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Fire Prevention and Education
Quality Assurance for Prevention Programs

Medical calls account for a large number of the calls the fire service responds to. Jim Crawford examines the ways that those calls have changed the standard of care, and looks at how EMS standards can help shape still-developing standards in the fire service.
(Tuesday, April 30, 2013) read
Tags: EMS, evaluation, quality assurance
Fire Prevention and Education
Establishing Mutual Respect in the Fire Service

In order for the fire service to be successful in all aspects, there needs to be mutual respect between leadership and employees. Jim Crawford examines who is responsible for establishing that respect and provides strategies for creating it.
(Sunday, March 24, 2013) read
Tags: Leadership, respect, Command and Leadership
Fire Prevention and Education
Link Emergency Response & Public Education

Many departments have lost funding that could be used to support public education. Jim Crawford presents a strategy for keeping education in the fire system by combining it with emergency response at the local level.
(Sunday, February 24, 2013) read
Tags: budget, public education
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Utah Lawmaker Moves Forward with Controversial Fire Prevention Bill

A Utah lawmaker is moving forward with legislation to combat wildfires, including a bill that drew opposition from gun enthusiasts because it allows the state forester to restrict target shooting.
(Thursday, February 7, 2013) read
Tags: fire prevention, legislation, target shooting, wildfires
Fire Prevention and Education
The Company Officer as Loss-Prevention Officer

Company officers and firefighters often dread commercial fire code inspections, regarding them as boring and outside their core role. But as Chief Matt Tobia points out, when company officers serve as community loss-prevention officers, they help ensure the long-term survival of the fire department.
(Sunday, January 27, 2013) read
Tags: code inspection, company officer, fire code, fire prevention, loss prevention, loss-prevention officer, Funding and Budgets

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