Engine 846 with smoke showing PLUS articles from FireRescue Magazine and Fire Engineering

  Eight members of the fire service died while on duty

  Sometimes it’s hard to get back to the basics with all the noise going on

Bars on the outside; occupants inside.

If there were ever an administration to need to issue a “mayday” this is the one.

A soldier can receive the latest “in-country” training and intelligence on his enemy, but if he walks point with his rifle slung over his shoulder like he’s taking a stroll through the mall, he’ll be killed fast. Firefighters are no different.

When the devil is in the details you have to ask “is the greatest detail being overlooked?”

We owe it to ourselves to recognize that stress is just as debilitating as a physical injury on the fireground.

Yeah, it’s just a matter of time.

Hey, I ‘like’ you, but I don’t ‘like like’ you, if you know what I mean.