August 2024

The August issue of Firehouse includes feature articles on apparatus innovations, wildland firefighting, recruitment & retention and a preview of FireFusion.

More content from August 2024

Fire Research
Fire Research OmniPlex integrated electronic multiplexing control system
Jeffrey D. Gaskin's years of needs-assessment and specification-writing experience means he knows apparatus componentry innovation when he sees it. The recent work of four suppliers...
Aug. 23, 2024
Peter Matthews
Peter Matthews Fort Worth Close Call
Peter Matthews explains how crews' situational awareness kept a close call from being something worse.
Aug. 22, 2024
Photo by Peter Matthews
Fort Worth Fire Department firefighters found heavy fire on the Bravo side of a renovated two-story home.
Fort Worth Fire Department firefighters found heavy fire on the Bravo side of a renovated two-story house with reports that people possibly still were inside.
Aug. 21, 2024
Photo by Michelle Fayed
Michelle Fayed is a firefighter/paramedic and 19-year veteran of the fire service. She is the statewide family/caregiver support coordinator for the Florida Firefighter Safety and Health Collaborative.
Michelle Fayed provides a clearcut argument for why members of the fire service must make concerted efforts to reflect on the positives of their day for the benefit of their mental...
Aug. 13, 2024
Photo by John Odegard
fire departments John Odegard Fire Safety Research Institute National Emergency Response Information System NERIS
Craig Weinschenk, Tom Jenkins and Dustin Andres provide the ultimate explanation of the successor to NFIRS and how and why departments will benefit from its implementation.
Aug. 9, 2024
Photo by Glen E. Ellman
It’s best to conduct a stay interview in a place other than the office of the company officer or chief, to bolster the informality of the conversation. It can prove most beneficial to have stay interviews with the high-performers of the department first and then work through the rest of the membership afterward.
Tom Hardy explains how periodic, informal discussions with both younger and senior members helps in efforts to retain those people.
Aug. 8, 2024
Photos courtesy of CAL FIRE
After the Valley Fire of 2015, the crucial role of the post-fire emergency response team was recognized. Collaboration between experts in geology, hydrology, forestry, global information systems and water quality identified threats to watershed resources and on-site and downstream public safety, among others.
Chad Costa explains how a new mindset regarding post-wildfire management emerged from the ashes of the disaster that destroyed 19,055 structures and buildings and killed four ...
Aug. 7, 2024
John Oates
Fire Chief John Oates (Ret.) will present 'How to Avoid Drowning in a Pool of Fire Service Data,' to help departments to understand how they are performing and the costs of service delivery.
The one-of-a-kind FireFusion conference provides in-depth information to fire departments, chiefs, officers and firefighters on how the latest technology can improve incident ...
Aug. 2, 2024