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    • 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.

    More content from November 2023

    Photo by Dennis Walus
    Firefighters battle a fire at a vacant school
    Manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus and boats.
    Nov. 10, 2023
    Joh Salka
    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
    Photos courtesy of the Burton, SC, Fire District
    A whole-community approach to community risk reduction goes beyond smoke alarms and slips and falls, to involve citizens to reduce a variety of risks before data tell you that action is necessary.
    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
    Photos by Jonathan Hall
    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.
    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
    Photo by Brandon Fletcher
    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.
    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
    Nov 23 First Due Adam Barowy Pic
    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.
    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
    Photo by Jay Bradish
    firefighters residential fire Bradford, Pennsylvania
    Bradford City Fire Department (BCFD) firefighters were dispatched to an appliance fire in a residence.
    Nov. 10, 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.
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    Richard Bossert reminds EMS organizations that the safety of their providers and patients can be affected by numerous facets of ambulance construction and operation.
    Nov. 10, 2023