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    • April 2024

    The April issue of Firehouse Magazine includes feature articles on firefighter training, fire-based EMS, thermal imaging and previews of the Station Design Conference and the new FireFusion event. There is also a special Apparatus Supplement and the results of our annual Volunteer Fire Department Run Survey.
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    More content from April 2024

    Robert Policht provides the steps that smaller departments should take to develop basic shoring capabilities.
    April 26, 2024
    Richard Bossert's reminder of the evolution of EMS indicates that progress will continue.
    April 25, 2024
    Billy Goldfeder tells of how preparation with full PPE and SCBA and detailed size-up prevented a firefighter from being injured when an explosion occurred in a communications ...
    April 24, 2024
    Curt Isakson provides numerous reasons why fireground commanders shouldn't choose the default size option when they select supply and attack hose.
    April 23, 2024
    Photos by Jeffrey D. Gaskin
    This apparatus that has been in service for two years was upfitted with a second alternator, and its original alternator was replaced, which are expensive propositions. Remember low-draw LED lights? When a large number of such lights are combined with high-lumen-output 12-volt scene lighting, the draw isn’t low anymore. When this apparatus sits at idle with its response lights and 12-volt scene lighting activated, it draws 341.7 amps. Keep in mind that the best alternators that are on the market produce about 180 amps at idle. In such a case as this one, the rest of the amps come from the vehicle’s batteries. In addition to the cost of all of those lights, an apparatus committee must consider that this rig will have a lifetime of battery and alternator problems.
    Jeffrey D. Gaskin wants fire organizations, particularly volunteer departments, to think twice about whether the cost of a function, feature or component on a new apparatus is...
    April 22, 2024
    Edward Tracey's knowledge of the principles of video and other games can provide a spark of innovation for those who design training programs.
    April 22, 2024
    Mark Miller details the state-of-the-art regarding in-cab planning to help apparatus committee members specify facets that aid members in various ways.
    April 22, 2024
    Greg Stone shares eight questions that should be answered to uncover many of the "absolutes" that should be written into a specification for a new apparatus.
    April 19, 2024
    John J. Salka Jr. provides seven areas of scrutiny beyond fire suppression and no injuries that departments must consider in the determination of a correctly accomplished response...
    April 19, 2024
    Jason Moore tells of how two fire departments use geographical information systems (GIS) to improve response and reduce community risk.
    April 18, 2024
    Matt Coffey tells why the results of a 2022 survey of 253 firefighters indicate that traumatic stress and problems with significant relationships can't remain the only factors...
    April 17, 2024
    Heavy fire was showing from the second floor of a vacant, two-story Detroit building when the first-arriving engine reached the site.
    April 17, 2024
    Curt Varone tells of the five main concerns of lawsuits against firefighters and fire departments when they respond to police-related incidents.
    April 16, 2024
    The Volunteer Run Survey shares details of the largest segment of the fire service.
    April 16, 2024
    Dave Robertson explains why a closed-bay-door policy can be a danger to members and the department both operationally and culturally.
    April 15, 2024
    This special Fire Apparatus Supplement includes feature articles on objective-driven apparatus specification, applying apparatus costs wisely, and apparatus cab design and layout...
    April 9, 2024
    Frank Dellucky tells what his department learned about improving its education of high school seniors for fire service work after the first semester of instruction.
    April 9, 2024
    Dozens gathered at the E-ONE fire trucks campus in Ocala, FL, to laud longtime workers and thank fire departments for their business over 50 years.
    April 8, 2024