FULLY INVOLVED

By Mark vonAppen As I climbed aboard the engine, one of our rookies asked me a question.  This particular rookie asks a lot of questi...

By Mark vonAppen We had a great auto extrication drill the other night and we did it all by ourselves.  Nobody asked permission, we sim...

By Mark vonAppen What does - should - a mentor look like? If we are truly looking for those who lead, we can find them ...

By Mark vonAppen In days overflowing with uncertainty, soaring numbers of line of duty deaths, budget corrections, jump staffing, frien...

By: Mark vonAppen I don't care much for fictional accounts so whenever I sit  through an after action review it is interesting...

By: Mark vonAppen During my travels in March 2013, first to Chicago for FSW Fundamentals, then to Jacksonville, NC, to deliver FULLY IN...

By: Mark vonAppen In this time of transition in the American Fire Service due to mass retirements and paradigm shift in how we do busines...