Firefighters put their lives and health on the line to protect their community. However, when it comes to injuries sustained, those in this line of work can come to [...]
It is important for firefighting operations to be aware of the special rules that apply to injuries caused by medical malpractice during emergency medical care. State laws typically protect [...]
Your fire department may or may not have implemented a health and wellness program. If yours does, how are you managing it? If yours doesn’t, how are you going [...]
2019 has been quite the year for California’s land, and not in a good way. There have been far too many fires, which have destroyed land, homes, and living [...]
Injuries are inevitable both on and off the fireground. Even the most prepared firefighter will face situations that cause trauma to the body, and the body can only take [...]
How can you ensure that your equipment doesn’t break down when you need it the most? Consider all the equipment there is to keep track of and combine that [...]
Retirement from a lifelong career can be a stressful event, regardless of the field. However, retirement from a career in public safety can be more stressful than from the [...]
Today Big Data seems to be in the middle of everything, a phenomenon that’s sweeping across the social and economic landscape. Medicine, transportation, government services, it seems like everyone [...]
Facilitating high morale in tough economic times is a real challenge for any fire service organization. There have been common themes in what hurts morale in fire departments. Take [...]
Unfortunately, all firefighting operations have to consider the possibility of theft or other crimes coming from within the department. Firefighters of all ranks have managed to shame the good [...]
