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  • February 2010

    • February 2010

    Careers & Education

    Progress Being Made Toward Professionalizing The Fire Service

    Dr. Harry Carter
    Feb. 3, 2010
    It has been my privilege to be in the forefront of a number of different educational efforts over the years within the fire service that have long held up the goal of professionalizing...
    Careers & Education

    ACCREDITATION

    Paul Snodgrass
    Feb. 3, 2010
    As Jim Wright sought to continue his higher education to encompass a bachelor's degree, he found some institutions willing to take life experience and distill it into credit hours...
    Operations & Training

    On The Job: NEW YORK

    Jay K. Bradish
    Feb. 3, 2010
    On Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, fire destroyed the International Fiber Corp. plant in North Tonawanda, NY. The company manufactures products to serve food, pharmaceutical, auto and ...
    Operations & Training

    Truss Truce: Part 1

    Mark Emery
    Feb. 3, 2010
    truss — A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame. It is time for the fire service to make peace with...
    Apparatus

    The Apparatus Architect: Part 44

    Tom Shand
    Feb. 3, 2010
    In the January installment of The Apparatus Architect, we began covering some considerations for the use of ground ladders on the fireground, together with reasons why your department...

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    Operations & Training

    On The Job: MONTANA

    Feb. 3, 2010
    The small Montana city of Bozeman was rocked on a wintry Thursday morning, March 5, 2009, by a natural gas-fueled explosion and fire that left one woman dead and leveled or damaged...
    Leadership

    Layoffs, Budget Cuts & Deficits

    Ed Ballam
    Feb. 3, 2010
    From Glendale, AZ, to Tulsa, OK; from Philadelphia to Atlanta to Los Angeles, the news is the same — budgets are in crisis and firefighters must be laid off. The depth of the ...
    Tech & Comm

    The Highs and the Lows of Gains

    Brad Harvey
    Feb. 3, 2010
    When I am looking for column ideas, among the places that I like to turn to are the multitude of firefighter forums on various websites and read what people are posting. If a ...
    Rescue

    Hybrid Vehicle Emergencies: Honda Insight

    Ron Moore
    Feb. 3, 2010
    SUBJECT: Hybrid Vehicle Emergencies TOPIC: 2010-model Honda Insight Gasoline-electric Hybrid OBJECTIVE: Given a 2010-model Honda Insight vehicle at a new-car dealership for inspection...
    Careers & Education

    The Philosophy of a Firefighter/Paramedic

    Gary Ludwig
    Feb. 3, 2010
    A characteristic of firefighter/paramedic is someone who is intellectual.
    Safety & Health

    "It Felt Like a Bomb Went Off!" — Part 2

    Feb. 3, 2010
    As we noted last month in Part 1 of this column, for most firefighters, odds are your most common structural fires involve single-family dwellings. In addition to construction...
    Operations & Training

    NWCG Approves Changes in Wildland Tactics

    Feb. 3, 2010
    Changes that I proposed in my September 2009 column in Firehouse® Magazine have been adopted by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), an organization that represents...
    Leadership

    We Don't Lose "Non-Essential" Lives

    Dennis Compton
    Feb. 3, 2010
    A recent newspaper article reported on a major fire department in our country being faced with the challenge of submitting a 15% budget reduction to the city council for consideration...
    Leadership

    Doing Less With Less. When Will We Learn?

    Firehouse Staff
    Feb. 3, 2010
    Budget cuts. These words have become an integral part of the daily lives of most fire service leaders. As many municipalities, both big and small, are forced to deal with declining...
    Operations & Training

    100 Years Ago

    Paul Hashagen
    Feb. 3, 2010
    BALTIMORE, MD: FEB. 1, 1910 — A fire that started among bales of packing straw stored at the Eisenhauer, MacLean and Co. lumber dealers yards spread quickly, driven by high winds...
    Leadership

    Trying to Do More With Less?

    Harvey Eisner
    Feb. 3, 2010
    With the state of the fire service in flux due to the continuing fiscal crisis, in this issue we take a three-pronged look at the lack of money, budget cuts, givebacks and zero...