On Sunday, July 5, 2009, a multiple-alarm fire destroyed four buildings totaling approximately 240,000 square feet at the Patrick Cudahy meat-packing plant in Cudahy, WI. The ...
Holes in the ozone, energy conservation, global warming, rising sea levels, green living, green building, global calamity on a scale never before seen by man. Depending on which...
St. Johns County, FL, Fire Rescue (SJCFR) was presented with challenges it never faced before. An overloaded 22-foot Crownline Bowrider with 14 people on board rammed a moored...
July 26, 2006: A 43-year-old male firefighter suffers symptoms of heat strain while fighting a structure fire in Illinois. He cools down in rehab and his crew finds him dead at...
SUBJECT: Electrical System Shutdown TOPIC: Extrication Tactics for "Energized" Vehicles OBJECTIVE: Given a scenario involving a person trapped in a vehicle that has its battery...
Through the years, I have sat through countless ceremonies honoring those who have saved lives while performing EMS. Usually, the ceremonies center on those who have suffered ...
Editor's note: A close call that occurred at the scene of a motor vehicle accident taught firefighters in Maryland not to take any call for granted and even prompted them to develop...
Not too many years ago, it seemed that a car fire was a simple bread-and-butter job. But when we look at the potential for things to go wrong on a car fire, "bread-and-butter"...
Writing a column on "Fire Service Politics" each month gives the author a full run at the total workings of our industry because almost everything that happens has political aspects...
Fire Prevention Week for 2009 held more promise than just about any other one that I can recall over my career. There were the detailed plans for many demonstration events and...
BROOKLYN, NY: NOV. 3, 1909 — Three firemen were seriously injured while battling a blaze in a three-story tenement in the Williamsburg section. While a family was being rescued...
To better understand the need for strategic planning in the fire service, let's look at some very basic topics. First, it is critical to develop an understanding of strategic ...
One of the most promising technological advances to occur within the fire service over the last 25 years was the technology associated with Class A foam and compressed air foam...
Unfortunately, when many people consider whether to start college, they never make it past the answer to their first question: "How much is tuition?" No one becomes a firefighter...
To reduce debt and satisfy numerous investors, Cygnus Business Media, the parent company of Firehouse® Magazine and 58 other magazines, 45 websites and 40 industry conferences...