Anyone who works in or has been around the fire service has noticed that attracting and retaining firefighters has become one of the biggest challenges in the field today. In 1995, when I first exited ...

The forecast for a hotter-than-normal summer has Westerners on edge, especially with up to a quarter of all U.S. federal wildland firefighter jobs currently unfilled. Summer fire season is almost here ...

In 2015, I transitioned to fire chief of the McKeesport, PA, Fire Department. I had ideas to move the department forward but quickly realized that I lacked the tools to implement them effectively. Yes ...