Month: August 2021

Establishing a foundation of communication fundamentals is your first step toward developing fire ground communications that are clear, concise, and disciplined. These fundamentals enable and support all communication models and procedures that build upon the foundation The 4-Cs of Fire Ground Communication are; Connect Convey Clarify Confirm Connect: Before you can impart information using a […]

Is it straightforward? Can anybody do it? I think the answer to that is no. The role of the Fire Service incident commander has changed dramatically over the last few years, as such they are expected to demonstrate new array of behavioural and subjective competences. Professional Judgement. Incident commanders are expected to apply professional judgement. […]

Lamb, K J, Launder D & Greatbatch, I.   The operational landscape and responsibilities of fire services throughout the world have changed dramatically over the last 15 years, with terrorist attacks, extreme weather events and complex changes to the built environment all greatly affecting the scope, severity and predictability of incidents attended (REFs). This places […]

As aircraft manufacturers strive to improve the efficiency of their aircraft, they look increasingly to using new materials in their manufacture. In order to increase the range of aircraft, they strive to reduce the weight of the aircraft and maintain or increase the strength of their aircraft. By incorporating components made from composite fibre into […]

Maintaining the quality of our vehicles and equipment is vital to our safety, the safety of those we protect and our operational capability on the fire ground. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Annex 14, Volume 1 Section 9.2 states the following; “The most important factors bearing on effective rescue in a survivable aircraft accident […]