June 1997

California is the third-largest state in the country and covers an area of nearly 160,000 square miles with a coastline over 840 miles long. San Bernardino County is the largest...

One of the hardest jobs in the fire service in general, and emergency medical services in particular, is notifying next of kin that a death has occurred. Whether a person dies...

The incident command system (ICS) is described as an "all risk" system that can effectively manage any type of incident. The key concept of "all risk" is that the same command...

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Present State & History Of The BuildingAs fire attacks a building, failure will occur. It can start with localized interior collapse. As fire stops break down, the fire area will...

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You may have noticed that in all of the hoopla over volunteerism at the President's Summit on America's Future, not one speaker or media story ever mentioned the volunteer fire...

David P. Fornell describes a common and sometimes fatal mistake involving departments that utilize insufficient flow for big-loss fires.

Paul Hashagen explains how modern technology necessitated the invention and eventual demise of scaling ladders.

Remembering the tragic fire that claimed the lives of nine Boston firefighters.

Mickey Conboy describes the harrowing experience shared by rescue workers as they worked 14 1/2 hours to free a man trapped in a building collapse.

Francis L. Brannigan, SPFE, continues his multi-part series on the various practices of constructing buildings.

Joseph Louderback recounts a brief fatal fire which claimed the lives of 23 primates.

Tim Simmons describes a heavy-load warehouse fire that, fanned by high winds, spread quickly as firefighters fought valiantly to contain it.