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Assessing Your Own Risk (Because Readiness Starts with You)
You know those things your mom always said to you growing up that seemed annoying at the time but are suddenly impossible to argue with as the years go on? The list is long, I’m sure. One thing my mom always told me was that if you don’t feel good, you’re good to no one.…
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Who’s Actually in Charge When Things Go Sideways?
Maritime incidents have a distinctive way of exposing uncertainty more quickly than a lot of other public safety missions. When conditions deteriorate, information remains incomplete, and multiple agencies converge on the same stretch of water, a familiar question often emerges, (sometimes unspoken, sometimes asked aloud)… Who, exactly, is in charge here? On paper, the answer…
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From Shoreline to Scene: The New Reality of Maritime Search and Rescue
Maritime search and rescue (SAR) can seem as if it lives on the fringes of public safety…something that happens “out there,” handled by somebody else, on someone else’s water. In reality, maritime SAR has quietly become one of the most complex, interdependent missions facing local first responder agencies today…and one of the most unforgiving when…
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At the Water’s Edge: Preparing the Fire Service for the Modern Maritime Mission
For much of the fire service’s history, water represented a boundary – a feature of the landscape that shaped jurisdictional lines but rarely defined operational identity. Fires happened on land. Emergencies happened on roads and in buildings. The maritime domain, when it entered the conversation at all, was often viewed as the responsibility of federal…
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