No Time for Playing Cards: Higher Reliability Organizing for the Fire Service Motivating and empowering personnel

Motivating and empowering personnel

and he assesses the effect of footing a ladder from the front versus from the back

Connectedness: A Protective Factor Against Suicide

Meets the requirements for Fire Instructor 1 in NFPA 1041: Standard for Fire and Emergency Service Instructor Professional Qualifications

Fireground dangers

No Time for Playing Cards: Higher Reliability Organizing for the Fire Service Motivating and empowering personnelWhy do we continue to see similar firefighter injuries and line of duty deaths (LODDs) repeated each year? We often respond with technical solutions, such as more SOGs, safety lists, and studying more strategies and tactics. But are there greater depths of technical knowledge in our profession that can make firefighting significantly safer? Does it also help to look at the human side of our profession? Other high risk, high consequence industries have