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    • April 2023

    The April issue of Firehouse Magazine includes feature articles on firefighter training, fire-based EMS and thermal imaging. This issue also includes previews of the 2023 Station Design Conference and Firehouse Expo 2023. Plus, don't miss the special Apparatus Supplement!

    More content from April 2023

    Joh Salka
    John J. Salka Jr. is adamant in his directive to vent enter search team members not to stray from the principle of the tactic.
    April 10, 2023
    All photos by Tom W. Shand
    Gilbert, AZ, Fire & Rescue Department (GFRD) Engine 251 is one of four identical 2022 Pierce Quantum pumpers that are equipped with a 2,000-gpm pump, a 500-gallon water tank and a 30-gallon Class A foam system. The engine is outfitted with six preconnected attack lines, a top-mounted booster reel and a preconnected deck gun.
    Tom Shand explains why a new approach to managing frontline and reserve rigs by the Gilbert, AZ, Fire & Rescue Department serves as a useful model for many departments to follow...
    April 10, 2023
    Photos by James Miller
    The culture in which crew resource management (CRM) can thrive includes respect for each person and realizes that each member provides value to the team.
    Janine Curcio's experience with aviation's use of crew resource management makes her among the most expert to speak to CRM for EMS.
    April 10, 2023
    Photo courtesy of the Toledo Fire & Rescue Department
    While involved in a police pursuit, a vehicle left the roadway and completely entered a duplex. Two occupants were pinned in the vehicle. This resulted in a complex shoring and rescue operation. Shoring the structure also made investigating the crash and recovering the vehicle far safer for law enforcement and the tow operator than would have been the case otherwise.
    Jake Hoffman provides detailed information about the shoring that might be required for an operation at the scene of a vehicle striking a building.
    April 10, 2023
    Photos by Jessica Scott
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    Jessica Scott's guidance serves to help department members reproduce the fitness training that's served up at the fire academy.
    April 10, 2023
    Photo courtesy of CDC.gov
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    Kristen Wade provides notes how EMS providers and firefighters can do more than work for people's well-being after a drug overdose.
    April 10, 2023
    Apr 23 Leadership Lessons Author Pic
    Keisha Amspaugh shares for the benefit of women members and firefighters as a whole.
    April 10, 2023
    Curt Varone
    Curt Varone explains that fire departments and firefighters set themselves up for unnecessarily onerous confrontations when they don't understand the requirements of termination...
    April 10, 2023
    Apr 23 First Due Author Pic
    James Richey never again will let pride, vision and successes cause him to bury failures and shortfalls and to ignore everyday changes in society.
    April 10, 2023
    Peter Matthews/Firehouse
    Standing, from left to right: Alkoven firefighters Martin Gebhartl and Markus Hammer, Firehouse editor Peter Matthews, Fort Worth fire photographer Glen Ellman and Alkoven Fire Brigade Commander Markus Unter. Alkoven firefighter and editor Hermann Kollinger is top.
    Peter Matthews' visit with officers and members of the Austrian fire service prompted new admiration for their tactics and their dedication.
    April 10, 2023
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    More case studies. New information by demand. A quick-arriving “future.” The phrase “can’t-miss event” doesn’t do Station Design Conference 2023 justice.
    April 10, 2023
    The explosion of the oxygen tank bent the rear door of the mobile home half over itself.
    Billy Goldfeder's scrutiny of a mobile home fire and explosion highlights how members' calm demeanor brought about by extensive training paid off for the victims and the firefighters...
    April 10, 2023
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    The IAFF filed suit against the NFPA for its role in imposing a testing standard for turnout gear that the IAFF says effectively requires the use of PFAS in firefighter protective...
    April 10, 2023
    Photo courtesy of Tablet Command
    Software that runs on smartphones and tablets has stepped into the realm of mobile data terminals to help incident commanders run any incident.
    Justin Rodino informs incident commanders that they needn't rely only on the tried-and-true tools of the 2000s.
    April 10, 2023
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    Organizers of the 40th Anniversary edition of Firehouse Expo sought to distinguish the event from all that preceded it by delivering more lessons learned and helping volunteer...
    April 10, 2023
    Glen E. Ellman
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    The Fort Worth, TX, Fire Department responded to a fully involved one-story, wood-frame residential structure. The main building was home to the original Juneteenth Museum for...
    April 4, 2023
    Photo by Shannon Marie
    Firefighter Payne was working overtime on Engine 17. Notice the helmet under his right arm, with its changeable front piece with black letters. His name is on the bottom of the helmet. He’s a firefighter, so his helmet is black, but his role as acting as officer for the day is signified by the white front piece.
    Curt Isakson explains the fireground importance of firefighter identification on a member's helmet, turnout coat and SCBA.
    April 4, 2023