It’s easy to see why many kids fantasize about being firefighters when they grow up, since firefighters must bravely battle danger and rescue civilians. Emergency Fire Response is a fairly simple fire ...

Fire emergencies can strike without warning, especially on a hot-work jobsite. Job sites often contain flammable materials such as wood framing, insulation, adhesives, fuels, chemicals, plastics, and ...

Many articles are written about all of the disciplines in the public safety sector, and both fire operations and EMS have been the focus of many available journals. Yet, emergency management has been ...

Accounting for employees in the event of an emergency is vital. The Emergency Action Plan should address how to accurately account for all employees. Besides the obvious risks associated with 1.32 ...

The Purdue University Fire Department at the West Lafayette campus operates two state-certified advanced life support (ALS) ambulances and one state-certified ALS fire engine. All fire personnel are ...

Emergency first responders use portable radios (known as land mobile radios, or LMRs) as a critical communication tool to ensure effective fireground command and control, for personnel accountability, ...

Collaboration provides emergency managers resources, energy, ideas, talent, funding and time. It fosters buy-in and broadens understanding. As collaborators work together to achieve a common goal, ...