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In This Issue: June 2011

Michael S. LaPrade

Firefighters battle a four-alarm fire in Leominster, MA, involving a large, 2½-story/three-story wood-frame structure on March 5, 2011. The fire had a good start prior to arrival and heavy fire was on the second and third floors. Mutual aid was called from six departments.

Dedication

This month’s Firehouse® is dedicated to Firefighter Larry Gressett Sr., 33, of the Toomsuba, MS, Volunteer Fire Department; Firefighter Thomas V. Regan, 82, of the Garden City Park, NY, Fire Department; Firefighter/ Forest Ranger Technician Donald R. Lam, 58, of the Kentucky Division of Forestry in Frankfort, KY; Firefighter/Paramedic Glenn L. Allen, 61, of the Los Angeles, CA, Fire Department; and Chief Chris Stock, 49, of the Westport, KY, Volunteer Fire Department, who died in the line of duty, February 2011

Incident Report: Remembering the Father’s Day Fire

by Harvey Eisner
Created: May 4, 2011

Editor’s note: A five-alarm fire in a hardware store in the Astoria section of Queens, NY, on June 17, 2001, killed three FDNY members – Lieutenant John Downing, Firefighter Brian Fahey and...
Tech Rescue: Teamwork in Action

by Ruel Douvillier
Created: May 4, 2011

We’ve all been there. You’ve had a major fire in a large abandoned building with an unknown number of transients living in it. You know that at least 20 people were in the building when the fire...
From Vision to Reality

by Bob Duemmel
Created: May 2, 2011

This is the first in a series about the creation of a state-of-the-art technical rescue facility and the events that helped make the vision a reality. Working together has become a template for...
FDNY Engine 343

by Eugene Stolowski and James Mccarthy
Created: March 23, 2011

In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the FDNY Fire Family Foundation wanted to do something to honor the 343 members of the FDNY who died in the line of duty that day. It was decided that all...

Fire Technology: Preparing for Coexistence

by Charles L. Werner
Created: May 5, 2011

Firefighters require both dependable global positioning systems (GPS) and dependable wireless communications to be effective. As many fire chiefs have expressed concern over potential interference...
Fire Technology: Preparing for Coexistence

by Charles L. Werner
Created: May 5, 2011

Firefighters require both dependable global positioning systems (GPS) and dependable wireless communications to be effective. As many fire chiefs have expressed concern over potential interference...
Basement and Cellar Fires

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Created: May 4, 2011

As Engine 36 arrived on the scene of the tightly closed-up two-story dwelling, smoke was pushing from around the doors and windows on both floors as well as from the attic vents. There were no cars in...
Time Is of the Essence

by Carol Politi
Created: April 28, 2011

A firefighter radios that he is down, but is too overcome to say where. A hot spot suddenly flares up and explodes, needing more water and manpower. A father frantically tells firefighters he...
Become a “Dopamine Dealer”

by Kimberly Alyn
Created: April 20, 2011

Rewarding people for good behavior as a first choice instead of punishing bad behavior creates better results. There are, of course, circumstances where bad behavior is not going away and if...
Be a Student of Your Profession

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

We should all realize just how lucky we are to be involved in the fire service. Whether you are a full-time career firefighter in a mid-size department, a volunteer lieutenant in a small community...

Scuttlebutt

by Steven Shaw
Created: May 12, 2011

Bravest Edge Finest in Emotional Game The FDNY (the Bravest) recently squared off against the NYPD (the Finest) in the 38th annual FDNY/NYPD hockey game at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in...
Secaucus, NJ

SECAUCUS, NJ, APRIL 3, 2011 – A woman clinging to her third-floor window fell to her death as flames consumed her apartment in a Meadowlands waterfront housing complex. Police arrived and found...
Brooklyn, NY

BROOKLYN, NY, FEB. 7, 2011 – A fire in a two-story brick commercial building spread to exposure two. Four handlines and one tower ladder were used to knock down the heavy fire.
Seabrook, TX

SEABROOK, TX, FEB. 26, 2011 – An early-morning blaze sent one resident to a Galveston burn center with serious injuries and displaced more than 50 families from the Emerald Shores complex in this...
Fairlawn, NJ

FAIR LAWN, NJ, FEB. 24, 2011 – A two-family home was destroyed in a two-alarm blaze, leaving four people homeless, including one person in a wheelchair. Units were dispatched shortly before 7...

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