December 2000

• December 27:
  What type of helmet does your department wear?
  
  
• December 18:
  Does your department utilize on-board computer systems to assist in response and pre-planning?
  
  
• December 14:
  Does your department perform live fire evolutions for structural fire training?
  
  
• December 4:
  How many actual working structure fires do you respond on each year?
  

November 2000

• November 20:
  What percentage of your annual budgets is dedicated to Fire Prevention and Education?
  
  
• November 18:
  What size is the most typical handline used on a routine structure fire?
  
  
• November 15:
  What is your favorite unit to respond on to a structural fire?
  
  
• November 14:
  Is your fire department threatened by takeovers, mergers, annexation, or privatization?
  
  
• November 13:
  Does your Fire/Rescue Department use devices to measure gas/oxygen levels in hazardous enviroments?
  
  
• November 6:
  Do you conduct post-incident reviews or critiques?
  
  
• November 2:
  What is your average response time from dispatch in your primary area of coverage?
  

October 2000

• October 28:
  What amount of ground ladders does your department carry on its ladder trucks?
  
  
• October 24:
  Does your fire station have separate sleeping & bathroom facilities for male and female personnel?
  
  
• October 20:
  Do you require physicals for your firefighters and responders?
  
  
• October 17:
  Do you have a safety officer assigned on every working fire?
  

Related:

• 2003 Pole Results
  
• 2002 Pole Results
  
• 2001 Pole Results
  
• 2000 Pole Results