We’ll dig deep to help you tell your department’s story.
Incident Reviews
An unbiased perspective of a major incident based on your department’s procedures and industry standards.
Public Relations
Rely on our decades of experience to develop plans for campaigns, community relations, and crisis management.
Ops Analysis
A fresh set of eyes on your training strategies, procedures, resource deployment, and staffing.
Strategic Planning
Preparing your department for the future, we’re there with you from planning through publication.
Research Projects
Analysis of Response Needs at Greater-Alarm Structure Fires
Analysis of two years of incidents and review of fire service best practices shaped several recommendations to improve a major metropolitan department’s response, including changes to dispatch and CAD procedures.
Creation of a Live-In Firefighter Program: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Budget Proposal
Cost-benefit analysis and budget proposal demonstrating how a live-in fire department service model can provide major benefits to improving the current service model of the Rossford (OH) Fire & Rescue Department.
Disaster Transplant: Case Study of the Worst-Case Scenario
Taking a real-world “worst-case scenario” and overlaying it in an entirely new location. In this instance, what could we expect if the 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado — rated EF-5 — hit Wood County, Ohio?
Analyzing Potential Implementation of a Technical Rescue Team
Several options in term of implementation, including focus on other successful programs, as well as identifying and providing solutions to challenges that accompany the various modes of implementation.
Case Study of the Mental Health Response to Line-of-Duty-Deaths
When the unthinkable happened in January 2014, the department attempted to use interventions to assist firefighters in handling this critical incident stress, though there was room for improvement in following accepted standards.