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    On the day I am writing this, a person shot five people at a cafe near the University of Washington in Seattle and then shot himself in the head as police closed in on him. His...
    July 1, 2012
    Photo by John Hanley
    BUFFALO, NY, JULY 5, 2011 – Firefighters prepare to attack an early-morning working fire in a 2½-story wood-frame vacant building. Photo by John Hanley
    LONG BEACH, NY, DEC. 21, 2011 – Firefighters from Point Lookout-Lido, Island Park and Oceanside assisted Long Beach at a house fire. Two firefighters suffered injuries. Photo ...
    July 1, 2012
    Photos by Steve Skipton
    When the garage door collapsed, Assistant Chief Norman Cutshall requested the nozzle team to back up. Photos by Steve Skipton
    GOOSE CREEK, SC, DEC. 14, 2011 – Two adults, an elderly bedridden woman and her adult son, were at home when smoke detectors sounded. The son went next door to call 911. When ...
    July 1, 2012
    Photos by Dennis C. Sharpe
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    EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ, JAN. 19, 2012 – Farmington Volunteer Fire Company 4 of the Egg Harbor Township Fire Department, the Egg Harbor Township Technical Rescue Team (TRT) and...
    July 1, 2012
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    Each year, fire departments all across the nation spend millions of dollars and man hours working to prevent the loss of life to fires in buildings. Professional fire inspectors...
    July 1, 2012
    Photo by Timothy R. Szymanski/LVFR
    A reporter’s notebook on a 'citation holder.' Notice the pen, mini light for darkness and rubber band on the bottom of the notebook.
    One of the main duties of a fire department public information officer (PIO) is to disseminate information. To do that correctly, the PIO will need to gather information first...
    July 1, 2012
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    Firehouse: Las Vegas Fire & Rescue recently went through the accreditation process for the second time, and has been reaccredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International...
    July 1, 2012
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    Performing other than fire-related rescues is nothing new for the fire service. From a child’s head caught in a banister to a person trapped in heavy machinery, a firefighter ...
    July 1, 2012
    Photo by Dennis C. Sharpe
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    THE LUTHERVILLE FIRE COMPANY in Baltimore County, MD, has taken delivery of a Pierce pumper built on a Pierce Arrow XT chassis powered by a 500-hp Detroit Diesel engine. Components...
    July 1, 2012
    Photo by Bob Bartosz
    Nash County, NC, April 15, 2012 log home fire
    NASH COUNTY, NC, APRIL 15, 2012 – Four stations were dispatched for a log home on fire. An interior attack was made, but units were driven out by the advancing fire. Firefighters...
    July 1, 2012
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    I know this doesn’t sound as interesting to the typical firefighter as training on rapid intervention or roof cutting, but when conducted correctly and regularly, this training...
    July 1, 2012
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    Whether you occupy the right-front seat on a full-time basis or you are just filling in, you are expected to do certain things and make certain decisions. Leadership skills are...
    July 1, 2012
    Photo courtesy of Las Vegas Fire & Rescue
    There is no substitute for an authorized, informed and motivated public information officer who works hand in hand with an incident commander or chief officer.
    As a past chief of a sizeable volunteer fire company and a public information officer (PIO) for the preceding 27 years, I greatly appreciated your April and May issues, which ...
    July 1, 2012
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    Even as many local and state budgets have begun to stabilize, fire departments continue to find themselves in the middle of discussions by elected officials and other policy-makers...
    July 1, 2012
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    According to a U.S. Fire Department Profile Report published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) in 2010, the U.S. is protected by 30,125 organized fire departments...
    July 1, 2012
    Photo by Dennis Walus
    Firefighters have been killed while executing random and uncoordinated tactical activities at unoccupied, no-value building fires. Now, in many jurisdictions, firefighters stand back and let vacant buildings of no value burn. The 'Four Box' strategic process is designed to provide the first on-scene fire officer with a logical strategic progression to help maintain poise and confidence.
    Back in 2007, Firehouse® published the first installment of Mark Emery’s 11-part series “The Ten Command-Ments of Intelligent and Safe Fireground Operations.” The series began...
    July 1, 2012
    Photos by Robert Burke
    The Lexington, KY, Fire Department’s Hazmat 1 responds as part of the Bluegrass Emergency Response Team (BERT). The apparatus is a 2009 Pierce with a 106-inch Pierce Velocity command cab.
    Regional hazardous materials response teams were located throughout Kentucky in the late 1980s. By the end of the 1990s, however, many teams had disbanded for various reasons,...
    July 1, 2012
    Photo by DC Jerry Kainz/JFD
    The original fire building, the North Star Building, is right in the view of side A. The exposure at left is the vacant former Elks Building. The photo was taken nine minutes after dispatch.
    On Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, fire destroyed the North Star Building in downtown Jamestown, ND. The building was owned by Vining Oil Co. and was being used for storage. It contained...
    July 1, 2012
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    More than 100 firefighters worked for nine hours to control a six-alarm fire that destroyed a historic hotel in Punxsutawney, PA, on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. As fire conditions...
    July 1, 2012
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    Engine Rescue With Digital PanelKME has introduced the KME Engine Rescue, featuring a compact, all-digital pump-panel display. For simplified pump operations and maintenance, ...
    July 1, 2012
    Photo by Mike Meadows
    The fire chief must be able to justify how he or she determines the 'right' amount of resources needed to efficiently and effectively manage an emergency.
    A successful response to this question can be reviewed as having three distinct parts: staffing, response time and resources (i.e., apparatus). Resources, in the form of apparatus...
    July 1, 2012
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    The presence of an accordian-looking sleeve below the seatbelt buckle is a good indicator that the seatbelt pretensioner system is located just below this buckle.
    SUBJECT: Seatbelt Restraint Systems – Part 1TOPIC: Seatbelt PretensionersOBJECTIVE: Given a late-model vehicle, the rescuer will be able to identify the seatbelts with pretensioner...
    July 1, 2012
    NORTH ADAMS, MA: JULY 2, 1912 – A disastrous fire tore through the business district, causing an estimated $800,000 in damage. The blaze broke out in the kitchen of Wilson’s Hotel...
    July 1, 2012
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    Industry Veteran Joins Firehouse Greg Toritto has been named group publisher of Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com. Toritto, who has been involved in the fire service industry...
    July 1, 2012
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    Take This Survey and Save a Life (Maybe Your Own)!Members of the fire and emergency services regularly respond to traumatic events and face a variety of daily stressors that can...
    July 1, 2012
    Routine maintenance ensures that a thermal imager performs when needed and enjoy a long and fruitful service life. This column focuses on two areas in caring for your thermal ...
    July 1, 2012
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    As part of an ongoing, multi-faceted effort to present the best training and education at our conferences, I recently attended meetings in California of San Diego-area and Los...
    July 1, 2012