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A Special Friend of the Fire Service: Brian Cowan to Retire

He lead federal fire funding programs

When advocating for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) -- whether in letters to Congressional leaders, meeting with staff or testimony before committees -- the fire service organizations have often cited various reports that gave high marks to the program. Since it was established in 2001, the FIRE Act has been a model federal grant program, efficiently and effectively delivering grant dollars to local first responders. The success of the program can be attributed to the...

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Gary Ludwig

Swine Flu: Something Else That is Going to Kill Me!

A month from now, it would be interesting to see where things stand.

Keep this number in mind. 36,000! This is how many people die approximately each year in the United States from seasonal flu according to the Centers for Disease Control website.

Jonathan Bastian

A Final Farewell

This month will be the last in which I am the regular author for the column.

Edward Hartin

Reading the Fire: Heat and Flame

While all of us have a commonsense understanding of heat and temperature, these concepts are frequently misunderstood.

Charles Werner

New Technology for Firefighter Accountability and Safety

Information, including vital signs and location, is transmitted and disseminated over a wireless hierarchal mesh network.

miwieder

Fire Department Tanker Safety - Part IV

The need to develop an effective driver training program and to enforce fire department standard operating procedures and policies cannot be overstated.

Recent Podcasts

Apparatus Architects: Apparatus Backing Concerns and Response Policies

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 00:20

The Apparatus Architects look at a number of topics this month and their guest, a Los Angeles Fire Department Captain, talks about the LAFD's operations and apparatus assignments.

Michael Wilbur and Tom Shand start the show, recorded at Firehouse World in San Diego, with two listener questions. Shand asssists a firefighter looking to add safety doors to an open cab apparatus. Wilbur offers advice to a assistant chief who is looking for response policies for carbon monoxide alarms.

The Leader's Toolbox: Making Sure that Everyone Goes Home

Friday, February 5, 2010 - 11:35

In this episode of the Leader's Toolbox, host Dr. Richard B. Gasaway focuses on the Everyone Goes Home initiative and the Courage To Be Safe program.

Chief Gasaway interviews Ron Dennis, executive director of the Arizona Fire Chiefs Association and the training liaison for the Everyone Goes Home initiative. He also talks with Billy Hayes, director of community affairs for the Washington, DC, Fire Department and the advocate manager for the initiative.

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Rapid intervention and firefighter survival skills are often considered advanced, but do you have a firm grasp on the basic skills of firefighter removal? This webcast, based on case studies and proven statistics, will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied to basic, everyday fireground survival.

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