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Tactical Discipline
July 26, 2013 | "firefighter safety", command-leadership, Company, compentencies, decision-making, duty, firefighter, firefighting-operations, first-due, Generations, History Repeating Event, Officers, professional development, qualifications, risk-based assessment, Risk-preferring | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Defined by your actions on the Fireground and in Quarters.

Smart and Intelligent Firefighting
March 10, 2013 | "firefighter safety", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, compentencies, Engineered Structural Systems, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, fires, Naum, professional development, research, risk-based assessment, Risk-preferring, size-up, strategies, Technology, training, training-development | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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It’s not about NOT fighting fires, but rather fighting fires smarter.

Tactical Renaissance and the Rules of Engagement
September 18, 2010 | "firefighter safety", "health and safety", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, courage to be safe, Deployment, Fire Service Tradition, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, NFA, risk-based assessment, Risk-preferring, Safety Culture, size-up, strategies, structure fires, Taking it to the Streets | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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What the fire ground is transitioning to in 2010 and beyond.

The “Routiness” of Success, Or Not..
March 5, 2010 | "firefighter safety", "Situational Awareness" assessment, behaviors, building construction, Christopher Naum, compentencies, courage to be safe, decision-making, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting, risk-based assessment, Risk-preferring, Safety Culture, size-up, strategies, tactics | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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It’s no longer just brute force and sheer physical determination that define structural fire suppression operations. Aggressive firefighting must be redefined and aligned to the built environment and associated with goal oriented tactical operations that are defined by risk assessed and analyzed tasks that are executed under battle plans that promote the best in safety […]

It’s more than just Size-Up; Situational Awareness and Dynamic Risk Assessment
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, occupancies, 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 […]

Stop the Entertainment
December 4, 2009 | "firefighter safety", building construction, Christopher Naum, command presence, command-leadership, compentencies, courage to be safe, culture, decision-making, firefighter, firefighting-operations, fortitude, History Repeating Event, leadership, LODD, risk-based assessment, Risk-preferring, Safety Culture | Christopher Naum | 1 Comment
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When we focus our attention on Building Construction, Command Risk Management and Firefighter Safety and the essence of combat structural fires; Structural firefighting is what it’s all about, is it not? The fundamental nature and reason we have such veneration for firefighting and the fire service and all it entails, has a lot to do […]