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  • As Firehouse Sees It: As If the Job Wasn't Dangerous Enough Already!
    As Firehouse Sees It: As If the Job Wasn't Dangerous Enough Already!

    Every time you respond to a fire, EMS call or other emergency, you may encounter drivers who try to beat you to the next corner, fail to pull to the right, speed by you on a highway or stop right in front of you, but at least you can make it safely to...

    Article • January 14th, 2013

  • Condition Yellow? It's About Us

    Firefighter Safety Following the Webster Shooting

    Article • January 7th, 2013

  • Close Calls: With Nothing Showing Initially... Part 2
    Close Calls: With Nothing Showing Initially... Part 2

    This is the second of two columns about a close call experienced by members of the Mantua Township Fire District (MTFD) in New Jersey on Feb. 7, 2012 (part one was in the January issue). Part one featured an account by Chief Brian Hauss, who suffered...

    Article • January 3rd, 2013

  • For the Record 1-13

    USFA Offers Tips to Prevent CO Poisoning The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) is urging residents to be safe as cold weather blankets the United States, including areas recently impacted by Hurricane Sandy.  Carbon monoxide (CO) is a serious threat...

    Article • January 1st, 2013

  • Rekindles 1/13

    PRINCETON, NJ: JAN. 1, 1913 – Alexander Hall, the oldest building of Princeton Theological Seminary, was damaged by an afternoon fire. Flames broke out on the fourth floor and spread. Firefighting was delayed as the town’s fire engine was involved...

    Article • January 1st, 2013

  • Scuttlebutt 1-13
    Scuttlebutt 1-13

    Lending a Hand (and a Truck) to Kosovo When Jakup Jahiri came to Mason, MI, to visit his son, he returned home to Viti, Kosovo, with much more than memories of a fun trip. While in Mason, the then Mayor of Viti, noticed how much fire equipment this...

    Article • January 1st, 2013

  • Emergency Services Stretched to the Limit
    Emergency Services Stretched to the Limit

    A 500-mile-wide Hurricane named Sandy caused death and destruction from the Northeast to the Great Lakes at the end of October and beginning of November 2012. One of the worst storms to hit the area in three decades, it caused the worst flooding in...

    Article • January 1st, 2013

  • Are We Defeating the Enemy?
    Are We Defeating the Enemy?

    The U.S. military is our nation’s most elite group of individuals. They have led our nation to victory in many battles. I do believe, however, none of these victories have come without a precise and thought-out method of attack. Many hours are spent...

    Article • January 1st, 2013

  • With Nothing Showing Initially... Part 1
    With Nothing Showing Initially... Part 1

    On Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at 10:01 A.M., the Mantua Township Fire District (MTFD) in New Jersey was dispatched to a dwelling fire with people reported trapped. While units were enroute, they were told by Gloucester County Communications that a woman...

    Article • January 1st, 2013

  • Rekindles 12/12

    WASHINGTON, DC: DEC. 6, 1912 – Colonel Spencer Cosby of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the White House administrator and commissioner, announced to the other commissioners of the District of Columbiathat the water mains on the White House...

    Article • December 1st, 2012

  • Speak Up: Restoring the Flame at USFA

    Next year marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark report, America Burning. A must-read for fire service officials, America Burning brought together many of the brightest minds in the fire service to develop a report that captured the seriousness of...

    Article • December 1st, 2012

  • For the Record 12/12

    On Oct. 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy – a Category 1 storm – slammed into the New Jersey shore and made landfall. Winds ranged from 70 to 90 mph for many areas.   The storm surge coincided with a high tide and a full moon and caused flooding...

    Article • December 1st, 2012

  • Close Calls: Multiple Challenges –Then a Firefighter Trapped: Part 2
    Close Calls: Multiple Challenges –Then a Firefighter Trapped: Part 2

    This is part two of a report about a fire in Oconomowoc, WI, in which a firefighter narrowly escaped with his life. The close call occurred on Sunday, July 1, 2012, after the Oconomowoc Fire Department (OFD) was dispatched for a report of a structure...

    Article • December 1st, 2012

  • EMS: Stolen Ambulances
    EMS: Stolen Ambulances

    A headline in Amarillo, TX, screams, “Catastrophic Ambulance Collision Lawsuit Settled for $12.5 Million.” Here’s the story behind that headline: A woman was admitted to Northwest Texas Hospital for a psychological evaluation. Despite diagnoses...

    Article • December 1st, 2012

  • Rekindles 11/12

    KNOX CITY, TX: NOV. 1, 1912 – Just after midnight, a fire started in a frame building where oil was stored. The flames rapidly spread to three small buildings that quickly became fully involved. The radiant heat ignited a concrete, two-story...

    Article • November 1st, 2012

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