LOWER MAKEFIELD >> Emergency vehicle operators face distractions and hazards that other drivers never encounter. With the siren screaming and lights flashing, they weave around traffic and squeeze ...

What was your last training session or company drill like? Odds are it was not emergency vehicle driver training. I have often asked why it is that the things we use the least—portable ladders, rescue ...

It’s one of the biggest lies we tell ourselves: if it’s something we do every day, then we don’t need to practice it. After all, we’re doing it successfully and constantly, practicing it every day, ...

Training must involve not only how to operate the components of the vehicle, but to know the physical characteristics of the vehicle. For many departments, the arrival of a new piece of fire apparatus ...

The San Francisco Police Department's Emergency Vehicle Operation Course, at Pier 94 east of Hunters Point, is a flat asphalt desert. Hundreds of orange cones describe a maze of city "streets." The ...