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  • January 2016

    • January 2016

    This month's issue of Firehouse features articles on Functional Fitness, Apparatus Innovations involving ARFF vehicles and a story on limiting LODDs in the Netherlands.
    Mike Walton
    Careers & Education

    Fire Service Credentialing: The Credentialing Process from a Fire Officer Perspective

    Mike Walton
    Sept. 1, 2016
    Mike Walton explains how mentoring and the CPC play huge roles.
    Randy Bruegman
    Careers & Education

    Fire Service Credentialing: The Credentialed CFO

    Randy Bruegman
    Sept. 1, 2016
    Randy Bruegman explains the importance of setting the bar high and leading by example.
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    Safety & Health

    Health & Wellness: Functional Fitness

    Sarah Apgar
    Jan. 4, 2016
    Sarah Apgar offers a guide to developing fitness activities that complement fireground movements.
    Photos by Robert Burke
    Truck Stop scenario, is a series of actual truck cargo trailers including an MC306/406 trailer used to simulate leaks and spills of flammable liquids and petroleum products.
    Hazardous Materials

    Hazmat Studies: Introducing the LANL Hazmat Challenge - Part 2

    Robert Burke
    Jan. 1, 2016
    The finale of the Hazmat Challenge is graded and teams earn points based upon their ability to perform response skills through an eight-station obstacle course while using fully...
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    Leadership

    40th Anniversary: Then & Now—40 Years

    Jan. 1, 2016
    Tim Sendelbach reflects on how the fire service has evolved since Firehouse began serving America’s Bravest.

    More content from January 2016

    Photos by Jeffrey Koper, FD Kennemerland
    In order to help Dutch firefighters increase their risk awareness, a doctrine was developed, with the key goal being LODD prevention.
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    International Exchange: Limiting LODDs in the Netherlands

    Siemco Baaij
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Siemco Baaij explains how Dutch firefighters developed a doctrine that focuses on knowledge-based fire operations.
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    Chief Concerns: When Is Enough, Enough?

    Marc S. Bashoor
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Marc S. Bashoor looks at five topics that fire departments leaders need to address immediately.
    Photos by Ron Moore
    The Diablo-carbide-tipped reciprocating saw blade was able to cut through the A-pillar and the thick walls of the VW Gun Barrel Boron steel pipe.
    Vehicle Extrication

    University of Extrication: The “Gun Barrel” Boron Pipe—Part 2

    Ron Moore
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Reciprocating saw blades are the key to cutting through the ultra-high-strength steel
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    Close Calls: A Different Kind of Close Call, Part 2

    Billy Goldfeder
    Jan. 1, 2016
    A firefighter’s battle with leukemia offers warning about our exposure to toxins
    Photos by Tom W. Shand
    The Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority operates several Oshkosh Global Striker ARFF units including Foam 345. Note the use of scene lighting on top of the body.
    ARFF

    Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Vehicles

    Jan. 1, 2016
    Tom Shand and Mike Wilbur offer a brief history of ARFF vehicles.
    The Australian Bush Fire Rating. Note the new rating Catastrophic. Should one more be added? Firepocalyptic?
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    Challenges of the Suburban Firepocalypse

    Dan Pippin
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Dan Pippin offers 10 factors to consider when battling WUI fires with erratic fire behavior.
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    Leadership

    Leadership Lessons: “You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know”

    David Griffin
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Experience and education are keys because no one knows everything
    Photo by Michael Schwartzberg
    Linthicum, MD, Sept. 19, 2015
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    Hot Shots 1/16

    Firehouse Staff
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Anne Arundel County, MD, firefighters were dispatched to a reported structure fire in Linthicum Heights.
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    Fire Law: Smartphones & Employee Privacy

    Curt Varone
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Your phone isn’t just a simple piece of property
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    Community Risk

    Fire Prevention: Happy New Year, Fire Service!

    Daniel Byrne
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Daniel Byrne says it's time to take an honest look in the “resolution mirror” when it comes to fire prevention.
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    EMS: Anything Can Happen on Any Call!

    Gary Ludwig
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Gary Ludwig explains the dangerous life of an EMT.
    Photo courtesy Bramic Creative Business Products, Ltd
    Electrical and cable distribution must address current needs, provide for future growth, and meet applicable codes.
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    Fire Dispatch: Designing Dispatch Consoles

    Barry Furey
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Barry Furey says the design of dispatch consoles is more than a desk and chair.
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    Leadership

    The Fire Scene: New Year’s Resolutions

    John J. Salka Jr.
    Jan. 1, 2016
    Fire service self-improvement goals for 2016