If you work in an emergency operations center or even just an office, this Wellness Wednesday is definitely for you! Jannine Wilmoth, emergency manager for the City of Anaheim, CA, is talking today about what her team did to relax during the pandemic when they activated their EOC for 3 months and had ongoing operations …
Among the many things that keep a fire chief up at night, retention of quality fire fighters most likely ranks at the top of the list. With an average turnover rate reaching upwards of 10-20%, it is more important than ever to retain your best people, make it worth their while to stay, and help …
Gone should be the days when a chief is appointed because “it’s their turn.” Those chiefs tend to be the “custodians” whose attitude alone generally means they are counting the days until retirement and will keep the department at status quo, without taking steps to advance the department.
Thanks to www.FirefighterCloseCalls.Com Contributor Fire Chief Rudy Horist for these 5 pages of information from ProjectMayDay.net that can be shared with your members! Great info for the fire service!
The IAFC’s released a report on U.S. volunteer and combination departments’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts to help improve their recruitment and retention efforts, particularly as they relate to groups that traditionally have been underrepresented in the fire-rescue service.
Mnemonic devices, such as SOAP, CHART, DISPATCH, or CHARTD are commonly used to structure PCRs. Yet, recent research has shown the value of going beyond mnemonics when teaching report writing because mnemonics can oversimplify complex tasks and situations, especially writing. These results suggest a structured, question-based narrative prompt yields longer, richer narratives than narratives written without …
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Aaron Zamzow is back this week for another Wellness Wednesdays and he’s talking about the correct way to use a percussion gun before and/or after your workout. Get rid of that DOMS!
The 988 crisis number is designed to make it easier to get the services currently offered through the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number — 1-800-273-8255 (1-800-273-TALK). That line will still be active. The launch of the new number has been two years in the making.
An 80-page report concluded that the management of the prescribed fire that escaped and became the largest wildfire in the recorded history of New Mexico, generally followed the approved prescribed fire plan for most but not all of the parameters. The people on the ground felt they were close to or within the prescription limits but …
Report released for the prescribed fire that led to the Hermits Peak Fire Read More »
Now is the time to take action, before reduced revenues and budget cuts tighten their grip on the balance sheet. Isn’t it strange that when the economy is in an upswing, fire service agencies seem to forget about those financial issues that plagued us during troubling times? What can be even more perplexing is that …
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