To help prepare for the 2007 Firefighter and EMS Safety Stand Down, Firehouse.com offers more than three dozen SOPs and SOGs from around the country, that can be easily adapted by your department, ...

Consistent procedures increase your odds of performing consistent, high-quality work. A Standard Operating Procedure, or SOP, is a document that provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform a ...

Process Identification: Identify the chemicals, process or equipment involved. Controls: List required methods to control potential exposures, including use of administrative controls, engineering ...

It is difficult to plan operations or events as a staff, especially at the battalion level, when so many of the planners are young and inexperienced. Even the battalion executive officer (XO) and the ...

The firefighter will demonstrate a basic knowledge of standard operating procedures as a means of positioning and utilizing apparatus and personnel in a variety of common structural fireground ...

Your new company is your brain-child, and in truth, you should treat it like you would one of your own children. Foster its growth and watch it with a close eye to ensure that it's going in the right ...