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  • Firehouse.com Weekly Drill: No. 72

    Drill #72: Ventilation Part 2 Readers will learn about two more types of ventilation – Negative-Pressure Ventilation and Positive-Pressure Ventilation. The drill is designed to be a single page of information to conjure up discussions among...

    Article • May 27th, 2012

  • Optimism: The Cure for What Ails Us

    Is there anything you and I can do about the morass in Washington? Sorry Charlie, you and I are just a couple of powerless tuna swimming through the sea of confusion. We need to focus our effort on the things we can control.

    Article • May 23rd, 2012

  • Location, Location, Location: The First-Due Truck
    Location, Location, Location: The First-Due Truck

    The success of the first-arriving truck company is contingent on a number of factors: they should be properly equipped, well trained, adequately staffed and respond using the safest and most efficient path of travel from the station to the incident...

    Article • May 22nd, 2012

  • Firehouse.com Weekly Drill: No. 71

    Drill #71: Ventilation Part I Readers will learn the principles of ventilation and the correct times to use vertical or horizontal ventilation. The drill is designed to be a single page of information to conjure up discussions among your crew...

    Article • May 20th, 2012

  • Are you an Instructor or an Educator?

    I would be willing to bet that when you hear the words “instructor” and “educator,” you get a very different picture in your mind. I know that the mental image I have is at opposite ends of the spectrum. Having worked as a Fire Academy...

    Article • May 18th, 2012

  • Firehouse.com Weekly Drill: No. 70

    Drill #70: RECEO-VS Readers will learn the seven strategies that can help stabilize fireground operations: Rescue, Exposures, Confinement, Extinguishment, Overhaul, Ventilation and Salvage (RECEO-VS). The drill is designed to be a single page of...

    Article • May 13th, 2012

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    "Natural" Decision Making for Incident Commanders

    After years of study, the academic world has identified numerous ways that individuals can make decisions. For the fire service, there are two ways in which we typically make decisions without consciously knowing it sometimes. The “Natural” (also...

    Article • May 11th, 2012

  • Firehouse.com Weekly Drill: No. 69

    Drill #69: Standpipe Classifications Readers will learn the three classifications of standpipe systems designated by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The drill is designed to be a single page of information to conjure up...

    Article • May 6th, 2012

  • Prevention Points: Ripped from the Headlines

    Reading the news headlines of 2011, I have to wonder if we in the fire service have learned anything; especially after recently learning that the buildings which claimed the lives of two of our brothers in Chicago and another in Worcester had...

    Article • May 4th, 2012

  • Firehouse.com Weekly Drill: No. 68

    Drill #68: Functions Within Logistics Readers will learn the role that the Logisitics Section Chief plays in developing and implementing the Incident Action Plan. The drill is designed to be a single page of information to conjure up discussions...

    Article • April 29th, 2012

  • Innovative Rigs on the Street: Freeland's 'Progressive' Engine
    Innovative Rigs on the Street: Freeland's 'Progressive' Engine

    The Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines the word progressive in the following terms: “Making use of or interested in new ideas, findings or opportunities.” Since the inception of the Innovative Rigs on the Street articles back in December 2009...

    Article • April 28th, 2012

  • Operating the Single-Staffed Emergency Dispatch Center
    Operating the Single-Staffed Emergency Dispatch Center

    John O’Brien shares how one person can manage inbound and outbound communications at a dispatch center.

    Article • April 25th, 2012

  • Wildfire Detection in the 21st Century
    Wildfire Detection in the 21st Century

    Mike Archer examines how technology is changing the role of the 100-year-old fire lookout towers that were often the fire line of defense for fires in the wildland.

    Article • April 24th, 2012

  • Firehouse.com Weekly Drill: No. 67

    Drill #67: Forcible Entry Part III Readers will learn how to make forcible entry through outward-swinging doors, like those found on many commercial establishments. The drill is designed to be a single page of information to conjure up...

    Article • April 22nd, 2012

  • Firehouse.com Weekly Drill: No. 66

    Drill #66: Forcible Entry Part II Readers will learn two approaches to make a forcible entry through a locked door...through the lock side and the hinge side. The drill is designed to be a single page of information to conjure up discussions...

    Article • April 15th, 2012

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