Hello, my fellow Carolina Fire-Rescue-EMS Journal readers and followers. We all began 2020 with hopes and dreams for an amazing year. I am sure I

Hazardous materials incidents remain one the most complex calls that the fire service can run. We typically are receiving very limited information and have to

DOWNLOAD CROSSWORD PDF ACROSS 2 Best Available Control Measures (abbr) 3 Cutting the _______ out of a car is one of those steps that are pretty common

In late 2020, Temptime sponsored a special webinar – “Top Tips for EMS Professionals: Monitoring Medication and Blood Product Temperatures for Better Patient Care and

(Note: This is part three of exploring “Can the colors of a station house affect mental and physical well-being?”) What is Color In order to

The North Carolina Retirement Systems (NCRS) is the ninth-largest public pension fund in the country. It provides retirement benefits and savings for more than 950,000

When every second counts to save lives, dispatchers must immediately locate the medical, fire/rescue, or police vehicle closest to the emergency and the driver must

While rescue training is serious business, as it should be, it can also be fun, as well as allowing skills to be tested and used

One of the most important things that the pandemic has taught first responders is that without cooperation among agencies — fire, EMS, police, etc. —

We have been battling the COVID pandemic for over a year now. We are all tired and ready for this to be over. We will

(Writers Note: This is the third in a series of articles focused on leadership in the fire service. It is directed more for the volunteer

Every four years, candidates for the highest office in the land deliver lofty speeches about what they want to do for this country. In addition

In previous articles we discussed the newer generations and how to incorporate the generational differences into the current expectations in the fire service culture. Mentoring

Every couple of years the building codes for each state are revised to reflect modern building construction and fire safety science. In this article, we

As we continue to navigate COVID, we find ourselves transitioning to a new PIO phase of the pandemic. Vaccination sites are popping up all over

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In researching and training in the area of thermal imaging we continue to see firefighters failing to either deploy or use their thermal imaging camera

Monty Python’s comedic riff on the Bubonic Plague of 1348, which killed 25 million people, made us laugh with its “bring out your dead” memes

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During a construction project many clients have a wish list that is a “make or break deal” for them. Some items the client will simply

You arrive on scene to find a passenger vehicle on its side with victims trapped partially under the vehicle. In my opinion, this is one

A hazardous materials incident is a dynamic, ever changing one. For this reason, the research process is ongoing throughout the incident. For years, the Rule

Welcome to the crazy times we now live in. Between 2020 to at least 2021 we have lived in an upside-down world of a pandemic,