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  • March 2015

    • March 2015

    Combination Fire Department Run Survey
    Hoselines & Water Appliances

    Industry News 3/15

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2015
    SAFETY COMPONENTS has added Jamie Martin to its fire service sales and marketing team.
    Battalion 3
    EMS

    Product Showcase 3/15

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2015
    Command Software
    Photo by Mike Meadows
    DEC. 1, 2014: SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CA – A fire that began in a storage yard burned through dozens of cars and trash and slowed freeway traffic during rush hour. Task Force 98 attacks one part of the blaze.
    Operations & Training

    Fire Wire 3/15

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2015
    Recent fires from around the country
    Sendelbach Tim
    Operations & Training

    As Firehouse Sees It: The Missing Link Of Safety

    Timothy E. Sendelbach
    March 1, 2015
    The battles over safety have gone on for far too long
    Photo by BC Al Kirsits/Penn Township FD
    Fire was through the roof on arrival.

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    Operations & Training

    The Fire Scene: What is Killing Firefighters?

    John J. Salka Jr.
    March 1, 2015
    Issues that play a role in how, where and why firefighters die
    NORTH WHIDBEY FIRE AND RESCUE has taken delivery of two Midwest Fire All-Poly PT2 2500 tanker-pumpers
    Apparatus

    New Deliveries 3/15

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2015
    New Fire Apparatus Deliveries
    Photo by Don Knoob/Courtesy of Richmond FD
    Firefighters and volunteers apply water to the buildings west of the State Theater to prevent spread farther to the east. All buildings on main between 5th and 6th avenues west of the theater were destroyed.
    Hazardous Materials

    Hazmat Studies: 41 Dead, Businesses Decimated In Historic Indiana Explosions

    Robert Burke
    March 1, 2015
    Firefighter: “It just looked like the picture of the atomic bomb”
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    PPE

    Tools & Technologies: A Revolution in PPE: Filament Twill Technology

    Guy Lucas
    March 1, 2015
    Firefighter protective clothing is continually evolving
    Photo by Nik Knauer
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    Thermal Imagers

    Thermal Imaging: Using your Thermal Imager For Salvage and Overhaul

    John Hays
    March 1, 2015
    John Hays explains how proper thermal imaging camera usage makes salvage and overhaul operations more effective.
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    EMS

    EMS: On or Off Duty, You Are Still A Firefighter/Paramedic

    Gary Ludwig
    March 1, 2015
    Your training does not stop when your shift ends
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    Community Risk Reduction

    Fire Prevention Is a Year-Round Priority

    March 1, 2015
    Josh Waldo offers four tips to establish successful year-round fire prevention efforts.
    Photos by Tom Shand
    Wagon 5 from the South End Fire Company in Winchester, VA, is equipped with a 750-gallon water tank. Note the use of a combination of folding and fixed step surfaces to gain access to the hosebed area.
    Apparatus

    The Apparatus Architect: Specifying the Correct Weight & Size

    March 1, 2015
    Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur look at two case studies where newly delivered units were too heavy or too small.
    Photos by Mike Daley
    What is available in your cache to remove a victim? In this case, the litter on the left is a confined-space litter; it is only 17 inches wide at the widest point. This is the preferred litter for manipulating through tight entry portals.
    Rescue

    Tech Rescue: ROPE RESCUE: Basic Packaging & Lowering Techniques - Part 4

    Michael Daley
    March 1, 2015
    Building practical and efficient rope rescue systems
    Photo from Paul Hashagen Collection
    NEW YORK CITY: MARCH 8, 1915 – FDNY Rescue Company 1, composed of eight firemen, a lieutenant and captain, was assigned a rebuilt 1914 Cadillac touring car (in photo) outfitted with smoke helmets, cutting torches, jacks, resuscitators and hand-tools.
    Operations & Training

    Rekindles 3/2015

    Paul Hashagen
    March 1, 2015
    Fires From 100 Years Ago
    Photo courtesy SMDI
    The SMDI honored Ron Moore and Elizabeth Krear with its inaugural “Men and Women of Steel” awards.
    EMS

    Scuttlebutt 3/15

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2015
    SMDI Honors Moore, Krear
    Photo courtesy of Elbit
    Elbit Systems has been awarded an approximately $100 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense to procure six new firefighting aircraft.
    ARFF

    For the Record 3/15

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2015
    Elbit Procures $100 Million Deal with IMOD
    Shane Ray
    Community Risk Reduction

    Fire Politics: “The Fire”: Let’s Learn From What They Teach Us

    Shane Ray
    March 1, 2015
    Why do we continue to wait for a tragedy to take action?
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    Careers & Education

    NFFF New Goals Campaign: Who Responds to a Firefighter’s Worst Day?

    Ronald Siarnicki
    March 1, 2015
    Initiative #13: Helping firefighters deal with the stress of routine and extraordinary events
    Photo by Tom McDonald
    HOUSTON, TX, JAN. 15, 2015
    Operations & Training

    Hot Shots 3/2015

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2015
    Recent fires from around the country
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    Operations & Training

    Chief Concerns: Flow Paths – Just Science? It Better Be Your Reality

    Marc S. Bashoor
    March 1, 2015
    Your grandfather’s fire department probably got it right
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    Tech & Comm

    Fireground Communications: Technology and Building Identification

    March 1, 2015
    Mike Lombardo explains the challenges with providing accurate and clear communications on the fireground.
    Photo by Michael Schwartzberg
    Volunteer and career firefighters work side by side at a three-alarm fire in Baltimore County, MD.
    Operations & Training

    2014 Combination Fire Department Run Survey

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2015
    The fifth annual Combination Fire Department Run Survey features statistics on apparatus, budgets, membership and 2014 fire and EMS calls.
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    Scene Lighting

    Stinger HPL, Strion HPL Flashlights

    Streamlight, Inc.
    Jan. 23, 2015
    Streamlight has launched the rechargeable Stinger HPL and Strion HPL (High Performance Lumen) lights, new high lumen, long-range lights with an ultra-bright hotspot for illuminating...
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    Thermal Imagers

    K55 Thermal Imaging Camera

    Teledyne FLIR
    Jan. 23, 2015
    The K55 incorporates FLIR’s revolutionary Flexible Scene Enhancement (FSX) technology which produces ultra-crisp thermal imagery and is also equipped with on-board video recording...
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    Rigaku Raman Technologies Offers Chemical Detection Tool

    Rigaku Analytical Devices
    Jan. 23, 2015
    Rigaku Raman Technologies, a leading pioneer of handheld and portable Raman spectrometers, has introduced Progeny ResQ, the new generation in handheld chemical detection.