Harvey Eisner presents an in-depth look at the California wildfires of October 2003, in part ine of this series. Included are excerpts of more than 50 interviews with firefighters...
Jay K. Bradish details a fire that started in a nearly century-old mill in Pawtucket, RI, that destroyed three mill buildings and 13 residential structures, leaving more than ...
Firehouse Magazine continues to offer valuable information in this series of the NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Investigation & Prevention Program, which conducts investigations of...
Tom Shand & Mike Wilbur discuss firefighter safety as it relates to aerial laddes design and explains the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1901 Standard on Automotive...
The final report issued by the 9/11 Commission is a devastating indictment of the government agencies that failed to detect and prevent the terrorist attacks that took the lives...
I still have fond memories of an incident that happened in the early 1980s, when I was a captain/paramedic working in St. Louis. I responded with a paramedic company to a report...
In 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued Report and Order 94-102, which established the plan to implement wireless 911 services throughout the United States...
Rescue officers and personnel must be trained to recognize that stabilization of a vehicle is necessary to some degree at every vehicle rescue incident. Departmental guidelines...
This account is provided by a reader. Chief Goldfeder's comments follow: A first alarm assignment was dispatched by our county fire communications center for a dwelling fire at...
Following the anthrax mail attack on the eastern United States in September 2001, emergency response organizations across the country were inundated with “white-powder” incidents...
Thermal imagers (TIs) improve firefighter safety. It’s a proven fact. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of documented cases in which firefighters using thermal imagers avoided...
Photos by Richard J. Blatus & Thomas J. Richardson You are ascending the stairs of an adjoining building to gain access to the roof of a multiple dwelling at a working fire on...