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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.

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