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    Photo from Paul Hashagen Collection
    This undated photo shows a Hearst Metrotone News crew filming a silent newsreel featuring a building fire. The company was renamed News of the Day in 1916. It is interesting to note the wooden platform being used by one cameraman. It is not clear whether the fire was staged.
    CHARLOTTE, NC: JULY 1, 1914 – The Charlotte Fire Department responded to a barn fire behind the home of a railway contractor. Unknown to the firemen, the contractor had dynamite...
    July 1, 2014
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    In this, the second installment in a multi-part series of columns, I met with Bob Andrews, vice president and chief operations officer of community hazard mitigation services ...
    July 1, 2014
    T hink back to your childhood days. Do you remember your parents telling you that life was all about change? As adults, we have learned that change is constant, and we have to...
    July 1, 2014
    Photos by Ron Moore
    Looking at this steering column, the white plastic ball joint by the coiled spring is the column's tilt-adjustable joint. There may be a solid steel shaft below this tilt joint and a solid shaft above it connected to the steering wheel itself. The tilt joint, however, is generally a weak point of a column. If the column is to be totally cut through, this would be a great place to start.
    SUBJECT: Steering Column, Part 5TOPIC: Total Steering Column RemovalOBJECTIVE: Understand modern vehicle steering wheel and column design TASK: Given an acquired vehicle and rescue...
    July 1, 2014
    SMEAL FIRE APPARATUS CO. has acquired the assets of LTI, including LTI ladders, platforms and tractor-drawn aerials, Squrt and TeleSqurt boom-ladders and Snorkel articulating ...
    July 1, 2014
    Photo by Keith Cullom
    APRIL 30: SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA – Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire in the City of Goleta that destroyed two homes and caused major damage to two other houses as flames spread across close properly lines and wind pushed the fire through property line hedges and vegetation. Thirteen fire companies from both the Santa Barbara County and City Fire Departments worked to stop the extension of the fire.
    MAY 1: LYNCHBURG, VA – A train carrying crude oil derailed and led to the evacuation of nearby buildings and drinking water was drawn from an old canal system instead as a precaution...
    July 1, 2014
    Photo by Jeff Zimmerman
    The fire service, from the first unit on the scene of any type of incident, makes a decision on whether to operate in an aggressive, offensive manner or take a defensive position.
    Editor’s Note: The Firehouse staff wanted to share some of long-time Editor in Chief Harvey Eisner’s work. Harvey, a fixture on New York City firegrounds and at major events and...
    July 1, 2014
    Photo by Robert Burke
    Anhydrous ammonia (NH3) is one of the leading sources of nitrogen fertilizer applied to agricultural crops in the U.S.
    Robert Burke explains the characteristics of Anhydrous ammonia and how it can impact rescuers and their equipment.
    July 1, 2014
    Photos by Lee Genser
    Photo 1: Heavy smoke was followed by fire coming through the roof (Photo 2) of the 5,000-square-foot house and a subsequent complete collapse.
    This concludes a multi-part account of a close call experienced by the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department (M-LFD) of Long Island, NY, at a house fire on Jan. 18, 2014. Thanks...
    July 1, 2014
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    Like many fire departments around the country, Oregon’s Clackamas Fire District 1 has depended on thermal imagers (TIs) for well over a dozen years as a critical tool in helping...
    July 1, 2014
    Photos by Nicholas Wilbur
    Operating fire apparatus on a sunny day with sun glare is hard enough to do safely. Texting while driving makes a bad situation worse. This is extremely dangerous.
    Mike Wilbur warns that you should know cell phone rules before sitting behind the wheel of an emergency vehicle.
    July 1, 2014
    WATEROUS has introduced the CRU2C21 pump
    Industrial Fire PumpWATEROUS has introduced the CRU2C21 pump, created with the industrial firefighting market in mind. Rated at 4,000 gpm at 100 psi with flow through rates up...
    July 1, 2014
    “Standing on the shoulders of giants” is a proverb meant to describe the process of using the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before in order to make intellectual...
    July 1, 2014
    Las Vegas Fire Chief William McDonald (center, holding award) along with staff members of LVFR accepted the American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline EMS Bronze Award from representatives from the American Heart Association.
    LVFR Receives EMS AwardLas Vegas Fire & Rescue (LVFR) has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Bronze Award that recognizes its commitment and success...
    July 1, 2014
    Photo courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
    Disney's “Planes: Fire & Rescue” features a lively bunch of brave all-terrain vehicles known as The Smokejumpers.
    New Disney Animated Feature Highlights Wildland FiresThe Walt Disney Company is set to release an animated film that pays tribute to those brave souls who battle wildland fires...
    July 1, 2014
    Photo by Jeff Zimmerman
    SAN DIEGO, CA
    SAN DIEGO, CA, ADD DATE – Numerous homes lay in ashes after flames jumped from ridge to ridge, destroying everything in their path. Santa Ana winds blew for three days, hampering...
    July 1, 2014
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    It’s 3 o’clock in the morning and the tones go off. “Rescue 8, meet the police at the intersection of Main and 5th streets to check on the welfare of a civilian.”When you arrive...
    July 1, 2014
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    The development of low-cost, high-quality drones together with lightweight, high-quality digital cameras offers emergency responders and fire buffs a tremendous opportunity to...
    July 1, 2014
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    In May 2013, I wrote a column about a survey taken to identify what some metropolitan fire chiefs from across the country believed to be the most critical issues facing their ...
    July 1, 2014
    While standing at the command post on a working fire, it troubles me to see the efforts that members of the fire service go through to make a stand for something, but cannot help...
    July 1, 2014
    Photo courtesy of LVFR
    This photo was taken by one of the rescue personnel on scene and sent to me before I arrived on scene. I then sent it out to the media immediately to advise the public why a ramp on the interstate was closed during rush hour. Media that who could not respond to the scene due to time restraints used the image while the incident was still in progress.
    Working as a public information officer (PIO) for the past 30-plus years, I have used a number of ways to get information out to the public, mostly through the media.In the very...
    July 1, 2014
    THE NEEDHAM, MA, FIRE DEPARTMENT has taken delivery of a KME 79-foot AerialCat rear-mount ladder
    THE NEEDHAM, MA, FIRE DEPARTMENT has taken delivery of a KME 79-foot AerialCat rear-mount ladder built on a KME Predator MFD chassis powered by a 450-hp Cummins ISL engine. Components...
    July 1, 2014
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    One of the most interesting and exciting aspects of being a firefighter is that every run, every alarm and every call for assistance is different from the last run and from the...
    July 1, 2014
    Photo courtesy of NIOSH
    Employee wearing personal protective equipment works in an enclosure while handling powder-form nanomaterials.
    Every day, more industrial processes are moving to a new, more active form of the materials they use. This new form is 1,000 times smaller than the micrometer-sized materials ...
    July 1, 2014