Robert M. Winston, an SWI Fire Specialist, is interviewed by Editor-in-Chief Harvey Eisner on the SWI challenge firefighters face in the United States.
If there was a significant fire or emergency that occurred 100 years ago in your department, or your department's 100th anniversary is coming up, please drop us a line for possible...
The title above can be found under the word Firehouse® on the cover of each issue. Even though it's in small print, it carries a serious message. Founding Editor Dennis Smith ...
In this edition of the Command Post, we will move to the next area of fire risk analysis. We shall now endeavor to put a human face on our risk calculations. The importance of...
For more than 250 years, firefighters have decorated their apparatus. This has added company pride, individuality and a certain esprit de corps to the fire service. Early decorations...
On May 5, 1996, two members of a maintenance crew subcontracted to the New Jersey Transit Co. began a routine painting job high atop the Passaic Avenue rail bridge. That job would...
The year 1996 is significant for the American fire service. First, the National Fire Protection Association turned 100 years old in 1996. After the tremendous support that NFPA...
As Firehouse® celebrates the 20th anniversary of its founding, I am prompted to review some of the changes that have taken place in the fire service during my 26 years as a firefighter...
Almost since the beginning of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), there has been an ongoing controversy in EMS circles over when it is appropriate to begin CPR or when it should...
The fire-rescue service has undergone many changes in the 20 years I've been writing this column some for the better and some for the worse. And, some things never change. At ...
David Liscio describes the conflagration that ravaged a shoe factory and required mutual aid from 94 communities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.