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    The November issue of Firehouse includes the 2020 Station Design Awards, the annual Apparatus Showcase and feature articles on higher education, leadership and the difficulties of battling buildings with vertical additions

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    Photo by Dan Moran
    The result of a company officer’s investment in the crew who he/she supervises could be the promotion of individuals in the crew, such as the captain who is shown here (who originally promoted to driver engineer). He also is a confident and competent instructor, who helps to teach the mission of the fire service. Investing in the success of your company has an exponential and immeasurable positive effect on your organization, the public and the fire service as a whole.
    Robert Moran and Dan Moran explain how the dedication, collaboration, commitment, resiliency and focus that pertains to investing in department members results in organizational...
    Nov. 1, 2020
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    The nomination period for the 2020 Michael O. McNamee Award of Valor, Unit Citation Awards and Thomas Carr Community Service Awards is now open.
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Glenn Johnson
    NFFF Honors Fallen Members in Video Tribute
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Photos by Michael Terpak
    A major concern of a vertical addition is that the original building’s cockloft will be below the floor of the addition.
    Michael Terpak runs up and down the list of concerns that additions to buildings from the top floor up bring to fire departments.
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Photos by Joseph Cassetta
    When a fireground commander has other chiefs at a fire, he/she can focus on overall strategy while the others focus on specific functions or tasks.
    Curt Isakson reminds that the fireground commander must have firefighters and chiefs at the ready for when a situation grows beyond the capacity of a first-arriving company.
    Nov. 1, 2020
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    Ken Brown identifies four substantive tools to improve volunteer retention.
    Nov. 1, 2020
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    John. J. Salka, Jr., discusses the benefits and drawbacks to rotating personnel between types of units and types of response areas.
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Photos courtesy of Loveland-Symmes Fire Department
    A suicide victim used tape and glue to create a natural gas flow from a living room gas fireplace through a garden hose out of the house to the victim’s automobile. Even before this was learned, the Loveland-Symmes Fire Department Deputy Chief who led the EMS response to a possible suicide dispatch considered numerous worrisome factors, including those that were communicated by dispatch, to quickly convert the call to a fire/gas-leak run.
    Billy Goldfeder shares why an officer's broad-ranging consideration of a civilian suicide attempt kept a dangerous situation from escalating.
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Harry Carter
    Fire service administrators would be well served from a read of Dr. Harry Carter's column about the preparation that's required for resource acquisition.
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Photos by Tom Shand
    Portable ground ladders are needed at every structural fire. These include multiple extension ladders to access all sides and floors to protect members and for life safety. Every aerial device needs to carry sufficient ground ladders of various lengths to accomplish this task.
    Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur call attention to what many might overlook: how the initial concept of a new aerial device might neglect the accommodation of a smart complement of...
    Nov. 1, 2020
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    Nathan Stoermer, who is a suicide-attempt survivor, urges an evolution in fire service culture whereby behavioral wellness will be embraced.
    Nov. 1, 2020
    There have been 12 editions of the Emergency Response Guidebook in the form that we see it today: 1980, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020.
    Robert Burke points out the changes that were made to the new edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook—as well as what he finds lacking.
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Richard Bossert
    Whether as a primer or a reminder, Richard Bossert's explanation of the importance of the patient care report as a legal document is a must-read.
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Photos by Ron Moore
    Figure 1. As you approach this sedan, you note an offset frontal crash and that the driver’s door already is open. Start thinking about potential mechanism of injury possibilities for at least the driver prior to making patient contact.
    Ron Moore explains how firefighters at crash scenes can identify clues from inside of an automobile that can lead them to quickly identify the mechanism of injury.
    Nov. 1, 2020
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    Mike Wieder explains how different versions of the same fire-related degree put the onus on the individual to confirm the suitability of a school's program with one's career goals...
    Nov. 1, 2020
    David Griffin
    Dr. David Griffin shares what he's learned from his first three months in a new position of leadership.
    Nov. 1, 2020