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The article discusses the advantage of applying a back-to-basics approach to firefighting training and tactics to improve fireground safety. Risks associated with firefighting may be decreased by identifying elements that lead to injury or death, particularly by taking an introspective view of how firefighters prepare and perform on the fireground. The 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiative were organized and produced by fire service leaders in the U.S. to help reduce injuries and death.

The article discusses how fire officers can improve on critical time-sensitive fireground decision-making in order to avoid line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) among fire fighters. It suggests three tactical disciplines focusing on staffing, combat intelligence, and science. It also explains the importance of tactical intelligence in reducing the risk on fire fighters in the fireground.

The article presents an answer to the question on how U.S. fire and emergency medical service (EMS) systems should evaluate and mitigate both safety and legal risks associated with the provision of these services.

The article focuses on reasons behind decrease in number of fire responses that is enough to consider consolidating or contracting with other community for fire protection, and the alternatives to own a fire department. It mentions officials should set the expectations for service level and then decides whether the consolidation or contracts reach the desired levels. It states that when a community undergoes a consolidation or contract with other jurisdiction it lost its control over service.

The article provides an answer to a question of what is an evidence based and legally defensible response-time goal for the community, and how often does the fire department reach critical response levels (i.e., too few units). INSET: A Personal Experience.

The article discusses issues related to structural firefighting activities and potential risks associated to combat fire. Topics discussed include ways to decrease entanglement during structural fire attack, reducing the potential of entanglement to streamline turn-out-gear (TOG), reducing dangling items to remain streamlined and factors responsible for promoting entanglement and how firefighter can combat that.