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    • November 2024

    The November issue of Firehouse includes the announcement of the winners of the prestigious Station Design Awards, plus our annual Apparatus Showcase and feature articles on higher education and leadership.
    Photos courtesy of the Petaluma, CA, Fire Department
    Understanding and meeting the needs of the community requires involving residents in the planning and implementation of resilience initiatives.
    Dec. 6, 2024
    Peter Matthews
    Every member of the fire service can honor the Worcester, MA, Fire Department firefighters who died on Dec. 3, 1999, by reading the findings and recommendations reports of the incident.
    Dec. 3, 2024
    Endeavor Business Media
    Firehouse is pleased to present the 11th annual Station Design Awards, which showcases outstanding fire and emergency service facilities.
    Dec. 2, 2024
    Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
    Fifty units and at least 130 members of FDNY battled a four-alarm fire that originated in a three-story apartment building and spread to the apartment buildings that were on each side of the building of origin, ultimately heavily damaging five buildings in total.
    Nov. 26, 2024
    Photo courtesy of the Roseville, MN, Fire Department
    firefighter safety and health mental well-being Roseville Minnesota Fire Department
    Nov. 25, 2024

    More content from November 2024

    Brandon Heggie
    Brandon Heggie is a lieutenant firefighter/paramedic who has worked in fire and EMS for more than a decade.
    Brandon Heggie explains why hypothermic patients must be handled very gently while EMS providers apply the five steps to treat such individuals.
    Nov. 24, 2024
    Photos by Jonathan Hall
    When there’s enough room, the working length of hoseline should be flaked out perpendicular to the entry door.
    Jonathan Hall emphasizes the importance of experience with tools, strategies, tactics and techniques for the nozzle position.
    Nov. 20, 2024
    Justin Brooks
    Work to prepare, cultivate, and attend to deficiencies and challenges is required to produce members who will help to make better departments down the road.
    Justin Brooks reminds department leaders that they are obligated to cultivate themselves to benefit new members and the organization as a whole.
    Nov. 19, 2024
    Michael Ratcliffe
    Dispatched at 12:30 a.m., Hamilton Township, NJ, firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and fire throughout a 170-year-old former rubber manufacturing facility. A defensive operation was ordered, and several additional alarms were transmitted, calling in mutual aid from neighboring towns and elsewhere.
    Manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus and boats.
    Nov. 19, 2024
    John J. Salka Jr.
    A chief’s effect, influence and chances of success on the fireground rely almost exclusively on that person’s knowledge and use of the fireground radio.
    John J. Salka Jr. makes sure that battalion chiefs and other incident commanders don't overlook the importance of their primary tactical channel communications.
    Nov. 18, 2024
    Photo courtesy of the Burton, SC, Fire District
    If the fire service continually educates communities about fire tragedies of the past, public uproar over the needless loss of life can prompt lawmakers to take action to prevent or reduce further loss.
    Daniel Byrne issues a clarion call to departments to evolve their CRR efforts to include information about previous fire tragedies, to energize the public to demand lawmakers ...
    Nov. 15, 2024
    Image created by Marianne McIntyre using AI Firefly and Photoshop
    firefighter college degree
    Edward Tracey sheds light on matters that firefighters must consider when they contemplate the pursuit of a college degree, such as whether courses meet in class, online or in...
    Nov. 13, 2024
    Photo by Scott Burgess
    A ThermoFisher identiFINDER was used at a recent radiological incident at a Brookhaven, NY, landfill and mistakenly detected the presence of reactor-grade plutonium. This triggered a call to the Department of Energy’s Radiological Assistance Program team, which used a more sophisticated high-purity germanium crystal detector to correctly identify lutetium-177.
    Scott Burgess explains why members who respond to a radiological incident can't overlook the limitations of radiological monitors.
    Nov. 8, 2024