A tool doesn't fail on its own. I've sat through enough honest debriefs to know how these stories actually go. The irons didn't break. The saw didn't quit. Somebody set the tool wrong, swung it wrong, or reached for it a half second too late.

Most departments don't have a training problem because they lack hours. The real problem is that the hours they log don't produce the skill they think they do.

For most people, the image of firefighting involves firefighters using hoses to fight fires. The essence of the profession is, in fact, rescuing.

It’s 0200 hours. Residential structure fire. Heavy smoke pushed from the second floor. The engine makes the front door with a line. Truck company swings to the Charlie side and throws

It seems that a certain phenomenon has occurred to the fire service, one that in my opinion has not benefited the safety and efficiency of our personnel on the fireground.

As a result of the nation’s housing crisis, we are seeing a rapid rise in multifamily dwellings. Developers are leaning toward the development of large,