May 2025

Issue Description: The May issue of Firehouse includes feature articles on Swiftwater rescue kits, the evolution of ventilation, cancer prevention, the differences between misconduct and incompetence, and a special supplement on Station Design 2025. Cover Description: Technical rescue team members of the Fort Worth, TX, Fire Department and the Burleson, TX, Fire/EMS Department responded to a call for a contractor who came in contact with electrical lines 150 feet high. On arrival, the technicians saw three contractors who were at the top of a cell tower. Two got down by themselves. One was injured. The power was turned off. After a plan was created, technicians ascended the pole—amid winds that pushed the pole back and forth—to build the systems that were required to safely lower the injured contractor. Several hours after arriving, the technicians brought down the patient. Photo by Glen E. Ellman. Dedication: Four U.S. firefighters recently died in the line of duty—Assistant Chief Donald Kammerich, Fire Chief Gary Moore, Firefighter Chevy Gall and Firefighter/EMT Roy Smith. This issue of Firehouse is dedicated to these firefighters.