December 2001

• December 21:
  Does your department plan to submit a grant request for the FIRE Act in 2002?
  
  
• December 12:
  During The Holiday Season Does Your Department Do Santa Runs In Your Response Area?
  
  
• December 7:
  After A Departmental Accident Does Your Department Require One Or More Of The Following?
  

November 2001

• November 29:
  Does your department have a means of giving away free smoke detectors to residents?
  
  
• November 26:
  What type of apparatus does your department use for RIT/FAST response?
  
  
• November 14:
  What is your preferred service to respond on?
  
  
• November 12:
  In the two months since the Sept. 11 attacks, has your community acted differently toward first responders?
  
  
• November 07:
  Based on what you know about the protest and recovery effort, do you feel the Memorial Service should have been postponed?
  
  
• November 1:
  Are representatives of your department planning to attend the FDNY Memorial Service on Nov. 18?
  

October 2001

• October 17:
  Have you responded to an Anthrax threat in the last week?
  
  
• October 11:
  Do You Think Your Department Is Prepared To Respond To A Terrorist Act With Multiple Casualties?
  
  
• October 1:
  Are You Considerate of The Fire Investigators When Overhauling After A Building Fire?
  

September 2001

• September 21:
  What Percentage Of Your Departments Training Is Actual Hands On Training?
  
  
• September 11:
  Did you know someone in the World Trade Center or one of the rescue workers on the scene?
  
  
• September 3:
  What Evacuation Signal Does Your Department Use When Requesting The Fire Building To Be Evacuated?
  

August 2001

• August 20:
  Does Your Department Have A Ride Along Program For The Public?
  
  
• August 20:
  Does Your Departments Personal Protective Gear Meet The Current NFPA And OSHA Standards?
  
  
• August 18:
  How Many Buildings In Your Departments First Due Have Installed Knox Boxes For Entry After Hours?
  
  
• August 16:
  What Is The Primary Color Of Your Departments Apparatus?
  
  
• August 14:
  Does Your City/Town Still Utilize Street Fire Alarm Boxes?
  
  
• August 9:
  Who Performs PM On Your Departments Apparatus?
  
  
• August 5:
  How often do your drivers undegro recertification?
  

July 2001

• July 31:
  Does Your Department Provide Annual SCBA Fit Testing For All Firefighting Members?
  
  
• July 24:
  What Is Your Departments Dress Code Regarding Uniform Shirts While On Duty?
  
  
• July 20:
  Do You Feel That An EMS Unit Should Be Present Or Dispatched On All Working Fires?
  
  
• July 13:
  What Does Your Department Do With Equipment That Is No Longer Being Used?
  
  
• July 9:
  Does Your Department Establish A Rehab Sector At All "Working" Incidents?
  
  
• July 4:
  How Much Enforcement Authority Does Your Fire Department Have Over Illegal Fireworks Sales?
  

June 2001

• June 26:
  What Do You Think Is The Most Important Tool A Ric Team Should Have With Them?
  
  
• June 19:
  How Often Does Your Department Inspect Buildings With Known Hazardous Materials?
  
  
• June 15:
  Are You Allowed To Use The Internet Or E-Mail While On Duty?
  
  
• June 13:
  What Screen Size Are You Using On Your Computers Monitor?
  
  
• June 11:
  What Type Of Pump Does Your Department Have On Its First Out Pumper?
  
  
• June 7:
  Does your department require criminal background checks for perspective members or employees?
  
  
• June 4:
  Do you support the actions of police to execute search warrants posed as firefighters?
  

May 2001

• May 29:
  Which Fire Boot Do You Prefer To Wear?
  
  
• May 25:
  What Type Of Ground Ladders Does Your Department Use?
  
  
• May 22:
  With NFPA's Passing Of 1710 & 1720, Will Your Department See A Change In Operations?
  
  
• May 18:
  Does Your Fire Department Allow Shorts To Be Worn As Duty Wear During The Summer Months?
  
  
• May 14:
  Does your department have a way for you to report and maintain a record of exposures including medical, fire, and chemical exposures?
  
  
• May 7:
  Did your department submit a FIRE Act grant application?
  

April 2001

• April 30:
  In Your Department How Old Is Your Newest Engine?
  
  
• April 23:
  Should The Fire Service Fall Under NFPA Standards Or OSHA Standards?
  
  
• April 18:
  How Important Is The Insurance Service Office (ISO) Rating To Your Department?
  
  
• April 12:
  Does Your Department Have Formal Training Classes And/Or Policys On Proper Traffic Control Procedures At Roadside Emergencies?
  
  
• April 10:
  Does Your Department Provide You With In Station Fitness Equipment And/Or Membership To Fitness Centers?
  
  
• April 6:
  What Is Your Departments Policy On Facial Hair?
  
  
• April 3:
  Do You Feel That Your Department Is Prepared For An Incident Involving Biological Chemicals?
  

March 2001

• March 27:
  Does Your Department Allow You To Substitute Department Issued PPE For Equipment You Buy Personally, As Long As It Meets OSHA And NFPA Standards?
  
  
• March 23:
  Has Your Departments Rapid Intervention Team Been Utilized At An Incident?
  
  
• March 19:
  Does Your Department Offer A Junior Fire Program Or Explorer Program To Kids In Your Area?
  
  
• March 14:
  Does Your Department Issue Every Riding Member Their Own SCBA Facepiece?
  
  
• March 13:
  What size supply line does your department use?
  
  
• March 6:
  Does Your Department Use Any Sort Of Intercom System On Your Apparatus?
  

February 2001

• February 26:
  Does your department do walk throughs in new buildings to become familiar with the layout, construction and possible hazards?
  
  
• February 22:
  Does Your Department Have A Public Information Officer?
  
  
• February 19:
  What Type Of Unit Is Being Used For Your Rapid Intervention Team?
  
  
• February 13:
  How often does your fire apparatus get washed?
  
  
• February 9:
  Does your fire station have an exhaust removal system?
  

January 2001

• January 31:
  What percent of your annual operating budget is supplemented by fund raisers?
  
  
• January 25:
  What Does Your Department Use Most For Live Structure Fire Training?
  
  
• January 22:
  What level of EMS certification does your department require of its firefighters?
  
  
• January 15:
  What is the formal educational level of your fire chief?
  
  
• January 9:
  What type of vehicle/equipment does your department use during winter weather?
  
  
• January 2:
  When is a Separate Incident Safety Officer Utilized by Your Fire Department?
  

Related:

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