September 2004

Thermal Imaging Training: Safety

Sept. 1, 2004

Thermal imagers (TIs) improve firefighter safety. It’s a proven fact. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of documented cases in which firefighters using thermal imagers avoided...

Rescue

Five-Step Feild-Test Process For Ruling Out Anthrax Spores

Sept. 1, 2004

Following the anthrax mail attack on the eastern United States in September 2001, emergency response organizations across the country were inundated with “white-powder” incidents...

Leadership

Rules On Volunteer Activities Raise Legal Concerns

Sept. 1, 2004

A nasty fight is brewing between the firefighters’ union and volunteer firefighters. The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and several locals, are trying to restrict...

Community Risk

The Balanced Scoreboard: Marketing The Effectiveness of Your Department

Sept. 1, 2004

Question: Is there a shorthand mechanism that any citizen, organization, institution or corporation can use to measure the effectiveness of its fire department? If there were ...

Operations & Training

Roof Hazards - Cell Equipment

Sept. 1, 2004

Photos by Richard J. Blatus & Thomas J. Richardson You are ascending the stairs of an adjoining building to gain access to the roof of a multiple dwelling at a working fire on...

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Operations & Training

California Firestorm - Part I

Sept. 1, 2004

Harvey Eisner presents an in-depth look at the California wildfires of October 2003, in part ine of this series. Included are excerpts of more than 50 interviews with firefighters...

LODDS

Death In The Line Of Duty

Sept. 1, 2004

Firehouse Magazine continues to offer valuable information in this series of the NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Investigation & Prevention Program, which conducts investigations of...

Leadership

9/11 Report Cites Need For Unified Command

Sept. 1, 2004

The final report issued by the 9/11 Commission is a devastating indictment of the government agencies that failed to detect and prevent the terrorist attacks that took the lives...

Safety & Health

What Has Changed Since 9/11?

Sept. 1, 2004

By request of the author, this article is not available online

Tech & Comm

Wireless Service: ''Phase II'' And The Fire Service

Sept. 1, 2004

In 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued Report and Order 94-102, which established the plan to implement wireless 911 services throughout the United States...

Rescue

Vehicle Stabilization Weight Loss

Sept. 1, 2004

Rescue officers and personnel must be trained to recognize that stabilization of a vehicle is necessary to some degree at every vehicle rescue incident. Departmental guidelines...

Safety & Health

In an Instant - From the Second Floor to the Basement

Sept. 1, 2004

This account is provided by a reader. Chief Goldfeder's comments follow: A first alarm assignment was dispatched by our county fire communications center for a dwelling fire at...