April 2010

Apparatus

The Apparatus Architect

March 31, 2010
During the early 1970s, mini-pumper fire apparatus became the standard bearer in many fire departments throughout the country. The advantages of these vehicles were clear: they...
Operations & Training

3-Alarm Fire Damages Indiana Courthouse

March 31, 2010
On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, a three-alarm fire heavily damaged the historic Jefferson County Courthouse in downtown Madison, IN. The building was originally constructed between...
Operations & Training

On The Job: INDIANAPOLIS

March 31, 2010
On Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, an electrical fire destroyed the Texas Roadhouse Restaurant in Indianapolis, IN. Besides facing a well-involved structure fire, Indianapolis firefighters...
Tech & Comm

Accessorizing Your Thermal Imager

March 31, 2010
When evaluating a thermal imager (TI), standardization is a common concern. It is much easier to manage training when all of the thermal imagers in a given fire department function...
Safety & Health

Fitness Success for Firefighters

March 31, 2010
The time to make resolutions is behind us, and for many, those resolutions may be in full swing. However, for many people who made health and fitness a goal for the new year, ...

More content from April 2010

Tech & Comm

Dispatch Times: Regulations Versus Reality

March 31, 2010
Throughout history, the fire service has placed significant emphasis on speed, using propagation models as justification for shaving seconds off response times wherever and however...
Rescue

Hood Forcible Entry

March 31, 2010
SUBJECT:Extrication Skills ScenarioTOPIC: Hood Forcible Entry OBJECTIVE: Given an acquired junk vehicle and tools and equipment carried by the department, the rescuer will develop...
Safety & Health

Cancer and the Fire Service

March 31, 2010
There has been much debate and conflicting evidence regarding whether firefighters have a higher risk of developing cancer than the general public. The reasons for this is are...
Safety & Health

Hepatitis C Vaccine Is Close

March 31, 2010
In February 2009, Firefighter/EMT Ferdinando "Fred" Pierno of Martin County Fire Rescue in Florida died from complications associated with Hepatitis C that he contracted on the...
Safety & Health

"Routine" Gas Leak Results in Major Explosion

March 31, 2010
Gas leaks. In some cases, they have become like automatic alarms — when we get toned out and think "it will be nothing." Once in a while, however, we get fooled.
Leadership

Informed Fire Service Professionals

March 31, 2010
We all know that members of the fire service should work to stay competent in their particular roles and jobs. This is not easy, because there is so much information to be learned...
Community Risk

The Proof Is in the Pudding

March 31, 2010
Picture the following scenario from "Anytown, U.S.A.": You wake up from a night's sleep and walk into the den, where the early-morning news is on TV. As your eyes focus, you notice...
Operations & Training

100 Years Ago

March 31, 2010
NEW YORK CITY: APRIL 3, 1910 —At 3 A.M., Engine 33 turned out for an alarm of fire at 13th Street and Fourth Avenue in Manhattan. As the members of the company assembled on the...
Community Risk

Reiterating Your Fire Prevention Messages

March 31, 2010
Although no one is immune from the deadly effects of fire, children are one of fire's most unfortunate victims and, thus, demand fire service educators' foremost attention. Throughout...
Careers & Education

Why Would a Firefighter Need A College Education to "Pull Hose"?

March 31, 2010
Even though there are national standards for fire service training, there is little continuity for educational requirements for firefighters. Some states deliver training through...
Operations & Training

Class A Foam and CAFS Briefing: Structural Firefighting

March 31, 2010
Compressed air foam systems (CAFS) produce finished foam by injecting "compressed air" into the foam-solution stream. The term "high energy" is sometimes used when discussing ...
Safety & Health

RESIDENTIAL SEARCH: Complacency & Priorities

March 31, 2010
When firefighters answer an alarm for a residential fire, many tasks and priorities must be addressed. Among the most important, yet frequently overlooked tactics are the various...
Operations & Training

After-Action Review: Fire in a Residential High-Rise

March 31, 2010
This post-incident analysis of an apartment fire in a residential high-rise building looks at the actions of the Long Branch, NJ, Fire Department on Sept. 27, 2009. Using a "defend...
Operations & Training

Kitchen Hood and Duct Fires In High-Rise Buildings

March 31, 2010
When fire department personnel respond to a commercial kitchen range hood fire with fire possibly extending into the exhaust duct above in a high-rise building, the two primary...
Operations & Training

On The Job: NEW JERSEY

March 31, 2010
At 4:36 A.M. on Nov. 7, 2009, a fire alarm was relayed to the Borough of Buena Police 911 center in Atlantic County, NJ, for a fire at 1118 Black Horse Pike in the Borough of ...
Safety & Health

Working Together

March 31, 2010
In the January 2010 issue ofFirehouse® Magazine