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  • May 2024

    • May 2024

    The May issue of Firehouse Magazine includes feature articles on building construction and apparatus innovations, plus a special Station Design supplement.
    Leadership

    The Company Officer: Lead with Character and Constant Kindness

    Dr. Brett Ellis
    June 1, 2024
    Dr. Brett Ellis urges officers to constantly self-reflect, to be a better person, a stronger leader and creator of a winning culture.
    Photo courtesy of BRW Architects
    Stations

    Station Design Supplement 2024

    May 31, 2024
    This special Station Design Supplement includes feature articles on using GIS to select a new station site, a new philosophy on firehouse images in conjunction with mental health...
    Photo by Josh Forbes
    Apparatus

    Redirecting the Stretch

    Keith Niemann
    May 30, 2024
    Keith Niemann explains four concepts that engine crews can utilize to allow quick, efficient relocation of a hoseline at a structure fire when the conventional stretch to the ...
    Operations & Training

    As Firehouse Sees It: Getting Back to Basics with Safety Stand Down Week

    Peter Matthews
    May 29, 2024
    Peter Matthews urges departments to take Safety Stand Down Week to heart, to ensure members of every rank refamiliarize themselves with basic skills and tactics to strengthen ...
    Photo by Jon Tenca
    Operations & Training

    Hot Shots 5/24

    Firehouse Staff
    May 24, 2024
    Nearly three hours of well-coordinated teamwork by 61 Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) firefighters alongside LA Animal Services and LA Sanitation Department allowed the successful...

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    Photo by Russell Osgood
    Cancer Prevention

    Health & Wellness: Overcoming Barriers to Free Skin Cancer Screenings

    John Haseney
    May 23, 2024
    John Haseney provides lessons learned from FDNY's launch of free skin cancer screenings, to give other departments a leg up on developing a program for their members.
    Careers & Education

    Fire Law: Delaying Discipline of a Firefighter Accused of a Criminal Offense

    Curt Varone
    May 22, 2024
    Curt Varone explains three situations when delaying a disciplinary investigation is warranted.
    Photos by Greg Rogers
    Operations & Training

    The Case Against Single-Exit-Stairwell Buildings

    Greg Rogers
    May 21, 2024
    Greg Rogers and Sean DeCrane provide the arguments for fire service members to use to send a strong message to state legislators that compromising safety for dubious gains associated...
    Photos by Jacob Gates
    Operations & Training

    Truck Tactics: The Truck Work Mindset Without the Truck

    Jacob Gates
    May 20, 2024
    Jacob Gates sheds light on numerous matters that might escape engine company crews in regard to truck company operations that they might be required to do.
    Operations & Training

    First Due: The Necessity of Preplanning Your First Due

    May 17, 2024
    Lance Sutton recounts his crew's last commercial preplan to hammer home the value of the information that's gleaned.
    Photos courtesy of the West Bloomfield, MI, Fire Department
    Stations

    Firehouse Décor & Mental Health

    Greg Flynn
    May 16, 2024
    Greg Flynn is sure to provide aha moments for fire departments and staff by shedding light on evolved approach to decorting the walls of firehouses.
    Image by Travis Miller
    Stations

    Using GIS for Firehouse Site Selection

    Travis Miller
    May 15, 2024
    Travis Miller builds a solid case for the implementation of geographic information systems in the process of identifying potential locations for new fier stations.
    Image by Juan Carrascal/Wendel
    Stations

    The Well-Designed Decon Space

    Robert Mitchell
    May 15, 2024
    Robert Mitchell tells why revelations about contaminants, turnout gear materials and cleaning methods require new thinking of decontamination areas of fire stations.
    Photos courtesy of TCA Architecture + Planning.
    Stations

    1-on-One Session: Supporting the Broader Good

    Brian Harris
    May 13, 2024
    Brian Harris explains the value for attendees of the Station Design Conference to meet with public safety design firms pre-conference. In doing so, he points to numerous facets...
    Operations & Training

    The Fire Scene: What Are They Looking At?

    John J. Salka Jr.
    May 13, 2024
    John J. Salka Jr. lists seven structural fire factors that can be discerned quickly when arriving firefighters gaze upward.
    EMS

    EMS: Pull the Trigger

    Brandon Heggie
    May 10, 2024
    Brandon Heggie urges EMS providers to embrace decisiveness when it comes to interventions.
    Photos by Robert Policht
    Rescue

    Technical Rescue: Water-Rescue Considerations for Firefighters

    Robert Policht
    May 9, 2024
    Robert Policht provides valuable tips and tricks that firefighters must know in this day and age of flooding that never occurred in the past.
    Peter Matthews
    Careers & Education

    For The Record - May 2024

    May 6, 2024
    Sutphen marked a significant investment in growing its family-owned fire apparatus manufacturing business in March 2024.