August 2013

LOS ANGELES, CA, APRIL 22, 2013 – Five people were injured, including a person who later died, at an early-morning, greater-alarm fire in an apartment building in North Hollywood...

A look at fire behavior before and after Prince George's County, MD, firefighters arrived at the house fire on 57th Avenue in Riverdale Heights.

Some members of the fire service are looking into and experimenting with some variations of what have become standard firefighting tactics in many departments. You have all heard...

I have been on several calls during my career where people were playing a game of Russian roulette. Usually, the people were young and drinking was involved. In Russian roulette...

From train derailments, overturned tanker trucks and spills of hazardous materials to chemical fires, accidental poison ingestion, the Pentagon and World Trade Center on 9/11 ...

SUBJECT: Electric Plug-In VehiclesTOPIC: Extrication Challenges of Electric Plug-In VehiclesOBJECTIVE: Understand any unique procedural changes necessary when accomplishing vehicle...

There is always lots going on at the national, state and local levels of government that impact the fire service community. So far, this summer has been no exception. In researching...

On March 20, 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report stating that one in 50 (more than 1 million) U.S. schoolchildren are diagnosed with...

The moment of truth has arrived. You are kneeling outside the attack entrance. Boiling, black and gray smoke pushes from the top of the door. Your hoseline stretch is complete...

I am sure it has happened to your fire department. Two o’clock in the morning and the police want you to set up the aerial so they can get overhead photos of a crime scene or ...

“Monster” Support for NFFFFor the past five years, the fall NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the “Monster Mile” (Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE) has been a day to show...

Nonresidential Building Fires (2009-2011)Last month we presented the findings of the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) report on Residential Building Fires (2009-2011). Here are...

BANGOR, ME: AUG. 1, 1913 – A nighttime fire that started in the business district in the manufacturing plant of the S. Flory Co. destroyed the entire structure and spread to several...

Rechargeable Flood LightSTREAMLIGHT INC. has introduced the E-Flood LiteBox HL, a rechargeable flood light that delivers maximum illumination at 3,600 lumens. The portable lantern...

Literature on the topic of rapid intervention, like many other subjects, began as individual articles, grew into larger chapters and has now evolved into entire textbooks. It ...

For the 32nd year, the career fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse® Magazine to share and compare statistics about company and department activity levels, funding, staffing...

The fire service is no stranger to standards, and many of the more commonly known entities such as the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Insurance Services Organizatio...