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Firefighters Running For Their Lives… Why?
(Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News) If there is one group of brave men & women protecting our communities who are always running into buildings when others are running out, it’s our first responders, especially the firefighters. So why was our...
Million Dollar Fire Responses: Are you Ready?
(Investigators open criminal probe into LA explosion - AP Photo - Mark J. Terrill) Fire Departments require roughly a million dollars’ worth of assets for each emergency response and here’s how — the fire apparatus - $750,000, 4 firefighters bunker gear - $50,000,...
Firefighters Need The Right Information, Instantly — Not Having It Is A Costly Mistake!
(Oakland's Ghost Ship Fire – one of the county’s deadliest and most costly building fires of the century! Image source - NBC News)In our new “world” of digital everything and newspaper printing presses now silent, digital information is clearly here! We now rely 100%...
Nine firefighters sacrificed their lives in Beirut — Why?
On August 4th, 2020 and with today’s most modern advances, it’s hard to believe that 10 First Responders were unaware and sacrificed their lives in their last emergency response in Beirut. (Image from CNN - Link to article) With property damage estimated at $10-15...
Trust in the Fire Service is Paramount to Preserve in Today’s Modern World!
No city in America can afford what happened in the City of Oakland California — a $32 million legal settlement. All of us watched on December 2, 2016, at approximately 11:20 PM when this horrible fire broke out in a former warehouse converted into an artist collective...