Scott Richardson explains why the incident commander must be the calmest person on scene of a technical rescue and empower ...

Curt Isakson explains why a supervising officer, an incident operations officer and, sometimes, a safety officer and a water supply officer are needed for the complexity that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 24—Four Sauk Valley fire departments are taking part in Calm the Chaos fireground command training as part of an ongoing ...

An outside consultant evaluated the department after four fires that resulted in the deaths of nine firefighters. The consultant found training needed to be improved, and that has been a focus of ...