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  • November 2008

    • November 2008

    Tech & Comm

    Firefighter Turnout Gear: Where Do We Go from Here?

    Nov. 1, 2008
    New Responsibilities Are Introducing Serious New HazardsTurnout gear. Bunkers. Whatever the term is that you use to describe your personal protective equipment (PPE), the objective...
    Rescue

    November 1988: Six KC Firefighters Killed in Ammonium Nitrate Explosion

    Nov. 1, 2008
    20 Years Later, New Investigation May Yield New Findings Into CauseA hazardous materials explosion that occurred 20 years ago this month claimed the lives of six Kansas City, ...
    Tech & Comm

    Thermal Imaging in Wildland Firefighting

    Nov. 1, 2008
    Who in the world would knowingly choose a career that offers hours and hours or days and days of strenuous physical labor, limited clean air, no access to large-diameter hoselines...
    Apparatus

    Emergency Vehicle Operations Warning: POVs Kill

    Nov. 1, 2008
    Unfortunately, there has been a steady increase in the number of firefighters killed behind the wheel of their own personal vehicles recently. This month's column will discuss...

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    Rescue

    Lifting Heavy Loads - Part 2

    Nov. 1, 2008
    SUBJECT: Lifting Heavy Loads - Part 2 TOPIC: Cribbing CrushOBJECTIVE: Understand how a wood box crib performs at failureTASK: Given the need to support a lifted or otherwise unstable...
    Safety & Health

    The Captain Yelled "Run," A Firefighter Yelled "Collapse!" - Part 2

    Nov. 1, 2008
    Last month, we began a report on a close call that involved 10 firefighters at a burning commercial structure in Sacramento, CA, on June 5, 2008. As we reported, nine minutes ...
    Operations & Training

    Fires in Buildings Under Construction and Demolition - Part 2

    Nov. 1, 2008
    By request of the author, this article is not available online.
    Leadership

    The Campaign's Over, Now Let's See How the Fire-Rescue Service Fares

    Nov. 1, 2008
    The long and bitter election campaign is over and now we await a new president and a new Congress to lead the country on an uncertain path through the dangers of an economic recession...
    Careers & Education

    Where Public Safety Policy Meets Higher Education

    Nov. 1, 2008
    Younes Mourchid discusses the influence of higher education on public policy and whether the reverse is true.
    Apparatus

    University and Community-Based Interoperability

    Nov. 1, 2008
    James J. Schaefer reviews the partnership of Lake Superior State University, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, as a designated regional training center with fire departments in Michigan...
    Safety & Health

    Developing and Maintaining Fireground Command Situation Awareness - Part 1

    Nov. 1, 2008
    Richard B. Gasaway begins a two-part series discussing how situation awareness affects your decision making.Part 1 - Understanding Situation Awareness & How It Affects Your Decision...
    Operations & Training

    Preventing Firefighter Disorientation In Large Enclosed Structure - Part 2

    Nov. 1, 2008
    William R. Mora presents guidelines to prevent disorientation when dealing with a large enclosed structure.
    Apparatus

    The Apparatus Architect - Part 38: "The Times They Are a-Changin' "

    Michael Wilbur
    Nov. 1, 2008
    Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur discuss the effects of the changing economic times pertaining to apparatus purchasing and design.
    Apparatus

    Apparatus Showcase

    Nov. 1, 2008
    Manufacturers display the latest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus.
    Apparatus

    Apparatus Roundtable

    Nov. 1, 2008
    Firehouse Magazine conducts a question-and-answer roundtable with representatives of fire-rescue apparatus manufacturers.