Firefighter Safety Magazine Articles

  • Changing Culture, Changing Priorities: When Does Safety Become Unsafe?

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    Article • February 28th, 2002

  • Close Calls

    A survivor shares dangerous fireground experiences and details the lessons learned from them.

    Article • January 31st, 2002

  • OSHA Adopts New Needlestick Safety Directive

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    Article • January 31st, 2002

  • Why The World Trade Center Buildings Collapsed

    By request of the author, this article is not available online

    Article • December 31st, 2001

  • Close Calls

    Survivors share their dangerous fireground experiences and detail the lessons learned from them.

    Article • December 31st, 2001

  • Close Calls

    We have been asking readers to share their accounts of incidents in which firefighters found themselves in dangerous or life-threatening situations, with the intention of sharing the information and learning from one another to reduce injuries and...

    Article • November 30th, 2001

  • Close Calls

    Firehouse® Magazine readers and contributing editors team up to tell survivors’ stories of dangerous fireground experiences.

    Article • October 31st, 2001

  • From The Officer’s Seat: The Rapid Intervention Rope Bag - Part 3

    Mark J. McLees outlines ways in which the rapid intervention rope can be used to remove a downed firefighter from a roof.

    Article • October 1st, 2001

  • Close Calls

    Firehouse® Magazine readers and contributing editors team up to tell survivors’ stories of dangerous fireground experiences.

    Article • October 1st, 2001

  • Fire And Explosions

    By request of the author, this article is not available online

    Article • September 1st, 2001

  • Close Calls

    Firehouse® Magazine readers and contributing editors team up to tell survivors’ stories of their close calls on the fireground.

    Article • September 1st, 2001

  • Close Calls

    Firehouse® Magazine readers and contributing editors team up to tell survivors’ stories of their close calls on the fireground.

    Article • August 1st, 2001

  • Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Teams Up To Save Lives

    LaVerne Guillen describes how a fire department has become a vital link in the successful treatment of venomous snakebites.

    Article • August 1st, 2001

  • Rapid Intervention: What Is It?

    Recently, firefighters were killed at incidents where rapid intervention teams (RITs) were on the scene. The incidents in Passaic, NJ, and Phoenix are not the topic of this article, only the backdrop scenery. The fire service has embraced the need to...

    Article • August 1st, 2001

  • Why Are We Dying?

    It's with a real heavy heart that I continue to review the stream of line-of-duty-death notifications that pass through my computer. My review of the statistics indicates that more than 50 firefighters died during the first six months of 2001. The...

    Article • August 1st, 2001