• Subscribe
  • Buyer's Guide
  • In Print
  • Advertise
  • Station Design Conference
  • FireFusion
  • Podcasts
  • Station Design Awards
  • Home >
  • Back Issues >
  • Firehouse Magazine >
  • November 2007

    • November 2007

    911logoblue 10695260
    Exhaust Removal

    Air Vacuum Corp.

    June 4, 2012
    AIRVAC 911 offers a hose-free exhaust removal system for fire and EMS stations.
    Proiivkopair1copy 10416693
    Operations & Training

    Allmand Brothers, Inc.

    Sept. 3, 2008
    Allmand offers you portable power and light for Fire, Emergency, and Disaster response. Our line includes the new Night-Lite Pro II lighjt towers with poly-molded gull wing doors...
    Rescue

    Volvo XC 90: Dual Roof Airbag System

    Nov. 1, 2007
    SUBJECT: Volvo XC 90TOPIC: Dual Roof Airbag SystemOBJECTIVE: Given a scenario involving a Volvo XC 90 vehicle collision, the rescuer will develop department procedures for dealing...
    Tech & Comm

    Overhaul Challenges

    Nov. 1, 2007
    I received an e-mail from a firefighter in Canada:I have a question for you. Following the rekindle of a fire in an apartment building, a question arose over the use of the thermal...

    More content from November 2007

    Firehouse
    Charleston firefighter Bill Kilcoyne.
    Safety & Health

    Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire: Last Man Out

    Nov. 1, 2007
    Charleston Firefighter Bill Kilcoyne, the driver of Engine 6, was the last firefighter to exit the Sofa Super Store on June 18, 2007.
    Leadership

    Charleston Fire: The Fire Chief

    Harvey Eisner
    Nov. 1, 2007
    Harvey Eisner interviews Charleston Fire Chief Rusty Thomas.
    Operations & Training

    Defensive Operations: Learning by Experience: Insights from Fireground Commanders - Part 1

    Nov. 1, 2007
    Firehouse Magazine Editor-in-Chief Harvey Eisner asks a group of veteran fireground commanders for their wisdom in reading conditions upon arrival.
    Community Risk

    Fire Prevention: It's Not Just for One Week a Year

    Nov. 1, 2007
    Brett Lacey and Paul Valentine describe ways in which a fire department can build a year-round fire prevention culture.
    Apparatus

    Apparatus Showcase

    Nov. 1, 2007
    Manufacturers display the latest in fi re-rescue and EMS apparatus.
    Apparatus

    The Apparatus Architect: Part 33 - "Better Call a TO, Baby!"

    Nov. 1, 2007
    Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur discuss the purchase of a new apparatus as compared to basketball: both need written guidelines that all personnel understand in all positions. But...
    LODDS

    President, at Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Pledges to Implement Hometown Heroes Act

    Nov. 1, 2007
    "I want to tell you today that the Hometown Heroes Act will be fully implemented. This program will be administrated the way it was intended to be administrated."Those emphatic...
    Operations & Training

    A Tragic Trilogy Of Timber Truss Roof Collapses - Part 2

    Nov. 1, 2007
    By request of the author, this article is not available online
    Safety & Health

    Fire Officer Trapped At Burst Steam Pipe Emergency

    Nov. 1, 2007
    Before we get to this month's Close Call, a word of appreciation and cautious optimism: We (along with 7,000 other firefighters and firefighter families) attended the 26th annual...
    Safety & Health

    Maydays Should Not Be "Mother-May-I?" Games

    Nov. 1, 2007
    "M other-May-I?" is a children's game that some of you might have played in your younger days. One child plays the "mother" role and the other children stand on the other side...
    Community Risk

    Preventing Harm, One Home at a Time

    Nov. 1, 2007
    After a long absence (about 28 years' worth), it has been great to return to Washington, DC and once again put on a DC firefighter's uniform. After I completed six years of service...
    Apparatus

    The Party's Over

    Nov. 1, 2007
    Recently, first responders have been blasted in the news — and perhaps justifiably so. Some of the headlines: "Ambulance Driver Charged with DUI, with Patient Aboard"; "Autopsies...
    Apparatus

    Who's Driving?

    Nov. 1, 2007
    By request of the author, this article is not available online.
    Aabannerw 10956900
    Community Risk Reduction

    Alert-All Corporation

    Jan. 1, 2006
    Alert-All designed the original Tot Finder Fire Rescue Sticker and is the creator of Freddie Firefighter, Cappy Firedog, Today’s Heroes, Fire Safety Xtreme Team that appear in...