First of all, Fast Company [www.fastcompany.com] is the only magazine I read cover-to-cover every month. That says a lot considering all of the firefighting trade journals I read monthly.

I use Fast Company for my Fire Company. Without fail, I…

THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION PROUDLY PRESENTS

Leadership in the Firehouse:…

I was working late yesterday (as I usually do) at the fire academy and overheard Forks Fire Department (Cheektowaga NY) get banged out for a working fire. Their station is right across the street so I could hear the apparatus sirens winding up and then stopping abruptly shortly thereafter.

I missed the dispatcher give the address so I stepped outside to take a look. What I saw was the sky filling with thick black smoke and a raging fire right next door to our fire academy.

I…

September 21, 2007…

Hey... As you may know, last Wednesday afternoon's fire destroyed the Schuylkill Hose Company No. 2's engines, hazmat truck and gear and caused more than $1 million in damage. This Fire Company in Pennsylvania can use some assistance. If you have safe and immediately usable fire equipment, PPE etc to donate or wish to assist them as they get back on their feet, please contact Glen Sattizahan

For those who can assist Schuylkill Hose Co. #2, these e-mail addresses and phone numbers are…

On Saturday morning, June 17, 2006 I set out on a five-day cross-country trip to Sedona, AZ with my oldest brother David, who had moved there two years earlier. It was a much needed vacation for me and a necessary trip for my brother to retrieve some things from home in Buffalo, NY.

On Sunday morning, the Brins Mesa Fire in Oak Creek Canyon started one mile north of Sedona. We watched the fire's progress on the national news as we made overnight stops in Abilene, KS; Colorado Springs…

Where in the World is West Hancock, Mississippi?

The Two-Year Story of a Fire Department in Need…