The CAL FIRE Redding Training Center is proud to announce the graduation of Company Officer Academy (COA) Class 26-02.

There’s a persistent idea in the fire service that some things can’t be taught. That leadership somehow springs full formed from years riding in the rig and learning on the job. This notion is ...

To stay relevant, firefighters must see themselves as career-long students. Learning should not stop at graduation from the recruit academy; instead, graduation marks the beginning of a firefighter’s ...

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 ...

Justin Sherwood contends that, because community trust and credibility are difficult to build and easily destroyed, fire ...

Game changer, disrupter, hard-charger. Those are terms usually reserved to describe the captains of industry. But when you are Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell and head up a large federal agency like the U.S.