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    Issue Description: The June issue of Firehouse includes feature articles on volunteer firefighting strategies, rope rescues, drones in the fire service, award announcements and a preview to Firehouse's FireFusion Conference. Cover Description: Members of the Lawrence Township, NJ, Fire Department were dispatched for what was reported as a brush fire. The first firefighter who was on scene, who was a chief from the West Windsor Division of Fire and Emergency Services Division, reported that the fire involved a shed-like structure that was some distance off of the road behind a line of trees. Firefighters who staffed two rescue-engines and one tower ladder arrived to find a fire that involved a storage building on the property of a tree service company. As firefighters advanced a preconnected 1¾-inch hoseline, they encountered heavy fire conditions that were fueled by the power tools, gasoline containers, lithium-ion batteries and other equipment that was stored inside of the structure. Photo by Michael Ratcliffe. Dedication: Eight U.S. firefighters recently died in the line of duty—Sgt. John Robinson, Firefighter John Saunders, Lt. Paul Mickolick, Firefighter Charles Shaw, Sr. Firefighter Corban Summers, Capt. David Meyer, Firefighter/EMT Scott Adams and Firefighter/Medic Graham Hoffman. This issue of Firehouse is dedicated to these firefighters.

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    Photo by Peter Lobo
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    Photo courtesy of the National Volunteer Fire Council
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