March 2008

Firehouse Roundtable: Fire Safety Education & Fire Prevention

March 1, 2008

Firehouse Magazine invites a cross-section of fire officers to participate in a roundtable discussion about public education and fire prevention programs.

Safety & Health

Fire Commissioner's Complete Guide to Medical Examinations - Part 1

March 1, 2008

Raymond Basri, MD, outlines how to create a cost-effective health and wellness program for firefighters.

Safety & Health

Risk Management At the Company Level

March 1, 2008

Quinn MacLeod contends that while firefighting is more hazardous than ever, risk-management protocols have been slow to evolve to make it safer.

Operations & Training

Live-Fire Training - Part 2

Dominic Colletti

March 1, 2008

Dominic Colletti discusses human error as it relates to preparing for and conducting structural live-fire training.

Leadership

Justice Department Makes Headway in Processing Hometown Heroes Claims

March 1, 2008

It is good to report that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has made genuine progress in implementing the Hometown Heroes Survivors' Benefits Act. They are clearing up the backlog...

Operations & Training

Steel Bar Joist Trusses And Steel C-Beams - Part 2

March 1, 2008

Many renovated buildings replace wood and masonry structural elements with steel. The replacement of heavy wooden roof and floor joists with the lighter steel open-web bar-truss...

Leadership

Do You Have The Will?

March 1, 2008

The June 2007 deaths of nine brother firefighters in Charleston, SC, once again reminds us of the dangers of the job we have. Each of us copes differently with the knowledge of...

Rescue

Vehicle Rescue Scene Safety

March 1, 2008

SUBJECT: Vehicle Rescue Scene SafetyTOPIC: Patient Protection GuidelinesOBJECTIVE: Review practices and procedures for patient protection at vehicle rescue scenes.TASK: The rescue...

Tech & Comm

Firefighter Disorientation: Your Thermal Imager Can Help

March 1, 2008

115 That's the preliminary number released by the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) for line-of-duty deaths in 2007. While that number may change as more details are determined,...

Community Risk

Public Safety Education & the Residential Occupancy Fire - Part 3

March 1, 2008

The first two installments in this series on America's biggest fire problem — fires in residential occupancies — addressed ways to develop an effective and comprehensive "fire...

PPE

Airboss-Defense

Oct. 15, 2007

AirBoss-Defense is world renowned for the manufacture and supply of CBRN PPE and fire boots.

March 2008

UniMac/Alliance Laundry Systems

AirHAWK Air Purification Systems

A.H. Stock Mfg. Corp.

Hazmat Response In Kansas City, MO

Understanding The Credit Mess

More content from March 2008

Firehouse Roundtable: Fire Safety Education & Fire Prevention

Fire Commissioner's Complete Guide to Medical Examinations - Part 1

Risk Management At the Company Level

Live-Fire Training - Part 2

Justice Department Makes Headway in Processing Hometown Heroes Claims

Steel Bar Joist Trusses And Steel C-Beams - Part 2

Do You Have The Will?

Vehicle Rescue Scene Safety

Firefighter Disorientation: Your Thermal Imager Can Help

Public Safety Education & the Residential Occupancy Fire - Part 3

Airboss-Defense