March 2023

The March issue of Firehouse Magazine includes feature articles on wildland firefighting, DEI firefighter recruitment, EMS technology and a year in review of the apparatus industry.

More content from March 2023

Ava Boyle
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The Duxbury, MA, Fire Department used all-wheel-drive brush breakers to navigate through tidal-flooded streets to reach a three-alarm fire in a detached garage.
March 6, 2023
Peter Matthews
Peter Matthews urges departments and members to be prepared to provide detailed reasoning regarding an organization's operations and needs.
March 6, 2023
Photos courtesy of the West Licking Joint Fire District
This silo has 14 rings and is 36 feet in diameter. To estimate how much grain is in each ring one uses the formula bushels (bu) = 0.628 x 36 x 36 x 3.333. This translates into approximately 2,700 bu per ring.
Doug Shell explains the circumstances in which a method that differs from the traditional approach to rescuing someone from a grain bin is best.
March 6, 2023
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UL’s Fire Safety Research Institute’s “The Science of Fire and Explosion Hazards from Lithium-ion Batteries” online training course.
March 6, 2023
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Laura Eysnogle lays the foundation for fire department personnel who are involved in the development of a new station in regard to GCs, CMs, CMas and CMaRs.
March 6, 2023
Joh Salka
John J. Salka Jr.'s words regarding training and its frequency could jolt many members out of the firehouse recliner and onto the apparatus floor.
March 6, 2023
Brandon Heggie
Brandon Heggie urges EMTs and medics that, when it comes to treating head injuries with hyperventilation, you must be mindful as to when to start to use it.
March 6, 2023
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Jacob Johnson tells senior officers, captains and chiefs that the success of the newly promoted officer hinges greatly on the kind of mentoring that individual is provided by ...
March 6, 2023
Photo by Michael Meadows
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Brian Crandell, John Culbertson and Mark Gaillard stress that fires that are in the wildland urban interface can benefit from firefighting actions that utilize a combination of...
March 6, 2023
Danielle Babcox
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Firehouse, the IAFC, and the NVFC have compiled the 13th annual Combination Fire Department Run Survey, featuring statistics on apparatus, budgets, membership, and fire and EMS...
March 6, 2023