Before you fall off of your chair, let me explain the “forget safety” element of the title of this column. A dictionary definition of safety is “The state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or ...

Effective fire training goes beyond classroom lectures and compliance checklists. To prepare workers for emergencies—whether it’s a Class A blaze involving paper and wood, or a Class B fire fed by ...

When I first started working in schools, response drills for violent incidents were rare, uncomfortable, and often avoided altogether. Fire drills, on the other hand, were routine—scheduled, practiced ...