November 2008

Thermal Imaging in Wildland Firefighting

Nov. 1, 2008

Who in the world would knowingly choose a career that offers hours and hours or days and days of strenuous physical labor, limited clean air, no access to large-diameter hoselines...

Apparatus

Emergency Vehicle Operations Warning: POVs Kill

Nov. 1, 2008

Unfortunately, there has been a steady increase in the number of firefighters killed behind the wheel of their own personal vehicles recently. This month's column will discuss...

Tech & Comm

Firefighter Turnout Gear: Where Do We Go from Here?

Nov. 1, 2008

New Responsibilities Are Introducing Serious New HazardsTurnout gear. Bunkers. Whatever the term is that you use to describe your personal protective equipment (PPE), the objective...

Tech & Comm

Product Showcase: Radios & Communications Equipment

Nov. 1, 2008

Rescue

November 1988: Six KC Firefighters Killed in Ammonium Nitrate Explosion

Nov. 1, 2008

20 Years Later, New Investigation May Yield New Findings Into CauseA hazardous materials explosion that occurred 20 years ago this month claimed the lives of six Kansas City, ...

More content from November 2008

Apparatus

Apparatus Roundtable

Nov. 1, 2008

Firehouse Magazine conducts a question-and-answer roundtable with representatives of fire-rescue apparatus manufacturers.

Apparatus

Apparatus Showcase

Nov. 1, 2008

Manufacturers display the latest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus.

Apparatus

The Apparatus Architect - Part 38: "The Times They Are a-Changin' "

Michael Wilbur

Nov. 1, 2008

Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur discuss the effects of the changing economic times pertaining to apparatus purchasing and design.

Operations & Training

Preventing Firefighter Disorientation In Large Enclosed Structure - Part 2

Nov. 1, 2008

William R. Mora presents guidelines to prevent disorientation when dealing with a large enclosed structure.

Safety & Health

Developing and Maintaining Fireground Command Situation Awareness - Part 1

Nov. 1, 2008

Richard B. Gasaway begins a two-part series discussing how situation awareness affects your decision making.Part 1 - Understanding Situation Awareness & How It Affects Your Decision...

Apparatus

University and Community-Based Interoperability

Nov. 1, 2008

James J. Schaefer reviews the partnership of Lake Superior State University, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, as a designated regional training center with fire departments in Michigan...

Careers & Education

Where Public Safety Policy Meets Higher Education

Nov. 1, 2008

Younes Mourchid discusses the influence of higher education on public policy and whether the reverse is true.

Leadership

The Campaign's Over, Now Let's See How the Fire-Rescue Service Fares

Nov. 1, 2008

The long and bitter election campaign is over and now we await a new president and a new Congress to lead the country on an uncertain path through the dangers of an economic recession...

Operations & Training

Fires in Buildings Under Construction and Demolition - Part 2

Nov. 1, 2008

By request of the author, this article is not available online.

Safety & Health

The Captain Yelled "Run," A Firefighter Yelled "Collapse!" - Part 2

Nov. 1, 2008

Last month, we began a report on a close call that involved 10 firefighters at a burning commercial structure in Sacramento, CA, on June 5, 2008. As we reported, nine minutes ...

Rescue

Lifting Heavy Loads - Part 2

Nov. 1, 2008

SUBJECT: Lifting Heavy Loads - Part 2 TOPIC: Cribbing CrushOBJECTIVE: Understand how a wood box crib performs at failureTASK: Given the need to support a lifted or otherwise unstable...