August 2008

Firehouse Magazine presents part three of this four-part series, which includes the busiest station, busiest chief and busiest engine.

Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur reflect on the Bedford, VA, Fire Department, which spent several years evaluating their needs and developing specifications for a new engine and ladder...

Firehouse presents a photo compilation that displays a part of the vast special auxiliary apparatus fleet operated by the CFD.

Paul Snodgrass reports on rich media becoming a pipeline for receiving and responding to course content and other students' discussions.

Younes Mourchid, Ph.D., discusses how one can overcome common obstacles by following the National Fire Academy model.

Whatever the politicians want to call it, our worst fears about this "recession" seem to be coming true as we hear of more jurisdictions putting pressure on their fire chiefs ...

While heroic firefighters lose their lives each year attempting the rescue of those trapped, many more of us lose our lives due to heart attacks and related medical emergencies...

I remember reading in an article in the mid-1990s that warned, hypothetically, about the use of ambulances to transport bombs for terrorist incidents. It was shortly after Timothy...

SUBJECT: Small Car Rescue Challenges, Part 2 TOPIC: 2008 BMW Mini CooperOBJECTIVE: Given information about the 2008 BMW Mini Cooper vehicle, rescuers will be able to explain the...

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The job of a fire instructor is often a thankless one, but most fire instructors I have met and worked with take this task seriously and dedicate an enormous amount of effort ...

The 2008 edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) is being distributed to emergency response organizations across the United States and Canada. Designed by the U.S. Department...

DEPARTMENT CHIEF TOTAL RUNS 1. New York, NY BC9 5,773 2. Denver, CO C2 4,158 3. Hartford, CT D1 3,674 4. Chicago, IL B1 3,477 5. Kansas City, MO C102 3,165 6. Newark, NJ B4 2...

Due to a technical error, the 2006 Busiest Engine mistakenly appeared as part of the 2007 National Run Survey in the July issue.This is the correct version of the 2007 Busiest...

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