Archive for April2011
Training and Tactics Talk
Training & Tactics Talk: Company Officers and Their Role as a Training Officer Douglas Cline talks with several fire officers about the role of officers as trainers at the company level. Chief Cline is joined by Lt. Michael Daley of Monroe Township, NJ, Deputy Chief Spencer Lee of Jacksonville, NC and Deputy Chief Jeffrey Pinelski […]
Rethinking Learning and Fire Service Training
Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish. Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. […]
The Company Officer: Going for it and Belief
As a Company Officer, at some point in your career, you will come to that one pivotal point, when the clarity of a situation becomes all so apparent and clear. Sometime you just have to believe and have the resilience, fortitude and that deep in the gut feeling that you know what and how something […]
Surviving the Fire Ground – Fire Fighter, Fire Officer and Command Preparedness 2011
Safety Week 2011 The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) are pleased to announce the 2011 Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week (also known as Safety Week) to be held the week of June 19-25, 2011. The message this year is: Surviving the Fire Ground – Fire […]
Survivability Profiling: Taking it to the Streets
Live and Online Taking it to the Streets with your host Christopher Naum will present another timely and insightful look at an emerging element of today’s evolving fire ground. Join in on Wednesday April 20th at 9pm ET for a very special and exciting program discussing the concepts and theory of Survivability Profiling. […]
USFA Releases Restaurant Building Fires Report
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) United States Fire Administration (USFA) has issued a special report examining the characteristics of restaurant building fires. The report, Restaurant Building Fires, was developed by USFA’s National Fire Data Center and is based on 2007 to 2009 data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). Restaurant Building Fires […]
First-Due Residential Fire
Video Clip provided by PGFD Captain Greg Zalenski, Station 812 -College Park (MD)VFD. A mid-morning fire in a Single family (SFR) residential structure challenged arriving companies as they went into operations. A video clip depicting the responding fire chief enroute and arrival provides a good sequence of the events, fire severity and fire growth. The 2,074 […]
BECOME SAFE on the Fire Ground
BECOME SAFE BECOME SAFE Building Evaluation Construction/Occupancy Operational Hazards Manage-Time & Elements Engagement Situational Awareness Assessment & Fluid Analysis Fire Behavior & Effects Evaluate & Execute There is an acute corollary of technical knowledge and inter reliance on occupancies, construction, strategy, tactics, risk, safety, physics, engineering and fire suppression theory…FACT! There are Fundamental Domains that […]
Building Construction and Systems Training for Commanders, Company Officers and Firefighters
Building Construction and Systems Training for Commanders, Company Officers & Firefighters New for 2011 An intense and concentrated series of programs examining trends and methods in building construction for the fire service with an emphasize on construction and occupancy risk assessment, structural and construction systems, and their direct relationship on structural combat firefighting operations, firefighter […]
Chris Naum
Changes in Building Construction and Fire Behavior
It was a pleasure Chris! You are a natural. I cannot wait to sit in one of your lectures or classes! Thanks for joining us at FDIC as well as the past episodes. We look forward to more in the future!
2010-04-28 01:26:37
Christopher Naum
[...] Christopher J. Naum, SFPE is a 35-year fire service veteran and a former Fire Chief/ Fire & Safety Coordinator at a U.S nuclear power plant and previously served as a commanding company officer for over twenty years in field operations with a volunteer fire department in Central New York. He is presently the Chief…
2010-04-27 20:14:19
Christopher Naum
[...] Christopher J. Naum, SFPE is a 35-year fire service veteran and a former Fire Chief/ Fire & Safety Coordinator and previously served as a commanding company officer for over twenty years in field operations with a volunteer fire department in Central New York. He is presently the Chief of Training for the Command Institute;…
2010-04-23 12:29:29
Training
Great article with some really good points made, especially about motivating the groups attitude. I would add some importance to the role of the "senior man" (unofficial company officer). Not just any senior man, but the one who leads by example not by most vacation time accrued! A good, highly motivated role model is SO…
2010-04-13 13:43:28
Accountability: Errors & Omissions
I came to the blog today to find one post and found many others. You guys are MACHINES. It's the only explanation. You all consistently crank out excellent content that is applicable to today's needs (and timely, because I've noticed a few that seem to mirror my exact sentiments at the time). Keep up the…
2010-03-14 11:06:27
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