Benjamin Receives Endorsement But Little Newspaper Coverage

Columbia, SC Mayoral Candidate Steve Benjamin received a huge endorsement when public safety workers in Columbia endorsed him for Mayor. Local media c...

Colleton County Firefighter Fired Over Facebook Video

A Colleton County, SC  firefighter has been terminated because of a video he put on Facebook depicting a conversation between a doctor and medic...

Toledo Mayor Told No Concessions From Fire, Police

Toledo Mayor Mike Bell is attempting to offset the city budget problem by asking for major concessions from public safety. IAFF Local 92 responded by...

Bishopville Mess Embarassing To Firefighters

Bishopville, South Carolina decided six years ago to allow Lee county to run the fire service. All went well until the contract expired last year. The...

The Fire Chief Search

Often when a department decides on a new fire chief they look inward. In many departments this is a good idea due to the size of the department and th...

DeKalb County Fire Chief David Foster Resigns

We told you about the story out of DeKalb County where firefighters apparently arrived at a scene, didn't establish command (we discussed this in...

Monitoring While Not Using SCBA

Audio and video reveal much of what goes on in modern departments. If you are fighting a fire somewhere you can bet someone is videoing all or parts o...

Candidates Must Be Tossed Aside When Staffing at Risk

Unless a political candidate makes a firm, public commitment to staffing per NFPA 1710 the candidate should be tossed aside with great force. No singl...

Firefighters Deserve Leadership in 2010

Firefighters are sick and tired of waiting on leadership. That's the message many are sending out at here in the new year. It makes sense because...

Tulsa Firefighters Facing Extreme Cuts

Tulsa, Oklahoma is in a bind. The city is trying to cut firefighter jobs and convince the public protection won't suffer. Clearly, like Lexington...