Water Supply In order to conduct a safe firefighting evolution in an acquired structure, you must insure that sufficient water for firefighting is available. You will need water...
Sept. 6, 1902: HARTFORD, CT - A fire believed to have been electrical in origin seriously damaged the Hartford Foundry Company. Many valuable patterns were destroyed and more ...
In 1970, I began visiting FDNY Engine 93, Ladder 45, Rescue 3 and the 13th Battalion in their quarters in the Washington Heights section of Upper Manhattan. Since Rescue Company...
Over the years, I have devoted a great deal of time discussing control as an important organizational function. I have written and spoken of the need for a neat fit between individual...
Everybody knows the children's story of Rip Van Winkle. Set in the time of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, Rip Van Winkle is the story of a man who, upon...
Biological toxins are defined as any toxic substances occurring in nature produced by animals, plants or microbes (pathogenic bacteria), such as bacteria, fungi, flowering plants...
Terrorism seems to be the buzzword in the fire service, and this is as it should be. We think of the World Trade Center incidents of 9/11 and in 1993. We think of Oklahoma City...
This first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is a proper time to look back on what went wrong, what went right and how much progress...
Gordon Gholson describes ways in which air filter fires can damage or destroy fire apparatus, and outlines preventive measures to minimize risks to firefighters.