It was a good and bad year for the U.S. fire service  

  And the tales grow taller on down the line  

Doubling down on the fire service mission   Ladder Company 175 had used their aerial ladder to ventilate this window at an all-hands fire, with reports of people trapped, at 3218 Fulton Street in Highland Park, Brooklyn. (Lloyd Mitchell photo) Shawn Donovan and Dave LeBlanc   “He who whets his steel, whets his courage” ― […]

  In terms of data, the fireground has been relatively safe so far

Focusing on fear won’t create a safer fire service  

  It’s not as bad as what you might be led to believe    

Don’t worry about those fires kid  

Damaging the public trust in the fire service  

Snippets and the human factor  

  A closer look at reported firefighter fatality on the hoseline data