This month's thermal imaging (TI) training column is a response to a question from a Tennessee firefighter: Jonathan...Our biggest problem in using the TIs is that our older officers...
Chief, I have just been charged in an emergency vehicle accident." In just one month, those words were uttered three times in three separate incidents in three different states...
Travis Ford details the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Educational (FESHE) Conference, which brings national academic programs and national fire service leaders together to...
Fires involving mobile homes present special challenges. Our sincere thanks to Firefighter Tracy Davis, Training Officer Brandon Flynn, Chief John Childs, EFO, Chief of Operations...
Every time I teach a class or do a presentation, I ask this question: Why do you think we lose about the same amount of firefighters in the line of duty each year? I remind everybody...
The term "rain roof" has been used for the past 25 years in the construction industry and the fire service to describe a complete roof assembly constructed over an existing one...
TOPIC: Rear-Hinged Jammed Door ProtocolsOBJECTIVE: Develop departmental procedures for forcing open a rear-hinged third or fourth door that is jammed due to collision damage.TASK...
On Aug. 31, 2006, Houston, TX, Fire Department Engine 508 was involved in a serious rollover accident while responding to a reported house fire just south of downtown. I was the...