“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...
In this, the first of a three-part series, I sat down with Bob Andrews, vice president and chief operations officer of community hazard mitigation services at ISO, to discuss ...
APRIL 1: FRANKFORT, IN – Fire consumed about a half-acre of wood pallets and plastics stored outdoors at a commercial lot. Local residents and occupants of an elementary school...
We are pleased to announce the newest honorees in our 2013 Firehouse® Magazine Heroism Awards program and take pride in highlighting the bravery of these outstanding individuals...
So, your fire department is buying a new piece of apparatus. You will probably want to form a committee because that is usually the first step. Committees seem to be the way humans...
Federal Agencies Coordinate to Advance EMSIn an effort to further coordinate federal efforts in emergency medical services (EMS), the members of the Federal Interagency Committee...
I conducted an emergency vehicle operator class in Canada and found a fire department that had taken its fire apparatus to a local heavy-duty truck dealer to get their trucks ...
Custom Apparatus CabE-ONE has debuted the redesigned Quest custom cab featuring improved ergonomics that can be seen and felt with lower and wider cab steps allowing for easier...
Firefighters spend a lot of time training. This training can include pump and aerial operations, donning of turnout gear, hose extending and pulling drills, forcible entry and...
Since Sept. 11, 2001, much work has been done in the pursuit of interoperable public safety communications. In 2002, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of...
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SUBJECT: Small Overlap Frontal Crash Testing TOPIC: New Procedures for Dash-Rolling or Dash-Jacking Evolution OBJECTIVE: Understand vehicle structural changes related to the small...
Editor’s note: The Fire Politics column, “Tampa2: Updating the Path Forward,” in the May issue by Chief Dennis Compton, a Firehouse® contributing editor, reported on the March...
There is a lot to report this month about the state of the fire service. First, we feature our Firehouse® Magazine Heroism Awards Program in this month’s issue. We congratulate...
The constant in life is change – and fire departments operating in the new healthcare environment, since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (...
Editor’s note: David Griffin was the driver of the first engine to respond to a furniture warehouse fire that claimed the lives of nine of his fellow firefighters in Charleston...
As a fire chief and editor-in-chief of Firehouse®, I have visited or been invited to numerous apparatus factories around the country. Seeing the latest types of apparatus with...
Rarely do fire departments need to look to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for guidance. However, when it comes to developing social media policies, they would be well...
FDNY Firefighter Meets His Blood DonorsThe New York Blood Center (NYBC) hosted its annual Long Island donor recognition and appreciation awards dinner at the Crest Hollow Country...
Welcome back! Summertime heat, fun and food! As we get ready for another active wildland fire season, it’s also the time to clean the grill and get some quick, healthy and delicious...
PATERSON, NJ, APRIL 20, 2014 – Flames consumed three wood-frame, mixed-occupancy buildings on Easter Sunday, leaving 11 people homeless. A passing battalion chief radioed in the...
As we have been reporting over the past two months, on Jan. 18, 2014, the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department (M-LFD) of Long Island, NY, was alerted to respond to a reported ...
Author’s note: To give our readers a sense of history regarding the non-firefighting world as it was 100 years ago this month, on June 28, 1914, a Serbian terrorist assassinated...
NUTLEY, NJ, ENGINE COMPANY 3 has been assigned a Rosenbauer pumper built on a Spartan Force chassis and featuring a 350-hp Cummins engine, 1,500-gpm Hale pump, 500-gallon water...