December 2003

• December 22:
  What Do You Feel Will Be The Hot Training Topic Of 2004?
  
  
• December 15:
  Does your department supply bullet proof vests for responses to shootings and other violent crime related runs?
  
  
• December 7:
  What Style Firefighting Boot Do You Wear With Your Turnout Gear?
  
  
• December 1:
  What Makes You Most Nervous About Todays Vehicles When Working On The Scene Of An Accident?
  
  

• November 23:
  How many firefighters do you feel is the minimum to respond on the intial alarm of a garden apartment fire?
  
  
• November 19:
  Out Of The Eight Designs Submitted For The WTC Memorial, Which Do You Prefer?
  
  
• November 10:
  When Responding To Alarms In Your Departments Fire Apparatus Do You Wear A Seatbelt?
  
  
• November 6:
  What Tool Do You Prefer To Use When Performing Forcible Entry?
  
  

• October 27:
  Does Your Fire Department Have A Respiratory Protection Program That Includes Medical Screening & Fit Testing For Respirators?
  
  
• October 14:
  What Type Of Outer Shell Is Your Departments Turnout Gear Made Of?
  
  
• October 6:
  Where Does Your Fire Department Take The Message Of Fire Prevention Week "When Fire Strikes: Get Out! Stay Out!?
  
  

• September 29:
  How Does Your Department Select Specialty Team Members?
  
  
• September 22:
  What Is The Color Of Your Departments EMS Gear?
  
  
• September 14:
  Do you think your department invests enough manpower and financial resources into fire prevention in the community?
  
  
• September 8:
  Does your department have any permanent memorial to the heroes lost on 9/11?
  
  

• August 28:
  Has your Department Had A Fire Or Incident Involving An Alternatively Fueled Vehicle?
  
  
• August 18:
  Does Your Department Have SOP's In Place To Effectively Operate When A Catastrophic Power Failure Occurs In Your Response Area?
  
  
• August 11:
  How will your department mark the 2-year anniversary of September 11th?
  
  
• August 7:
  When Your Department Respopnds To An Accident Involving Extrication, Which Agency Has Command Of The Incident?
  
  

• July 31:
  Do You Live In The Response Area Of The Fire Department In Which You Are A Member or Employee?
  
  
• July 21:
  Has Your Department Had To Activate Its Rapid Intervention Team To Locate & Remove A Trapped Or Missing Firefighter?
  
  
• July 15:
  Does Your Department Still Have Running Apparatus That Does Not Have A Fully Enclosed Cab?
  
  
• July 11:
  Annually, How Many Parades Does Your Departments Apparatus/Personnel Participate In?
  
  
• July 7:
  What size supply line does your department use?
  
  
• July 1:
  What do you feel is most important in selecting Line Officers in departments where a formal promotional?
  
  

• June 23:
  Do you work in law enforcement or corrections AND the fire, rescue or EMS service
  
  
• June 20:
  How does Firehouse.com's home page load for you?
  
  
• June 14:
  What Do You Feel Should Be Your Department's Top Priority?
  
  
• June 9:
  Does Your Fire Department Have A Designated Company Photographer?
  
  

• May 30:
  Does Your Fire Chief Respond To Calls In A Marked Or Unmarked Vehicle?
  
  
• May 26:
  What Happens To A Member Of Your Department/Agency If Convicted of a DUI?
  
  
• May 22:
  What Is The Color Of Your Departments Structural Turnout Gear?
  
  
• May 19:
  What Type Of Apparatus Does Your Department Use For Their Ladder Truck?
  
  
• May 14:
  How Many Times During A Year Does Your Department Train With Live Fire?
  
  
• May 7:
  How Often Does Your Department Perform Pump Tests On Its Apparatus?
  
  
• May 3:
  Has every EMS provider within your department undergone HIPAA orientation/training?
  
  

• April 17:
  What Level Of Medical Training Are You Currently Certified At?
  
  
• April 14:
  Which Piece Of Apparatus Does Your Department Keep Its Haz-Mat Equipment On?
  
  
• April 8:
  Does Your Department Equip Its Ambulances With Self Contained Breathing Apparatus?
  
  
• April 1:
  Which Piece Of Apparatus Is Your Extrication Equipment Located On?
  
  

• March 25:
  What Do You Feel Is The Most Important Job Function Of The Truck Company On A Building Fire?
  
  
• March 20:
  What Type Of Special Rescue Training Would Your Department Most Benefit From If Given The Opportunity?
  
  
• March 17:
  With Filming Of The New Firefighter Movie Ladder 49 Scheduled To Start In The Next Few Weeks, What Firefighter Based Movie/Television Show Was Your Favorite?
  
  
• March 12:
  What Color Uniform Shirt Does Your Department Issue To Firefighters?
  
  
• March 9:
  When Your Department Needs To Purchase Equipment & Supplies Where Do They Turn?
  
  
• March 3:
  What Type Of Firefighting Boots Do You Wear?
  
  

• February 25:
  Does your department have someone in place ready to prepare an application for this year's Assistance to Firefighters grants program?
  
  
• February 21:
  Does your fire department routinely inspect high capacity facilities such as night clubs for fire and life safety issues?
  
  
• February 18:
  Is Your Fire/EMS Departments Apparatus Equipped With Intercom/Headset Systems?
  
  
• February 12:
  What would you TRULY do if a biological or radiological terrorist attack hit your hometown?
  
  
• February 7:
  How Does Your Department Select Its Fire Officers?
  
  
• February 3:
  How Is Your Fire Station Protected?
  
  

• January 30:
  Does your department have a plan in place for a mass casualty incident?
  
  
• January 26:
  How many firefighters typically respond on the first alarm of a house fire in your area during weekday hours?
  
  
• January 24:
  Do you make an extra effort to block all nearby lanes at car accidents to ensure a safe working scene?
  
  
• January 20:
  Who Investigates The Cause/Origin Of Your Department's Structural & Vehicle Fires?
  
  
• January 14:
  What Season Do You Prefer To Fight Fires In?
  
  
• January 8:
  What Is Your Department's Most Important Consideration When Purchasing Structural Turnout Gear?
  
  
• January 1:
  What Did You Feel Was the Most Important/Biggest Story of 2002?
  
  

Related:

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