Almost all engine company apparatus are equipped with some type of master stream device. These appliances are used to quickly deliver large volumes of water in short order from...
This is the year that "downeasterners" (as residents of Maine are referred to) are commemorating the great forest and structural wildland interzone fires of October 1947.A lengthy...
Enforcement guidelines issued recently by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have stirred up a legal controversy that could be important to fire departments...
With the continual application of incident command, new opportunities arise to improve how to best apply the system. Just like any other detailed process, better ways are being...
The kid was skating all over the place. Down the stairs, down the rails, over onto the fountain...just everywhere. I'm not surprised that he crashed. He never wanted to wear the...
The St. Louis Fire Department suffered 70 fire apparatus accidents in 1995 four occurring in one day. That "grand slam" day prompted Fire Chief Neil J. Svetanics to action.On ...
When and where a fireground commander orders the first attack hoseline to be stretched is a critical decision at a building fire.Most structural fires are extinguished by the ...
A recent column on the volunteer fire service and its efforts to be included in the President's Summit on America's Future (Firehouse, June 1997) has brought several interesting...
Michael J. Ward discusses some important suggestions to help you secure a job with a metropolitan fire department.Psst! Wanna know a secret? All of your fire college and state...