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    • February 2025

    Issue Description: The February issue of Firehouse includes feature articles on apparatus bay storage, pumpers designed to move big water and a special preview of the 2025 Station Design Conference.

    Cover Description: Twenty-one hours into the Eaton fire in Los Angeles, a crew from Riverside County Engine 64 works on Jan. 8 in Altadena to keep a heavily involved wood-frame house fire from spreading. The hydrant system had failed, and Engine 64 was using water from its booster tank sparingly. Engine 64 was part of the four strike teams (20 pumpers) that Riverside County sent to the Los Angeles fires. Photo by Dave Dubowski

    Dedication: Five U.S. firefighters recently died in the line of duty—Chief Robert Chandler, Firefighter Ralph Meyer, Firefighter Richard Sanders, Capt. George Turley and Chief Joseph Murray. This issue of Firehouse is dedicated to these firefighters.

    Curt Varone
    fire service law trends Curt Varone
    Curt Varone
    March 6, 2025
    Curt Varone believes that each of a handful of tendencies in fire service law in 2024 will remain prominent going forward.
    Photos courtesy of John Jankowski/Mill Creek Fire Company
    Preplanning for when a traveling carnival takes up residence in a department’s response area should include work with the carnival company to ensure that the tallest ride is located in an area where an aerial apparatus is capable of accessing the highest point of the ride (here, 60 feet).
    Robert Policht
    March 5, 2025
    Robert Policht opens eyes to the possibilities for what will be encountered when things go awry with machinery at carnivals and amusement parks.
    fire department station public safety facility Station Design Conference
    Janet A. Wilmoth
    March 4, 2025
    Turning fire station concepts into reality is complicated. Consideration of today’s and tomorrow’s needs is challenging. The slate of presenters and exhibitors at the 2025 edition...
    Photos by Tom W. Shand
    Freeland, PA, Fire Department (FFD) Engine 54 is a 1992 Seagrave that was ahead of its time with respect to incorporating multiple attack lines, split beds for large-diameter supply line, and portable and fixed master stream appliances.
    Tom Shand
    March 3, 2025
    Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur explain why pumpers that operate out of two Pennsylvania departments exemplify the importance of balancing water supply with rig wheelbase, length...
    Photo by Michael Daley
    Combustion results from an increase in temperature, energy and pressure. Therefore, the application of water as a cooling agent also must have the capabilities to overwhelm the pressure and the energy.
    Michael Daley
    Feb. 28, 2025
    Michael Daley explains why the way that water is applied must be combined with the amount that's delivered to achieve successful outcomes.

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