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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This second column in the "Rube's Rules" series relates to courageous leadership. Leading from the front is a simple, straightforward behavior that typically can be accomplished...