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All Companies Stand-by: Transmitting a New Box for…
January 21, 2015 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, command presence, command-leadership, Fire Service Tradition, fire-rescue-topics, firefighting-operations, History Repeating Event, in-the-line-of-duty, incidents, leadership, lessons, LODD, major-incidents, NFFF, NIOSH, professional development, risk-based assessment, Safety Culture, scenario, Ten Minutes in the Street, training-development, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments

All Companies Stand-by: Transmitting a New Box for… The all new FireGroundLeadership.com         All Companies Stand-by: Transmitting a New Box for a brand new destination blog-site. You’ve arrived at the new FireGroundLeadership.com. Formally CommandSafety.com, the site has been retooled and redesigned to provide a focused streaming of information and insights with a […]

FireFighter Fatalities in 2009
October 12, 2010 | "firefighter safety", Christopher Naum, decision-making, Fatalities, fire service, fire suppression, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, in-the-line-of-duty, incidents, LODD, Reports, research, Safety, Safety Culture, USFA | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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The USFA recently issued the Report on Firefighter Fatalities in the Undited States for the year 2009. Ninety (90) on-duty firefighters from 33 states lost their lives as the result of incidents that occurred in 2009. Pennsylvania experienced the highest number of fatalities (8). In addition to Pennsylvania, only New York (7), North Carolina (6), […]

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January 14, 2010 | "firefighter safety", "Situational Awareness" assessment, behaviors, building construction, command presence, compentencies, courage to be safe, decision-making, fire behavior, firefighting-operations, first-due, incidents, Occupancy Risk, pre-planning, risk, risk-based assessment, Risk-preferring, Safety Culture, structure fires | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Dynamic Risk Assessment is commonly used to describe a process of risk assessment being carried out in a changing or evolving environment, where what is being assessed is developing as the process itself is being undertaken. This is further problematical for the Incident Commander when confronted with competing or conflicting incident priorities, demands or distractions […]

The New Lexicon and Challenges
December 8, 2009 | "firefighter safety", "pre-fire planning", building construction, buildings, construction, decision-making, engineered systems, firefighting-operations, incidents, Lumber, Manufacturing, Occupancy Risk, risk-based assessment, Wood Frame | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Of the many issues affecting the Fire Service, the prevailing challenge that has a pronounced impact on operational safety is the assimilation of engineered structural systems (ESS) into mainstream building design and construction. The presence of engineered structural systems (ESS) are no longer considered to be an innocuous feature in a given building or occupancy; […]