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October 2000


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Members of the DeRidder Fire Department in Louisiana utilize a condemned structure to conduct a training exercise, September 1999.

Dedication

This month's Firehouse® is dedicated to Firefighter Kendall Bryant, 36, of the Layton, UT, Fire Department; and Forest Technician III Lamar Y'Barbo, 55, of the Texas Forest Service, who died in the line of duty, March 2000; and to Firefighter James Griffith, 25, of the Winterset, IA, Volunteer Fire Department; Captain David Maisano, 38, of the Tritown Fire Department in Mio, MI; and Firefighter Michael Baughn, 46, of the Washington Fire Department in Washington Courthouse, OH, who died in the line of duty, April 2000.

Higher Education for the Fire Service

  • Rick Crickenberger and Ben Sojka report on why firefighters must understand how the thermal imaging camera changes their behavior so as not to let it increase the danger when used.

Wildland Firefighting

  • Robert M. Winston provides a first-person account of a dangerous wildfire: "The heat and smoke were almost unbearable, but we stayed put as we watched everything that was combustible around us ignite."

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