November 2023

The November issue of Firehouse includes the announcement of the winners of the 10th annual Firehouse Station Design Awards. plus the 2023 Apparatus Showcase, a preview of the 2024 CTEX conference and a feature article on the ability of company officers to call an audible as fire conditions change.

November 2023

Station Design Awards 2023

Dec. 8, 2023

Safety & Health

Health & Wellness: Insomnia Relief for Firefighters: The Role of CBT-I

Dec. 8, 2023

Firefighters are prepared for their response to a fire while en route via riding assignments and order of arrival documents. However, after arrival and the completion of a 360-degree size-up, the company officer should be able to alter tactics.

Operations & Training

Calling the Audible in a Changing Environment

Dec. 5, 2023

Chef Robert Irvine’s experience regarding cooking and recipes puts him in a unique position to provide thoughts on the importance of members’ interaction at the dinner table and their health and wellness.

Shared Content

CTEX 2024 Preview: Chef Robert Irvine Headlines Speaker Lineup

Dec. 4, 2023

Richard Bossert urges fire departments to do more to educate and train ambulance drivers and personnel, to minimize accidents and the injuries and fatalities that result.

Shared Content

EMS: Ambulance Size vs. Safety

Nov. 10, 2023

More content from November 2023

Firefighters battle a fire at a vacant school

Apparatus

Apparatus Showcase 2023

Manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus and boats.

Nov. 10, 2023

Operations & Training

The Fire Scene: Attack Line Variables

John Salka Jr. removes any possible confusion for first-in engine officers at a structure fire regarding pulling hose to attack the fire based on diameter and length.

Nov. 10, 2023

Community Risk

Community Risk Reduction: A Whole-Community Resiliency Approach

Daniel Byrne hails a CRR approach that acts before data show a need to better prepare the members of a community as the Immediate Responders that they are.

Nov. 10, 2023

Knee walls range from 3 feet tall to chest height and often are found in the finished half-stories of dwellings. Half-stories might include a collar tie, which spans the rafters on opposing sides of the structure.

Operations & Training

Engine Essentials: Extinguishing Knee Wall Fires

Jonathan Hall says the fire behavior and hazards of a residential fire that involves knee walls require particular approaches to size-up and fire attack to minimize risk to firefighters...

Nov. 10, 2023

Sandbags won’t always be a practical solution for a quickly constructed dam in close proximity to a spill. However, they are well suited for lengthy operations downstream of an incident when there’s time to prepare. If your jurisdiction keeps prefilled sandbags in storage for flood response, it might be beneficial to coordinate their availability for hazmat response.

Rescue

Technical Rescue: Hazmat Product Control for the Operations-Level Responder

Brandon Fletcher's explanation of nine methods to control a hazardous material release provides firefighters the ability to decide what to do on scene in the absence of a hazmat...

Nov. 10, 2023

Community Risk

First Due: Take Charge of Battery Safety

Adam Barowy and Becki Rowan-White provide perhaps the most specific instruction and hands-on-useful educational materials so that fire departments can protect themselves and their...

Nov. 10, 2023

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) named Gary Krichbaum managing director.

Careers & Education

For the Record 11/23

ESO analysis of 2021 data found that almost one in five firefighters who were exposed to smoke or combustion products have no decontamination procedures documents.

Nov. 10, 2023

firefighters residential fire Bradford, Pennsylvania

Operations & Training

Hot Shots 11/23

Bradford City Fire Department (BCFD) firefighters were dispatched to an appliance fire in a residence.

Nov. 10, 2023

Shared Content

As Firehouse Sees It: Today’s Firefighters Get Ready to Lead Tomorrow’s Fire Service

Peter Matthews urges officers and senior members to embrace their responsibility to change their approach to training and education, to create the best future leaders.

Nov. 10, 2023