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  • October 2023

    • October 2023

    The October issue of Firehouse includes feature articles on finding the perfect set of alternative PPE and the news of Firehouse returning to California to partner with the California State Firefighters' Association for CTEX 2024. Plus, read the results of the Firehouse Volunteer Run Survey, which includes responses from more than 650 volunteer departments.
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    Leadership

    First Due: Bugles, Leadership and Communication

    Thomas Humphries
    Dec. 8, 2023
    Thomas Humphries urges officers to truly consider what the insignia on their uniform means.
    Peter Matthews
    Operations & Training

    As Firehouse Sees It: Lessons from My Uber Driver

    Peter Matthews
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Peter Matthews' conversation with an Uber driver reminded him of one of Fire Chief Alan Brunacini's famous takes on being a member of the fire service.
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    Careers & Education

    For the Record 10/23

    Firehouse Staff
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Firehouse Magazine and the California State Firefighters’ Association (CSFA) announced a dynamic new collaboration on the CSFA Training & Education Expo (CTEX).
    Image courtesy of Command Consulting LLC
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    Stations

    Station Design: Economizing the Firehouse that Runs Electric Rigs

    Michael Benson
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Michael Benson explains how equipping a station with a nontraditional power system has benefits beyond ensuring that an electric apparatus always is ready to respond.
    Careers & Education

    Going Back to Cali

    Firehouse Staff
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Fireground operations, wildland fire and behavioral health are among the numerous session tracks that will be presented at the second annual training and networking event.

    More content from October 2023

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    Leadership

    Leadership Lessons: Communication Is Key

    David Griffin
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Dr. David Griffin provides three methods in addition to phone calls that department leadership should employ to ensure that members know that their input is valued.
    Photos courtesy of Hamilton Township, OH, Fire Rescue
    Even after vertical ventilation was completed at a reported structure fire, members weren’t aware that they were dealing with a fire in the space below the floor of the second floor and above the first floor ceiling, which was caused by flame from a pinhole in corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) that was caused by a lighting-induced arcing event.
    Operations & Training

    Close Calls: Our Latest Enemy Strikes … Again

    Billy Goldfeder
    Oct. 16, 2023
    When Billy Goldfeder investigated another CSST-pinhole gas-fed fire, he learned that the implementation of training to secure utilities kept a fire that burned between a ceiling...
    Michaela Raines
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    Careers & Education

    2022 Volunteer Fire Department Run Survey

    Oct. 16, 2023
    Firehouse proudly presents its 35th annual Volunteer Fire Department Run Survey.
    Joh Salka
    Operations & Training

    The Fire Scene: Being Ready Is Being Safe

    John J. Salka Jr.
    Oct. 16, 2023
    John J. Salka Jr. provides an important reminder that getting ready for a shift or a drill is more than dropping your gear next to the rig at your riding position.
    Photos courtesy of Veridian Fire Protective Gear
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    PPE

    Your Perfect Set of Alternative PPE

    Patrick Redd
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Patrick Redd explains what fire departments must consider when they contemplate the purchase of turnout gear for responses other than fires.
    Photos courtesy of Total Technical Rescue Solutions
    A major drawback to wooden shores is that a rescuer must enter the trench to build the system.
    Trench Rescue

    Technical Rescue: Basic Considerations for Trench Collapse Shoring

    Brian Gettemeier
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Brian Gettemeier, Mike Shafferkoetter and Matt Wilcox construct an easy-to-follow explanation of the equipment and steps that are involved in protecting victims and responders...
    Photo courtesy of Chief Edward Mullen, Perth Amboy, NJ, Fire Department
    Lateral and vertical spread are concerns in these types of occupancies. Note the tin ceiling that’s installed above the drop-tile ceiling in this store.
    Operations & Training

    Fire Studies: Rules of Engagement for Strip Mall & Taxpayer Fires

    Michael Daley
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Michael Daley explains the particularly ways by which fires in these occupancies can injure and kill firefighters who work inside of them.
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    EMS

    EMS: Point-of-Care Ultrasound

    Oct. 16, 2023
    Kristen Wade shares how South Metro Fire Rescue convinced its EMS clinical services personnel to embrace POCUS imaging to improve course of care and time to treatment.
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    Operations & Training

    Hot Shots 9/23

    Firehouse Staff
    Oct. 16, 2023
    New Bedford, MA, Fire Department firefighters responded for a building fire with fire showing and people trapped.