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Technology
Implementing Physiological Monitoring in the Fire Service

Real-time monitoring of firefighters’ blood pressure, heart rate, posture, etc., is fast becoming a reality. But is the fire service prepared to integrate this technology when it becomes widely available?
(Wednesday, December 26, 2012) read
Tags: command post, heart attack, heart rate, incident command, line-of-duty deaths, LODD, physiological monitoring, Training, Firefighter Safety and Health
Incident Command
Your Get-Started Preplanning Guide

Greg Jakubowski offers simple steps for preplanning the buildings in your community, and offers advice for speccing an electronic preplanning system.
(Monday, December 17, 2012) read
Tags: electronic preplanning system, preplan, preplanning, Training
Firefighting Operations
Small Pennsylvania Fire Department Creates Extensive Pre-Fire Plan Database

Many departments struggle to develop extensive preplanning databases. But one small department has used a combination of software and a singular focus on pre-fire plans to create one of the largest preplanning databases in the country.
(Wednesday, August 22, 2012) read
Tags: ArcView, CAD Zone, Fire Zone, FIREHOUSE software, First Look Pro, GIS, preplan, preplanning, Incident Command, Technology
Incident Command
What’s the Game Plan?

Greg Jakubowski looks at incident management and preplanning trends that will improve firefighter safety, addressing standardization issues, building information models, building operating systems, fire modeling and more.
(Wednesday, August 15, 2012) read
Tags: Building Information Models, building operating systems, command boards, fire modeling, GIS, preplanning, standardization
Firefighter Safety
5 Fireground Mistakes, 5 Best Practices

At FRI in Denver Thursday, Fire Chief (Ret.) Rich Gasaway, PhD, shared what he’s learned from an extensive review of fireground close calls and line-of-duty deaths.
(Thursday, August 2, 2012) read
Tags: best practices, Close Call, Fire-Rescue International, FRI, FRI 2012, LODD, near-miss, Rich Gasaway, Incident Command

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