July 2023

The July issue of Firehouse Magazine includes feature articles on leadership, wildland firefighting, fire-based EMS and forcible entry. And don't miss Part 2 of our annual National Run Survey, which looks at Total Calls, Busiest Engines and Busiest Ladder Companies.

July 2023

National Run Survey 2022 - Part 2

July 11, 2023

Leadership

Leadership Lessons: Perspective, Understanding and Grace

July 3, 2023

Operations & Training

First Due: Three Considerations for Warehouse Fires

July 3, 2023

Members whose physical activity has been minimal should embrace workouts that focus on improving mobility—as opposed to programs that they took on in high school—and can be integrated into their routine consistently.

Health & Fitness

Health & Wellness: SMART Habits for Improved Fitness and a Healthy Career

July 3, 2023

People who have experienced a traumatic event are more apt to talk to a comfort dog than to a person. Here, “Anna,” from the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dogs Ministry, visits with a student after the mass shooting that took place on campus on Feb. 13, 2023.

EMS

EMS: Therapy Dogs & First Responders

July 3, 2023

More content from July 2023

The goal of the FDC bag is to provide basic tools and equipment that are needed to rapidly and safely establish a supply to the FDC as well as one or two simple contingencies for several of the most commonly encountered problems.

Operations & Training

Engine Essentials: The Fire Department Connection Bag

Jonathan Hall explains what tools, fittings and equipment must be included in the kit that's used to complete and troubleshoot a positive water supply to the FDC.

July 3, 2023

Private showers, toilets and changing stalls can be mingled with public sinks and storage spaces in combined all-gender facilities. The functionality of the private spaces remains the same while changing the connotations on the public space.

Stations

Station Design: Gender Equity in Emergency Services Facilities

Rachael Grodzki and Adam Champagne explain how combined all-gender design for restrooms, shower rooms and locker rooms maximizes available square footage, saves on costs and enhances...

July 3, 2023

A control line can be placed almost anywhere, but a final decision must be based on its probability of successfully stopping the fire. That said, the location of the control line could be selected even when the probability of success is low when high-value properties are at risk.

Wildland

Wildland Firefighting: The Containment Box

Chad Costa describes the three elements of the tactics and strategies of a wildland fire attack plan that must be considered before the control objectives of the fire can be identified...

July 3, 2023

Operations & Training

The Fire Scene: Courage and Risk

John J. Salka Jr. reminds members that risk, training, experience and courage are linked.

July 3, 2023

The third of three cuts that are made in the slash tactic for a steel roll-down gate. The slats then are pulled by the purchase point that was made in the beginning of the operation.

Operations & Training

Forcible Entry: Roll-Down Gates & Garage Doors

Robert "RJ" James and Charles Hendry unlock the particulars to providing access for members to a structure through a steel roll-down gate and a folding panel garage door that ...

July 3, 2023

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Operations & Training

Hot Shots 7/23

On arrival, Fort Worth, TX, firefighters found an apartment complex that was under construction fully involved.

July 3, 2023

Careers & Education

For the Record 7/23

Registration is open for the 11th annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, WI.

July 3, 2023

EMS

FDNY’s Haz-Tac Battalion

Mark Bonilla describes the unique training that members of an exclusive unit of the department's EMS Special Operations Command undergo to prepare for high-risk/low-probability...

July 3, 2023

Operations & Training

As Firehouse Sees It: Is Training and Education Your Priority?

Peter Matthews heard multiple times and multiple recent events and conferences that he attended that, unfortunately, training isn't top of mind.

July 3, 2023

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Leadership

Get S.M.A.R.T.—Goal Setting for the Fire Service

David Hupp believes that effective goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable and time-based.

May 30, 2023