The nomination of Judge Michael Chertoff to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may offer a rare opportunity for the fire-rescue service to increase its influence ...
Fighting fire is dangerous enough but the members of Ossining, New York’s Holla Hose Company No. 5 have a bit more to contend with – they’re first due at Sing Sing, one of America...
If you watched any episode of “Emergency!” you saw that Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto contacted the hospital base station on virtually all patients who required some type of advanced...
Just a car fire...then an explosion with a firefighter injured! “I heard a loud bang, sending a jolt through my body.” As we continue with part 2, we are looking at some smaller...
Photos by Battalion Chief Russell Accardi/Delray Beach Fire-Rescue On Dec. 2, 2004 Delray Beach, FL, Fire-Rescue firefighters were extinguishing a fire involving a Jeep Cherokee...
SUBJECT:NFPA 1670 Vehicle Rescue, Technician-level Skills and CompetenciesTOPIC:Advanced Hands-on Training Skill: Floorboard Opening of a Side-resting VehicleOBJECTIVE:Make an...
It is time again for specific training drills that can help you become more proficient with your thermal imager (TI). One of the recurrent themes in this series has been that...
Why do so many people in our fire departments revel in stomping around our fire stations and emergency scenes with solemn faces? Is there a rule that we all have to wander around...
The 2004 edition of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) has been published, marking its first revision since 2000. Designed by the...
The fire service has been asked to step up in many areas of the country recently. Response to emergencies during severe winter storms with rain, snow, ice, high winds, severe...
Feb. 1, 1905: SCHENECTADY, NY – A fire of unknown origin swept the south side of State Street during the early-morning hours. The flames consumed four blocks of commercial buildings...
