The Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire: The Night That Rewrote How We Fight Fire On the evening of June 18, 2007, nine firefighters walked into a burning furniture store in Charleston, South Carolina, and never walked out. It was the deadliest single loss of American firefighters since September 11, 2001. […]
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The Tech Gap in the Fire Service Is a Leadership Gap — and Your Next Tech Leader Is Already on the Roster
Walk into almost any firehouse in the country and you’ll find two kinds of technology sitting side by side. There’s the gear that works because it has to — SCBA, thermal imaging cameras, the apparatus itself. And then there’s everything else: the records management system nobody trusts, the scheduling software […]
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From Getting Hired to Building a Career That Lasts
Firefighter Career Connection From Getting Hired to Building a Career That Lasts The fire service doesn’t need more people who want the job. The Fire Service needs firefighters who are prepared, disciplined, and intentional about building a long-term career. Every year, thousands apply to fire departments across the country. Very […]
Read MoreCutting-Edge Tools for Firefighters
Cutting-Edge Tools for Firefighters There is an adage that is often still heard in the fire service, “100 years of tradition unimpeded by progress”. When it come to be effective firefighters this old saying no longer applies. These Cutting-Edge Tools for Firefighters are state of the art in the fire […]
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Is The Fire Service Ready for Incident Command App Technology?
Is The Fire Service Ready for Incident Command App Technology? Technology is growing like a wildfire, no pun intended, throughout all industries. The fire service is no different. We have seen unprecedented improvements and changes in all areas of the fire service industry. From thermal imaging technology, to search drones […]
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