Don’t count on technology to save you in a disaster – researchers

By Megan Rowling BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Newfound enthusiasm for the latest technologies, such as drones and smartphones, to improve the way aid is provided to people in disasters may be overblown, experts warned on Thursday. The annual World…

Preparing candidates for fiscal responsibility

Most training programs that prepare firefighters for administrative positions have not kept up with the evolution of work as a fire administrator. Current promotional processes are often based on an antiquated assumption that a good firefighter will make a good…