has strong start

Story & Photos by Michael DeGrandpre…

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Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 1, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

More FDIC Hot Products from FireRescue's Technical Editors

The July issue of FireRescue magazine features technical editors’ picks for the best new products showcased at FDIC 2010. Here’s what we couldn’t fit in the magazine:

Council Tool’s Special Operations Survival (SOS) Tool

Review by Greg Jakubowski

OK, I’m a bit of a “tool geek.” I like companies that are always thinking about ways to help us do our job better. Carrying handfuls of tools to a fire building doesn’t work very well,…