Firehouse Magazine continues to offer valuable information in this series of the NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program, which conducts investigations...
Attempts at resuscitating a victim of cardiac arrest have a long and colorful past – and recent literature and thinking leaves no doubt that a new chapter is soon to be written...
At 2:37 P.M. on Feb. 13, 2004, the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company in Harford County, MD, was alerted for a vehicle accident with entrapment on Thomas Run Road near Ruff’s Mill...
Many of us have been involved with the FIRE Act in one way or another since discussions about proposing the grant program first began. Getting the FIRE Act approved by Congress...
When I found out I was going to Alaska to teach a class for the National Fire Academy (NFA), I was excited, but having never been there before, I didn’t know quite what to expect...
Major urban fire departments on both coasts have been struck in recent months by incidents of drug and alcohol abuse on duty. Following on the heels of alcohol-related tragedies...
I cannot believe that in the year 2004 I must write about this problem – and it is a problem. How can mayors, politicians, fire chiefs, fire officers, driver/operators or anybody...
Recently, I was on the scene of an all-hands fire in the Hunts Point Section of the Bronx, NY. All companies were heavily engaged operating at a fire on the top floor of an occupied...
While the incident command system (ICS) is important to fire chiefs and officers, it is also refreshing to examine it from the firefighter’s perspective. More to the point, we...
For the 23rd year, the fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse? to share and compare statistics. Part 2 features the busiest engine and busiest ladder departments for 2003...
J. Gordon Routley continues his series on the unprecedented gathering of the leadership of the American fire service to focus on how to prevent line-of-duty deaths. Part 2 discusses...
Jay K. Bradish discusses a multiple-alarm fire that destroyed the historic Lyric Theatre building in Frostburg, MD, on Feb. 1, 2004; plus the latest "Hot Spots on the Web."
A massive warehouse fire containing 125 tons of dry chlorine pellets caused over $25 million in damage and forced the evacuation of more than 3,000 people in Conyers, GA.
Scott A. LaPrade details the fatal crash of a twin-engine passenger airplane into a commercial building in Massachusetts. The incident proved the value of a combined response ...
Richard J. Blatus and Thomas J. Richardson discuss the need to be proactive during size-up and how to notice the difference between a fire division wall and a boxed-out steel ...
Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur discuss the type of aerial device your department will acquire after it has carefully assessed the operational characteristics of each piece of aerial...
Elizabeth Friszell reports on "Rescue Me," the new one-hour TV drama from FX, and interviews Jack McGee, who plays "The Good Chief" Jerry Riley on the show. It has been nearly...
Bill May discusses 22-year Atlanta Fire Department veteran Captain Robert Webber’s decision to leave his job and family and fight for his country in a war-torn Middle Eastern ...
Bill Lowe, Bob Lowe, Cathy Lowe and Rebecca Lowe describe just one profile of a firefighter in the United States military: son, grandson and brother Bobby Lowe, who left his studies...
Rod Hammer reports on the need for flexibility in the fire service to meet the range of motion requirements for the job because firefighting requires more functional flexibility...
The Fire Museum of Maryland, marking its 33rd anniversary season, is home to one of the largest collections of antique firefighting apparatus in the country. Debbie Brown reports...