Our Incivility Ability – Fire Engineering Training Community When you think about how we used to settle our differences, in today’s culture; there is a lot more mental anguish than physical pain Years ago, if our disagreements didn’t escalate into a fistfight, you could at least talk it out eyeball-to-eyeball; my preferred method for ending a dispute You see; even back then, I could reason with the bullies
Fire Service Leadership: Redefining the “Culture of Safety” Changing the fire service’s “safety culture” will require us to do two things, 1) forge a new one through strategic planning’s power of mission, vision and values, and 2) redefine the culture of safety
The Engine Company and the Power of One, Pt. 1 We are often taught to find and apply water to the seat of the fire and then to check for extension in surrounding voids and spaces In these incidents, the seat of the fire is on the exterior of the building and the extension is in the attic So, this begs the question of how much can a single four-person engine company physically accomplish to knock down the external fire while immediately
^^ WHATS UP? ^^ – Fire Engineering Training Community As responding firefighters to these types of additions, we must have a pre-determined plan on how to effectively get lines in-service, exposure problems (both horizontally, vertically and drop down to the original roof), where our best rescue and egress points will be, etc The best way to do this will be to get out and survey your respective response area (s)
CHIEF ALAN BRUNACINI – Fire Engineering Training Community Nearly 14 years would pass before I would have an opportunity to teach at a conference with Chief Brunacini, and be honored to sit with him during a Q A panel Me… with Chief Brunacini … with Capt Gagliano… talking fire (sound smart, sound smart, sound smart…)!
Blogs - Fire Engineering Training Community The Volunteer Guide to 21st Century Firefighting: Combustion For firefighters, it is pretty common for them to interact with, well, fire While many firefighters go headstrong into a burning building to put the fire out and rescue any victims that may be inside For you full-time folks the components of fire and the importance of understanding combustion is reviewed everyday but for us small
BioDiesel Labs - Fire Engineering Training Community A lot more people seem to be starting to make their own Biodiesel, with all this being said Here are my QUESTIONS!!!!!! 1) Do you feel that Biodiesel labs will be popping up in a way of meth labs ( all over and everywhere) 2) Do you have a concern to responding to a Biodiesel Lab? 3) Have you trained on Biodiesel and if so How? 4) Do you feel that there are more Biodiesel labs than we think