Fire department

Fire service culture needs to change because too many firefighters are injured or killed because of simple things like not wearing seat belts or not wearing proper protective gear. Firefighters are even defending themselves in court due to cases of harassment or discrimination. It must be possible to change the culture. All of these bad outcomes are preventable, but they need to be made at the department level and not just at an individual level. Those in the fire service or know about it…

through intense, rigorous, and extremely important training. What could happen if firefighters just did the minimum amount of training required and that was all they trained? THE DENVER DRILL On 28 September 1992, in Denver Colorado, a three-alarm fire broke out. During attempts to locate and rescue survivors, Mark Langvardt, a 16-year veteran firefighter, was separated from his crew due to a floor collapse on the second story. Unable to self-rescue, Langvardt signaled to crews on the ground…

Fire fighting is one of the world’s most honored but hazardous occupations. The fire service has changed so much over the years. With this change comes new ideas, issues and challenges, but the history remains glorious. The fire service is not a job it 's a calling. It takes bravery and courage. What makes this service a glorious calling is the history of it. This calling take a special persons to fulfill it. The service is one of sacrifice. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay…

Background and Significance The Council Bluffs (IA) Fire Department has a long, rich history of providing quality emergency response services to its citizens. The department was formed on January 5, 1883, by resolution of the city council to establish a full-time, paid department (Petersen, 1992). This resolution came after numerous devastating fires exceeded the capabilities of the several volunteer fire companies that had protected the city during the previous 29 years. In 1918, the…

official Fire Department was created and formally introduced into the Los Angeles area. The LAFD has had Emergency Medical Services be a part of the department for almost a hundred years. In the year 1927, the Los Angeles Fire Department added Emergency Medical Services into their program. A few years later in 1931, already six LAFD ambulances were stationed around the metropolitan and around the shoreside area. Originally the EMS program was linked with the Los Angeles Police Department,…

Currently Waco Fire Marshal’s Office carries the peace officer commissions for a total of ten (10) personnel. Of these ten: five are currently assigned to the Prevention Division, one is listed as the Chief Administrator, and four are listed as reserve officers for the Marshal’s Office. The Chief Administrator is in the process of being changed which will increase the number of reserve officers to five. Current practices require those whose commission is carried by the Department to perform…

requirement, “[...]you must be between the age of 18 and 29, although some fire departments extend the maximum…

Like most companies, Rural/Metro Fire Department (RMFD) which is a subsidiary of American Medical Response (AMR), tries to dangle money in front of employees to drive better performance. Once a year the supervisor and employee sit down to complete this process. Once a year the supervisor dances in the middle of the review to speed up the process and be eligible for a small bribe to do more work next year. This process if done correctly, which it rarely is, can be beneficial to the company and…

At a nearby fire department, the Assistant Chief wishes to confirm that gender bias is not reflected in the promotion of respective applicant firefighters. The Assistant Chief evaluates sample data of 50 firefighters who applied for promotion (Exhibit A), as well as resulting chi-square analysis (Exhibit B). Based on this data and results, a review will be conducted to determine if gender bias has no association with promotion. Gender bias is the unequal management in employment opportunities…

For years, the American fire service thought that the number one killer of firefighters were heart attacks and other cardiac emergencies, due to the high number of them and the physical stress of firefighting. The American public probably thinks of the number one killer of firefighters to be thermal injuries or structural collapses. Surprisingly, the most powerful enemy to the fire service, a silent but deadly one, is cancer. When I first started as a Firefighter, a short nine years ago,…