Fire departments and community risk reduction
Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems and You
As numbers of residential sprinkler systems in the country continue to grow, fire service leaders need to ensure that our fire officers and firefighters have the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to work with these systems to effectively ensure extinguishment of the fire and effectively address property conservation, the third incident priority.
Making Rapid Intervention Crews even better
Read a great piece, and even better guidance and direction, on this critical issue from my fire service colleague and…
To Install, Or Not To Install
By: Tanya Bettridge, Guest Blogger, Public Educator The number of smoke/CO alarms, that are either given away or outright installed by fire departments in communities across…
Jennifer Cooper is a fire and life safety mentor you need to know
ICYMI, here are Part I and Part II of this four-part series this week. Now if you’ve been following along,…
Tanya Bettridge is a Fire and Life Safety Educator You Should Know
ICYMI, here’s Part I of this four-part series this week. Now if you’ve read Part I, you know that the…
What fire statistics don’t tell you, but a fire person will
Interesting data from the USFA (United States Fire Administration). The number of fires [in the U.S.] is down over 6 percent in 10 years, but fire related deaths [in the U.S.] are up over 10 percent in that same time. Any thoughts on why this is?