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  • July 2012

    • July 2012

    Greg Toritto
    EMS

    For the Record 7/12

    Firehouse Staff
    July 1, 2012
    Industry Veteran Joins Firehouse Greg Toritto has been named group publisher of Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com. Toritto, who has been involved in the fire service industry...
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    Operations & Training

    Introducing the "Best Practices Forum"

    July 1, 2012
    According to a U.S. Fire Department Profile Report published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) in 2010, the U.S. is protected by 30,125 organized fire departments...
    Photo by Christopher J. Naum
    The evolving and rapidly changing dynamics of building structures and occupancies involve new construction as well as renovation and adaptive reuse of older buildings and occupancies.
    Operations & Training

    Buildings On Fire: Building Anatomy: Types and Classifications

    July 1, 2012
    Christopher J. Naum examines building types and classifications to anticipate variables in structural integrity and resiliency to the effects of extreme fire behavior for firefighters...

    More content from July 2012

    Photo by Timothy R. Szymanski/LVFR
    A reporter’s notebook on a 'citation holder.' Notice the pen, mini light for darkness and rubber band on the bottom of the notebook.
    Operations & Training

    The Fire PIO: Handling Information At Emergency Incidents

    July 1, 2012
    One of the main duties of a fire department public information officer (PIO) is to disseminate information. To do that correctly, the PIO will need to gather information first...
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    Community Risk

    Close Calls: Firefighter Trapped: Water/Dive Rescue Emergency

    July 1, 2012
    Performing other than fire-related rescues is nothing new for the fire service. From a child’s head caught in a banister to a person trapped in heavy machinery, a firefighter ...
    Photo by Dennis C. Sharpe
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    Apparatus

    New Deliveries 7/12

    Firehouse Staff
    July 1, 2012
    THE LUTHERVILLE FIRE COMPANY in Baltimore County, MD, has taken delivery of a Pierce pumper built on a Pierce Arrow XT chassis powered by a 500-hp Detroit Diesel engine. Components...
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    Leadership

    Fire Politics: The Budget Debates Continue

    July 1, 2012
    Even as many local and state budgets have begun to stabilize, fire departments continue to find themselves in the middle of discussions by elected officials and other policy-makers...
    Photo by Dennis Walus
    Firefighters have been killed while executing random and uncoordinated tactical activities at unoccupied, no-value building fires. Now, in many jurisdictions, firefighters stand back and let vacant buildings of no value burn. The 'Four Box' strategic process is designed to provide the first on-scene fire officer with a logical strategic progression to help maintain poise and confidence.
    Operations & Training

    How to Nail Your First-Due Strategic Responsibility Part 3

    Mark Emery
    July 1, 2012
    Back in 2007, Firehouse® published the first installment of Mark Emery’s 11-part series “The Ten Command-Ments of Intelligent and Safe Fireground Operations.” The series began...
    Photos by Robert Burke
    The Lexington, KY, Fire Department’s Hazmat 1 responds as part of the Bluegrass Emergency Response Team (BERT). The apparatus is a 2009 Pierce with a 106-inch Pierce Velocity command cab.
    Confined Space

    Hazmat Studies: Hazmat Response In The Bluegrass Region

    July 1, 2012
    Regional hazardous materials response teams were located throughout Kentucky in the late 1980s. By the end of the 1990s, however, many teams had disbanded for various reasons,...
    Photo by DC Jerry Kainz/JFD
    The original fire building, the North Star Building, is right in the view of side A. The exposure at left is the vacant former Elks Building. The photo was taken nine minutes after dispatch.
    Confined Space

    On The Job North Dakota: Fire Destroys Jamestown Commercial Building

    July 1, 2012
    On Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, fire destroyed the North Star Building in downtown Jamestown, ND. The building was owned by Vining Oil Co. and was being used for storage. It contained...
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    Educational Materials

    ON THE JOB PENNSYLVANIA: Fire Destroys Historic Hotel in Punxsutawney

    July 1, 2012
    More than 100 firefighters worked for nine hours to control a six-alarm fire that destroyed a historic hotel in Punxsutawney, PA, on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. As fire conditions...
    KME
    Apparatus

    New Products 7/12

    Firehouse Staff
    July 1, 2012
    Engine Rescue With Digital PanelKME has introduced the KME Engine Rescue, featuring a compact, all-digital pump-panel display. For simplified pump operations and maintenance, ...
    Photo by Vehicle Rescue 1-2-3 book, Pg. 148
    The presence of an accordian-looking sleeve below the seatbelt buckle is a good indicator that the seatbelt pretensioner system is located just below this buckle.
    Vehicle Extrication

    University of Extrication: Seatbelt Restraint Systems

    July 1, 2012
    SUBJECT: Seatbelt Restraint Systems – Part 1TOPIC: Seatbelt PretensionersOBJECTIVE: Given a late-model vehicle, the rescuer will be able to identify the seatbelts with pretensioner...