The February issue of Firehouse Magazine includes feature articles on incident command, higher education and a preview of the 2023 Station Design Conference.
John J. Salka Jr. is forceful in his instruction to all fire departments that it should be policy that a search team be designated at every structural fire.
Dave McGlynn warns chief officers, company officers and training officers to beware of the detriment to the firehouse that manipulativeness, narcissism and egomania might be creating...
Richard Kesler and Daniel Madrzykowski tell how testing of SCBA facepieces showed that compliance to 2013 and newer editions of NFPA 1981 ensures the greatest safety to firefighters...
Mike Novak explains what might elude many in the fire service: A lack of good written and oral English skills can interfere with achieving optimal results.
Feb. 6, 2023
All photos by Michael Daley except where noted otherwise
Michael Daley urges that chiefs, officers and administrators join firefighters in training and preparation for what they will encounter in contemporary residential and commercial...
The 2023 Station Design Conference will provide educational opportunities in blueprint reading, prototype fire stations, "free" land and the latest in apparatus bay technology...
Brandon Fletcher believes unpaid departments can't play the "we're just volunteers" card to relieve themselves of the responsibility to consider anything that might affect their...
Dr. Derrick Edwards explains how departments that are deterred over concerns about expense, a lack of department resources, complexity and the need to hire a person on-staff can...
