Fire departments are response models, not production models

You are not meant to maximize efficiencies; you are meant to be resilient. Efficiency results in fragility; resilience results in survival.

How Statistical Forecasting in Fire Departments has led to Tragic Results

“Statistical prediction is only valid in sterile laboratory conditions, which suddenly isn’t as useful as it seemed before”- Gary King

Does the Fire Service Have a Culture Problem?

5 troublesome behavioral trends you may recognize

Contingency Planning in Emergency Management

I would like to share with you a guide (job aid) that I used throughout numerous…

Task saturation occurs when there is simply too much to do with not enough time, not enough resources, and way too many tasks and tactics initially being established and implemented…

A new aide guides firefighters through the structure triage decision making process

Initial Attack Command in the WUI

TRAINING & TACTICS

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Task Saturation & Incident Command

Similar to fighter pilots, incident commanders can experience task saturation, becoming so…

Communicate with Directness & Sensitivity

How you communicate organizational messages is key to how they___re received