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When the alarm goes off, we need to be prepared. Part of being prepared is having our bunker gear situated so that we can get it on easily. Whether we store our gear in a locker or next to the rig, keeping our gear organized is the key to success. Keeping my gear organized helps...

As volunteer firefighters, whether we are responding directly to the scene of a call or switching assignments with each run, we need to have a certain tools with us to be prepared, whatever the type of call.  We’ve talked about 5 of these items already.  Here are the last 4...

As volunteer firefighters, we often do not have the luxury of having a specific seat to ride on the apparatus with a specific assignment. (We may also be responding directly to the scene of the call.) On one call we could be doing truck company work, on the next engine company...

The volunteer fire service faces unique challenges in just about all aspects of operations, particularly when it comes to safety. We do the same job with less training, often times older equipment, and with fewer people. Normally we do not have a person to devote to the sole task...