This is the last of three columns in which we revisit issues related to attaining the goal of a healthier fire service. The first installment (March 2011) covered effects of stress...
SUBJECT: Jammed Door Skills TrainingTOPIC: Simulating late-model, lightweight-vehicle door constructionOBJECTIVE: Create a simulation of a jammed door on an older, acquired vehicle...
When I was conducting an emergency vehicle operations class in Canada, I found a fire department that takes its apparatus to a local heavy-duty truck dealer every year to be evaluated...
When President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the two laws became collectively...
The past few installments of The Apparatus Architect reviewed some history of cab design and the most recent innovations that have led to improved vehicle performance and increased...
THE CAD ZONE INC. has introduced First Look Pro Version 5 (FLP 5), a software program that lets fire service personnel organize and locate pre-incident plans, site diagrams, maps...
HURST JAWS OF LIFE offers the new SC-357 and SC-557 Combination Tools that deliver approximately 10% more spreading and pulling force than the previous versions.
AVON PROTECTION has introduced the Avon-ISI Viking Z Seven SCBA, designed to equip firefighters with advanced respiratory protection and communications technology.
KNOX CO. has introduced the MedVault 2 narcotics locker with WiFi to let a department perform all managerial functions with less time and fewer resources.
“Integrated Tactical Accountability”In Mark Emery’s August 2011 article, “Integrated Tactical Accountability: Part 3 – Why We Can’t Let Anybody Fall Through the Cracks,” he has...
An indoor marijuana grow is an illegal operation where the plants are grown or engineered to maturity and sold or the concentrated resin (hashish oil) is extracted from them. ...