by Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief Paramedic | Aug 4, 2026 | Behind The Alarm
BEHIND THE ALARM – THE LEAST UNDERSTOOD BRANCHFred R. LaPoint | August 4, 2026The Least Understood BranchThe United States Coast Guard turns 236 today. A chef talking about firefighters in Detroit explained the service better than any recruiting poster ever...
by Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief Paramedic | Jul 29, 2026 | Behind The Alarm
Let me start with a confession that may surprise some of you. I grew up on a party-line telephone, where you picked up the receiver and might hear the neighbors already talking. No cell phone. No computer. I watched every one of these technologies arrive, one at a...
by Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief Paramedic | Jul 22, 2026 | Behind The Alarm
By Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief & Paramedic | Behind The AlarmThe last one in the series. A note on the series. When I started this, seven parts looked like enough. It was not. Readers kept raising things that deserved their own treatment, and a subject this...
by Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief Paramedic | Jul 22, 2026 | Behind The Alarm
By Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief & Paramedic | Behind The AlarmShare this one — especially the first item.There is one action on this list that does almost nothing for your own house and a great deal for everyone else on your road. It costs nothing, it takes thirty...
by Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief Paramedic | Jul 22, 2026 | Behind The Alarm
Before the Order Comes | Part 6Home Hardening on a BudgetMost of what saves a house is free, takes a Saturday, and nobody ever tells you about it.By Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief & Paramedic | Behind The AlarmShare this one.Part 5 was about getting your family out....
