Inside the Apparatus Industry
	Comms-ONE E-One's latest mobile communications unit proves good things come in small packages Story & Photos By Bob Vaccaro

The new buzzword around the fire service: interoperability.  Everybody must be able to talk to everybody else on the same radio frequencies. Often, the solution is a large command van sporting the latest high-tech communications equipment—they're popping up all over the country. But because not everyone can afford the big command vehicles... more »

The IAFC's Company Officer Leadership Symposium provides targeted education to help you succeed
By Timothy E. Sendelbach

Serving as a company officer isn't easy. You must master technical skills well enough to train others as well as stay up-to-date on tactics and technology. But one of the hardest aspects of managing an incident is managing your people. Firefighters on your crew are looking to you for mentorship and career development—and you may be looking around for the same... more »

The Cutting Edge
	Patient Priorities How you treat a patient at a crash scene can greatly affect their experience By Brad Havrilla

Fire departments and EMS personnel respond to crashes every day, but do we treat every patient like we should? When the call is over, can we honestly look back on the incident and know that we treated the patient like a family member and not like... more »

I was a green 19-year-old when I started fighting fire on a helitack crew in 1976 in the Fortymile country of Alaska's eastern Interior. Sitting around campfires in the Alaska bush when our work was done, the older guys from my crew... more »