About this episode

The episode discusses the role of communications in line-of-duty deaths and explores ways to improve command effectiveness.

Hosts Ron Kanterman and Tom Aurnhammer discuss why communications repeatedly appear as contributing factors in line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) on this episode of The Backstep Boys. They take a look at national LODD reports and field stories, showing where command often fails, along with ways to fix it.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ron Kanterman, Tom Aurnhammer

Topics covered

• communications
• line-of-duty deaths
• command failures
• safety
• firefighting

Keywords

• communications
• LODD
• firefighting
• safety
• command
• report

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Organizations: The Backstep Boys

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