Fire Operations
	A Team Effort Team search can enhance operations in large & complex buildings By Fred LaFemina Photo Gert Zoutendijk

It's 0300 hrs, and you're doing the watch at the station. You're taking the promotion exam next week and you're trying to get in some review time. Suddenly, the dispatcher contacts you and requests you to respond to a reported fie in a commercial occupancy housing ... more »

Reality Check
	Abolish Ambiguity Objective-based training must specify conditions, performance and standards By Scott Cook

Here's a pop-quiz for all of you training officers out there:
What's wrong with the following objective: "Upon completion of this course, the student shall wear an SCBA"? ... more »

Inside the Apparatus Industry
	Big Changes 2008 was a year of major changes & announcements in the apparatus industry By Bob Vaccaro

While two major players, American LaFrance and E-One, announced significant initiatives, two others, Darley and Rosenbauer, announced noteworthy expansions ... more »

The 2 & 7 Tool
An all-risk human factors tool to help leaders prevent near misses & tragedies
By Brad Mayhew
Photo Craig Durling
From the August 2008 issue of FireRescue magazine
In recent years, we've placed more and more emphasis on studying line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) and near misses, whether by reading NIOSH reports, Near-Miss reports or perusing FirefighterCloseCalls.com. The intent is to learn from these tragedies and near-tragedies so we can ... more »