On the Cover
The Sturbridge, MA, Fire Department conducted a live-fire training drill in a 120-year-old farmhouse on May 17, 2003. The training consisted of single-engine and multiple-company operations, search and rescue, safety and survival techniques, and ventilation. All participants adhered to NFPA standards for live-fire training.
Dedication
This month's Firehouse® is dedicated to Youth Firefighter Karlton Allen Cole Briscoe, 16, of the Hickory Flat, MS, Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Police/Firefighter Isaac Donald Tshudy, 62, of the Lickdale Volunteer Fire Department in Jonestown, PA, who died in the line of duty, March 2003; and to Battalion Chief Randy Hill, 43, of the Screven County Fire Department in Sylvania, GA, and to Assistant Chief Vannie Duane Keever, 54, of the Gulfport/Gladstone, IL, Fire Protection District, who died in the line of duty, April 2003.
