John B. Tippett Jr. discusses the value of near-miss reporting as a training tool by looking at four categories that provide training elements that can enhance knowledge, skills...
Firehouse Magazine Contributing Editor Charles Werner interviews Fire Chief Gregory B. Cade, incoming administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration, part of the Department of ...
Barry Furey discusses a busy 24-hour period that set records for high temperatures and spawned four fires that between them left five people dead, destroyed or damaged 50 structures...
Michael Garlock reports on a series of deadly tornadoes rated at EF-3 on the enhanced Fujita scale tore across central Florida with wind speeds estimated at between 136 and 165...
For the 26th year, the career fire service takes to the pages of the Firehouse Magazine to share and compare statistics about company and department activity levels, funding, ...
The Montgomery County Incident Support Team in Pennsylvania discusses the creation of this group to develop a trained team available to assist with the major management of emergencies...
Michael Wilbur and Tom Shand review the need for bringing in outside expertise to properly evaluate your apparatus when deciding to embark on a rebuilding project.
Over the past 35 years, fire departments have gone from providing just fire suppression to offering dozens of services — and they keep increasing. From hazardous materials responses...
C.E. "Gene" Reams and Mark R. Nugent review alternative funding sources to assist the fiscal challenge of running fire departments in the first installment of a series.
Firehouse interviews Dennis Smith, chief executive officer, and Peter Hayden, vice chairman, of First Responders Financial, which offers professional financial and insurance needs...
SUBJECT: Hybrid Vehicle Update — Part 1TOPIC: Color-Coding of Hybrid Vehicle High-Voltage Cables and ConnectorsOBJECTIVE: The responder shall identify the three possible colors...
Since the beginning of this year, 14 firefighters in the U.S. have died in the line of duty in driving-related crashes. Most, if not all, of those who died were not wearing seatbelts...