IAFC FireRescue Journal - Are there people in your organization who are professionally limited by their resistance to change, confined to their comfort zone? Such people fail to understand the concept of "accept, adapt and accelerate - or atrophy." Chief Marc Revere, CFO and Accredited Agency Head, explains why continuing education isn't discretionary, it's mandatory.
Prince George County, MD - Acting Lt. Colonel Steven L. Hess of the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department has successfully completed the process that awards him the professional designation of "Chief Fire Officer" (CFO).
By Stephen Marsar. Fire Engineering/Survival Zone - If it is probable that victims are un-savable, firefighters must learn to put out the fire first and then perform searches when it is relatively safe to do so. A significant amount of research is cited in this article. One additional piece, just recently released is the "NIST Report on Residential Fireground Field Experiments." The NIST report is based upon research conducted under a DHS grant awarded to CFAI-Risk.