This account is provided by a reader. Chief Goldfeder's comments follow. On a very cold winter night, around midnight with a temperature of minus six degrees, our fire and rescue...
Question:Why are relationships so important to a necessary public service based on technical expertise? With all of the various duties and standards for which we are responsible...
A Springfield, MA, firefighter has been fired for smoking, following an incident that occurred while he was off duty. His dismissal occurred after a state trooper noted in an ...
For the 22nd year, the fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse® to share and compare statistics. Part 1 features fire department profiles and total calls for 2002.
SUBJECT:2003-2004 Model Vehicles, Part 2 of 2TOPIC:New Technology Features UpdateOBJECTIVE:Update responder awareness of new technology features of selected 2003 and 2004 model...
Jonathan Bastian points out that a thermal imager is like any other tool on the fireground: properly used, it saves lives and property; improperly used, it can injure firefighters...
Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur begin a discussion on the design and use of aerial ladder units, apparatus that can represent one of the largest financial investments that a fire...
It has been 3 1/2 years since a dormitory fire at New Jersey's Seton Hall University killed three students and briefly focused public attention on the danger of fires in college...