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    • November 2022

    The November issue of Firehouse Magazine is highlighted by our 2022 Apparatus Showcase and the 2022 Station Design Awards. It also includes feature articles on using your SCBA to remove a downed firefighter, a broad approach to higher education, better training tactics, purchasing used and/or refurbished apparatus and a detailed explanation of why engineered lightweight truss systems are prone to collapse. Plus, a special supplement on Brush & Wildland Apparatus.

    More content from November 2022

    Photo courtesy of the Burton, SC, Fire District
    Nov 22 Community Risk Reduction Pic 2
    Daniel Byrne simplifies the process of carrying out community risk reduction, despite a lack of a formal CRR program.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus and boats.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Tom Shand explains the origins and evolution of apparatus for the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Navy.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Timothy S. Cowan walks us through two methods for utilizing the straps of an SCBA to remove a downed firefighter from a fire building.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur shed light on the particulars of purchasing used fire apparatus and refurbishing existing rigs.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Frank Leeb demystifies why residential and commercial structures that employ engineered lightweight truss systems are so prone to collapse when a fire erupts.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Barry Furey tells how the problem of recruitment and retention of dispatchers correlates with the lack of recognition of their role as first responders.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Devin Craig examines the training realm from the perspectives of proper progression, smart coaching, terminology, realistic training evolutions and legitimacy.
    Nov. 14, 2022
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    Nov 22 Higher Education Pic 1
    Brian Crandell and Alana Brunacini explain how the interconnected parts of a firefighter's standard fireground decision-making process—critical factors, risk management, strategy...
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Jonathan Hall tells why engine companies can't allow frigid temperatures to sneak up on them.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Richard Bossert reminds that a full medical and trauma assessment almost always is better than a simple lift assist after an elderly person fell.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    David Abernathy provides nine considerations in the design of a wildland rig for deployment in Texas.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Brian Crimmins' explanation of triggering events for firefighters paves the way for his urging departments to be alert to the need to facilitate immediate and follow-up discussions...
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Edward Hadfield recounts his experiences with specifying new Type 3 wildland rigs, including the importance of the qualifications of the members of the apparatus committee and...
    Nov. 14, 2022
    John J. Salka Jr. points out that the benefits that helmet cam video recordings outweigh the few arguments that can be made against the technology.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Patrick Jessee covers the considerations of location, chemicals, radiation and decontamination in regard to technical rescues at hazmat incidents.
    Nov. 14, 2022
    Jeremy Mathis reminds company officers and chief officers that leading ties into their job of taking care of the people who are under their supervision.
    Nov. 14, 2022