No Time for Playing Cards: Higher Reliability Organizing for the Fire Service Meets the requirements for Fire

Meets the requirements for Fire Instructor 1 in NFPA 1041: Standard for Fire and Emergency Service Instructor Professional Qualifications

“Tom Merrill has spent his life working to improve the ‘professional’ image of the volunteer firefighter

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First responders who arrive on the scene of a hazardous materials incident may be assigned to an engine

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No Time for Playing Cards: Higher Reliability Organizing for the Fire Service Meets the requirements for FireWhy do we continue to see similar firefighter injuries and line of duty deaths (LODDs) repeated each year? We often respond with technical solutions, such as more SOGs, safety lists, and studying more strategies and tactics. But are there greater depths of technical knowledge in our profession that can make firefighting significantly safer? Does it also help to look at the human side of our profession? Other high risk, high consequence industries have