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    The Fire Service Technology article in the March issue of Firehouse® reported specifically about devices that use the Apple iOS operating system, such as iPhones and iPads. This...
    May 1, 2013
    Photo by Mike Meadows
    Police officers and firefighters responded to a reported shooting in Los Angeles, CA, in 2012. Any incident can present unexpected dangers.
    A recent EMS run in suburban Atlanta, GA, turned into anything but normal. A resident who called in a request for an ambulance took five firefighters hostage and held them at ...
    May 1, 2013
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    Dealing with nasty, weather-related storms is nothing new to firefighters. When any of us heard about the massive storms that hit the mid-Atlantic coast within the past year, ...
    May 1, 2013
    GLOBE, DUPONT and the NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL (NVFC) have teamed up once again to provide new gear to volunteer fire departments in need. The application period is now...
    May 1, 2013
    Six firefighters recently died in the line of duty in six separate incidents. Three deaths were the result of accidents, two deaths were health related and one death was the result...
    May 1, 2013
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    More than 170 firefighters from four counties responded to a multiple-alarm fire that destroyed a printing plant in White Township, Indiana County, PA, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012...
    May 1, 2013
    Jessica and her mom pose with the staff from the San Bernardino County’s Office of the Fire Marshal
    Making a DifferenceJessica Carscadden is a very special little girl. Born in China and placed in an orphanage, she struggled with some serious medical conditions. There wasn’t...
    May 1, 2013
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    Former Pierce Manufacturing President, CEO DiesDoug Ogilvie, a former long-time president, general manager and CEO of Pierce Manufacturing, died on March 17. He was 94.Ogilvie...
    May 1, 2013
    Photo by Chris E. Mickal
    When firefighters graduate from basic training and report to a station or a company, it is the job of the officers and senior firefighters to complete their training and ensure they are proficient in performing basic firefighting skills – and that includes mastering the stretch.
    The opening article in this series (Firehouse®, April 2013) introduced the idea that the success of the hoseline stretch is based on four phases – preparation, size-up, making...
    May 1, 2013
    Photo by Joel Gebet
    The Upper Frederick Township, PA, Fire Company has taken delivery of a Darley Vision pumper-tanker.
    THE UPPER FREDERICK TOWNSHIP, PA, FIRE COMPANY has taken delivery of a Darley Vision pumper-tanker built on a Spartan MetroStar chassis. The unit features a 450-hp Cummins ISL9...
    May 1, 2013
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    I’ve got some disappointing news to share. It will be tough to hear, but I don’t know any other way to convey it other than to just come right out and tell you: Your thermal imager...
    May 1, 2013
    Photo by Ed Gray
    Harrison, NJ, March 10, 2013
    HARRISON, NJ, MARCH 10, 2013 – A five-alarm fire that required responses from departments from three counties produced a backdraft that injured five firefighters and destroyed...
    May 1, 2013
    Photo by Dominic Colletti
    Using a drafting eductor can significantly increase water-delivery performance for a small-community fire department that must draft from difficult-to-access water sources.
    Virtually every small-community fire department can benefit from implementing a few of the many technological innovations available in the fire industry today. The choices, for...
    May 1, 2013
    Photo by Jay K. Bradish/IFPA
    Highway accident scenes are especially perilous when snow or ice conditions are present.
    Some years ago, when I was working in St. Louis, MO, I was doing research about the city’s police department for a project I was working on. While doing the research, I came across...
    May 1, 2013
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    I recently conducted a survey involving fire chiefs who manage 10 metropolitan fire departments in the United States. The departments selected for the survey were literally from...
    May 1, 2013
    Photo by Jay. K. Bradish/IFPA
    There are distinct advantages and disadvantages for fire-based EMS systems, whether at the first-responder or transport level of service.
    There are two components to this question. First, should the fire department be providing FIRST-RESPONDER medical services? Second, should the fire department be providing TRANSPORT...
    May 1, 2013
    Photos by Timothy R. Szymanski/LVFR
    Fire safety educators teach the public to never go to sleep without a properly operating smoke alarm watching over them.
    If ever a tool was invented for the fire service that has saved countless lives, the undisputed champion has to be the smoke alarm.The smoke alarms currently in use were introduced...
    May 1, 2013
    Photo courtesy of Gwinnett County FD
    Gwinnett County Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team responded to an overturned tanker that spilled 2,000 gallons of gasoline into a creek.
    Robert Burke explains how Gwinnett County, GA, fire and police crews work together for hazmat incidents.
    May 1, 2013