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In This Issue: December 2011

On May 27, 2011, the Warren, MI, Fire Department responded to a report of a garage on fire. On arrival, the Engine 3 officer reported a fully involved residential garage with fire extending to a two-story, single-family dwelling. Two lines were stretched and the fire was controlled in 20 minutes. Engines 3 and 1, Truck 1, Rescue 4, Squad 3 and Battalion Chief 3 responded.

Dedication

This month’s Firehouse® is dedicated to Forest Rangers Josh Burch, 31, and Brett Fulton, 52, of the Suwannee Forestry Center, Florida Division of Forestry, in Lake City, FL; Firefighter Chris Pham, 35, of Dallas, TX, Fire-Rescue; and Fire Chief Matt Hadaller, 47, of Lewis County Fire District 3 in Mossyrock, WA, who died in the line of duty, June 2011; and to Firefighter III Harold Gregory Gibson, 53, of Fulton County, GA, Fire Rescue; Firefighter Walter E. Hauser, 62, of the Rochester, NY, Fire Department; and Firefighter Caleb N. Hamm, 23, of the Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management, Bonneville Hotshots, in Salt Lake City, UT, who died in the line of duty, July 2011.

Progress Report: Pennsylvania

by Jay K. Bradish
Created: November 16, 2011

BRADFORD, PA, JULY 24, 2011 – The Bradford City Fire Department was dispatched at 6:41 P.M. to a structure fire at DeFrank Appliances at 144 Davis St., a mixed-use occupancy that included a...
Progress Report: Indiana

by Jay K. Bradish
Created: November 16, 2011

CONNERSVILLE, IN, NOV. 7, 2010 – Fire destroyed a vacant factory in downtown Connersville. The one- and two-story, brick and heavy-timber building was built in the early 1900s. The Connersville Fire...
On The Job Utah

by Jay K. Bradish
Created: November 8, 2011

On Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, a two-alarm fire destroyed the Provo Latter-Day Saints Tabernacle, considered a “historic treasure,” in Provo, UT. Investigators determined the fire was unintentional and...
The Apparatus Architect

by Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur
Created: November 8, 2011

The November installment of The Apparatus Architect reviewed some history regarding fire apparatus cab design and the impact of staffing on seating positions and arrangements. Over the years, with the...
Fire History: Dec. 7, 1941: A Day of Infamy And FIRE

by Paul Hashagen
Created: November 3, 2011

Sunday morning, 0800 hours in Hawaii. The day shift was starting in Honolulu firehouses on Dec. 7, 1941. The sun was shining; the palms were swaying, another day in paradise.Lieutenant Frederick...
Tech Rescue: From Vision to Reality

by Bob Duemmel
Created: November 2, 2011

This is the final installment of a three-part series about the creation of a state-of-the-art technical rescue training center – the Monroe County, NY, Public Safety Training Facility (PSTF). Part...
Homemade Explosives: Current and Emerging Threats

by August Vernon
Created: October 31, 2011

August Vernon details a variety of homemade explosives that pose a serious threat to responding firefighters and other emergency workers.

University of Extrication: Steering Columns

by Ron Moore
Created: November 16, 2011

A three-part series about steering columns was published in Firehouse® in February, March and April 2006. Steering-column design features, rack-and-pinion column challenges and techniques for...
Close Calls: A "Bad Day" on the Fireground – Part 1

by William Goldfeder
Created: November 16, 2011

A fire department in Texas had a “bad day” on the fireground, with two firefighters suffering burn injuries, but there is no question it could have been much worse. However, because the officers...
AS Firehouse Sees it: Hal Bruno, 1928-2011

by Harvey Eisner
Created: November 16, 2011

Hal Bruno, a Firehouse® Magazine contributing editor and Fire Politics columnist from 1976 to 2011, passed away on Nov. 8, 2011. His family, friends, colleagues, politicians and the fire service have...
Marketing ICS: Marketing for Organizational Excellence

by Ben May
Created: November 7, 2011

Marketing can only be as good as the quality of what is being marketed. A fire department is a vital public service organization with the citizen at the center of its world. As we enter a period of...
Thermal Imaging Training: “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”

by Brad Harvey
Created: November 4, 2011

Although you are reading this article in December, I’m writing it in October. When I stopped by a local grocery store this morning, I couldn’t help but notice that Christmas music was already...
EMS: A Classic Role Model for Today's Responders

by Gary Ludwig
Created: November 4, 2011

I love to watch John Wayne movies. To me, nothing epitomizes an American hero more than John Wayne. In the nearly 200 films he made over the course of 50 years, by some accounts, John Wayne became the...
Leadership Lessons: The Power of Humility

by Kimberly Alyn
Created: October 21, 2011

Two battleships were assigned out to sea for maneuvers. There was thick fog with very limited visibility. The captain of the lead battleship stayed on deck to keep an eye on all activities. After a...
Fire Politics: A Break From Politics

by Dennis Compton
Created: October 21, 2011

The weather in Emmitsburg, MD, was threatening rain and high winds, but that was simply not to be. Almost like a miracle, it turned beautiful outside as the 30th Annual National Fallen Firefighters...
The Fire Scene: Outside Work

by John J. Salka, Jr.
Created: October 20, 2011

“Interior structural firefighter” is the gold standard in the American fire service. Most people who join a fire department do so with visions of entering burning buildings, wearing self-contained...
Hazmat Studies: Hazmat Response in the Heartland

by Robert Burke
Created: September 29, 2011

Resources for fire, EMS and hazardous materials responses in rural areas often are limited by community size, personnel availability and distances between communities. Hazmat response, being a much...
Command Post: Riding the Right-Front Seat – Part 8

This month, I pick up where I left off on the “What Have I Got” phase of operations in my September column. For those of you who will be riding the right-front seat on your fire department unit...
Fire Law: Carbon Monoxide Detectors & the Law

by Steve Blackistone
Created: August 25, 2011

Carbon monoxide (CO) is responsible for more than 400 deaths in the U.S. each year. Further, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 4,000 hospitalizations...

Forum 12/11

by Firehouse Readers
Created: November 17, 2011

Remembering Hal Bruno: A Special Relationship Firehouse® Magazine readers knew Hal Bruno as a dispenser of wise advice on how firefighters could win the hearts and minds of the public and the...
Rekindles 12/11

by Paul Hashagen
Created: November 10, 2011

OIL CITY, LA: DEC. 1, 1911 – Two large fires blazed in separate areas of the rich Caddo oil fields. One fire destroyed half of the boomtown known as Oil City, including the Stag Hotel and...
Scuttlebutt 12/11

by Steven Shaw
Created: October 27, 2011

Firefighter Lends a Helping “Paw” Frustrated by an increasing number of families with nowhere to take their pets after being displaced by fire or other emergency, Philadelphia Firefighter...
Hot Shots 12/11

by Firehouse Staff
Created: October 21, 2011

PASSAIC, NJ, AUG. 31, 2011 – Units were dispatched to an early-morning house fire. First-due units arrived to find a large, 1½-story frame dwelling with heavy fire in the basement, first floor...

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