Search and rescue, especially during structure fires, is the most frequently considered thermal imager (TI) use. Success during structure fire rescues, as well as during non-fire...
This month’s column features an exclusive interview I conducted with Dr. David G. Boyd, who is deputy director (operations) for the Office of Research and Development and director...
To this day, Milford, CT, Fire Chief Louis LaVecchia still can’t believe what happened at a major fire in his town 20 years ago. One day, a huge blaze erupted at the Lighter Division...
I have been writing the Emergency Vehicle Operations column for Firehouse® for over a decade. Two common themes have always been included: wear your seatbelts and revise your ...
While searching for trapped children, fire broke out in the walls, causing firefighters to exit just before flashover. Harvey Eisner reports on this a two-alarm structure fire...
On Christmas morning 2003, the Los Pinos Fire Protection District, located in southwestern Colorado, responded to a well-developed structure fire involving a sniper. Tom Aurnhammer...
Jeff Hood, Bill Lowe and Earl Watson discuss what happened when a fully loaded cement truck weighing 34 tons flipped over and landed on top of a sport utility vehicle, trapping...
R. J. “Bob” Barraclough discusses upgrades and the specification-writing process that begins with obtaining a copy of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1901 Standard...
Michael Wilbur discusses the training and education needed to understand serial and elevating platform apparatus in the first installment of this new series.
Editor’s note: Hal Bruno is on leave. We thank Chief Compton for filling in for Hal this month. In July 2003, at Firehouse Expo in Baltimore and again in February 2004 at Firehouse...
This account is provided by a reader. Chief Goldfeder’s comments follow. We received a 911 call for a building fire at a local inn. It is a 21¼2-story bar with apartments above...
SUBJECT:Lifting AirbagsTOPIC:Service life of high-pressure lifting airbagsOBJECTIVE:Understand the concept of useful service life for high-pressure lifting airbagsTASK:Using the...
Question: What does ?promotion? mean as applied to fire protection and emergency services? This word sounds self-serving and aggressive. Answer: This is a great question and when...