We publish what we find.
Reports and data studies written for chiefs and the people who fund them. Methodology included.
The Lottery of Death
A data-driven analysis of firefighter line-of-duty deaths, with an interactive dashboard covering the underlying incident data.
The Ten-Year Gap
Your community changed. Your deployment plan did not. How far a risk assessment and standard of cover drift in ten years, and how to measure the drift in your own data.
Read it →What NFPA 1750 Actually Requires
A plain-English compliance checklist for fire chiefs. What the assessment and standard of cover must contain, and the four places most departments come up short.
Read it →The Real Cost of Keeping That Engine
Equivalent annual cost, explained for chiefs and finance directors, and how to find the year deferral stops saving money and starts costing it.
Read it →Why Your Response Times Are Late, and It Is Not Distance
Concurrency, turnout, and the intervals nobody measures. Why departments miss objectives even when the stations are sited correctly.
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