June 2009

Tech & Comm

Thermal Imagers: What's Your Deployment Model?

Dec. 19, 2012
Thermal imagers are now within the budgetary grasp of most fire departments, but have you consider what your deployment model says about your intentions? This article helps you...
Careers & Education

100 Years Ago

July 22, 2009
HOBOKEN, NJ: June 3, 1909 — A smoky fire was discovered in Hold 5 of the freighter Marina moored at the Phoenix Lines freight pier at Seventh Street. While crew members scrambled...
Safety & Health

Do You Get the Message?

July 22, 2009
Several months ago, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) spoke to all the fire service magazines. A conference call was made to see whether there could be a combined...
Operations & Training

Overcoming Barriers To Testing Fire Hose

June 1, 2009
The old saying, "putting the wet stuff on the red stuff" has built into it the huge assumption that the "wet stuff" will exit the nozzle with enough pressure to protect firefighters...
Tech & Comm

The Success of SAFECOM

June 1, 2009
This column provides a comprehensive look at the makeup and reviews the successes of the Department of Homeland Security SAFECOM Program.

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Rescue

Extrication Challenges of Advanced Steel in Vehicles: Part 2 - Advanced Steel

June 1, 2009
THE SERIES... Part 1: More SteelPart 2: Advanced SteelPart 3: Cutting ToolsPart 4: Power CuttersPart 5: New Rescue Techniques SUBJECT: Advanced Steel TOPIC: Extrication Challenges...
Safety & Health

H1N1 - The Next Thing That Is Going to Kill Me!

June 1, 2009
Keep this number in mind: 36,000! This is approximately how many people die each year in the United States from the seasonal flu, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
Safety & Health

"You Have Firefighters Jumping Out the Rear of the House!" - Part 1

June 1, 2009
On Sunday, May 25, 2008, a dwelling fire would change the way the Loudoun County, VA, Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management (LCFR) would operate forever. Odds are...
Leadership

Fire Service-Based EMS: Re-Informing Policy-Makers

June 1, 2009
The Congressional Fire Services Institute (CFSI) recently hosted a seminar in Washington, DC addressing fire service-based EMS issues. It was one of several excellent seminars...
Safety & Health

Time to Adjust Our Thinking!

June 1, 2009
The time has come to change the way we think about protecting ourselves from the hazards of the fire environment. We have to adapt our standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ...
Safety & Health

Firefighter Accountability: Critical in Reducing America's LODDs

June 1, 2009
It has been amazing to watch the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) grow and change into perhaps the best agency preventing firefighter line-of-duty death and injury...
Rescue

Interstate Mutual Aid for New York Construction Storehouse Fire

June 1, 2009
Shortly after 8 P.M. on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, the Suffern, NY, Fire Department was dispatched for a reported structure fire at Washington Avenue and Washington Circle in the...
Rescue

On The Job - New York: Multi-Alarm Fire Heavily Damages Plattsburgh Hotel

June 1, 2009
On Saturday, Nov. 5, 2008, a multiple-alarm fire destroyed nearly half of the Comfort Inn and Suites in the Town of Plattsburgh, NY. At the time of the fire, the building was ...