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Posted: Tue, 09/29/2009 - 14:58
Updated: Tue, 10/20/2009 - 11:06

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October 2009


Photo by: Cover Photo by Jack Calderone

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On the Cover

 Firefighters from Finderne and South Bound Brook assisted the Bound Brook, NJ, Fire Department at an attic fire in a semi-attached private dwelling.  The fire occurred on August 24, 2008.

Dedication

 This month's Firehouse is dedicated to Captain James Harlow, 50, and Probationary Firefighter Damion Hobbs, 29, of Houston, TX, Fire Department; Chief Charles Fletcher Clough Jr., 41, of the Sudlersville, MD, Volunteer Fire Company; and Station Chief/Firefighter Dennis M. Simmons, 63, of the St. John, KS, Fire Department, who died in the line of duty, April 2009.

Fire Department Operations, Cover Story

Fire Department Operations

Incident Report

  • "Station Fire" Claims Two L.A. County Firefighters

    The "Station Fire" is the largest wildland fire in Los Angeles County history and the ninth-largest wildland fire in California since 1933.

  • On The Job: PENNSYLVANIA

    On Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, the Pottstown, PA, Fire Department was faced with heavy fire emitting from two apartment buildings, six occupants needing rescue from the second floor and a jumper who was on the ground, critically injured.

Wildland Firefighting

  • ICC Spearheads National Effort On Wildland Fire Management

    Modern wildfires are no longer contained in just isolated realms of the environmental landscape. Today, many fires are encroaching on the urbanized fringe of countless communities. More specifically, the geographic spaces where urban/residential areas blend into wildfire-prone natural landscapes are referred to as wildland/urban interface (WUI) lands. Year after year, countless homes in the WUI are damaged or destroyed by wildfires. In addition to property loss, civilian and first responder casualties and fatalities are occurring.

  • Which Factor Is Present In Most Wildland Firefighting Fatalities and Burnovers?

    Last month, we discussed using LCES (Lookouts, Communication, Escape routes and Safety zones) combined with making a fire behavior prediction to determine whether firefighters could commit to protect structures in the wildland urban interface (WUI). This month, we will explore the complex task of predicting fire behavior.

    This column is intended for the firefighter who occasionally responds to wildland fires with the focus of structure protection in the WUI. The term wildland fire is used here to describe grass/brush, forest/timber or a vegetation fire.

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