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  • Mar 2014

    • Mar 2014

    Photo courtesy of LVFR
    Volunteer firefighters gather outside the then-Las Vegas, NV, Fire Department's original Fire Station No. 1 in 1943.
    Apparatus

    Rekindles 3/14

    Paul Hashagen
    March 23, 2014
    BINGHAMTON, NY: MARCH 1, 1914 – A fire broke out in the cellar of a four-story hardware store and spread to the State Armory, where thousands of rounds of shotgun and rifle ammunition...
    Photo by Dean Hare/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
    The Pullman, WA, Fire Department is a combination agency with 31 career firefighters and 20 volunteer firefighters, protecting a population of 31,000.
    Careers & Education

    2013 Combination Fire Department Run Survey

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2014
    The combination fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse Magazine to share and compare statistics.

    More content from Mar 2014

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    Technology

    Fire Dispatch: Controlling PSAP Manager Stress

    Barry Furey
    March 1, 2014
    Barry Furey shares how PSAP telecommunicators can cope with stress after being the first point of contact for people in emergencies.
    Photo by Jeff Zimmerman
    LOS ANGELES, CA, JAN. 24, 2014
    Operations & Training

    Hot Shots 3/14

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2014
    LOS ANGELES, CA, JAN. 24, 2014 – First-in units from Station 91 responded to a structure fire in Pacoima involving a large garage located at a golf course. The garage was loaded...
    Photos by Timothy R. Szymanski/LVFR
    The view from our front door on the day the fire occurred.
    Careers & Education

    "Fire in My Home": Now I Know How It Feels

    March 1, 2014
    Timothy Szymanski shares his story after an accidental fire left his home damaged.
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    Operations & Training

    On The Job Washington State: Four-Alarm Fire Heavily Damages Spokane Complex

    Jay K. Bradish
    March 1, 2014
    SPOKANE FIRE DEPARTMENTChief: Bobby WilliamsPersonnel: 300 career firefightersStations: 15Apparatus: 12 pumpers, 3 aerials, 2 quints, 1 heavy rescue, 2 battalion chief units, ...
    Photos by Garth Fuerste Photography/Dubuque, IA
    Firefighters found a vehicle that had gone through the protective barrier gates of a church parking lot and plummeted down a bluff.
    Operations & Training

    Speak Up: Car Over Embankment Threatens Historic Downtown Business District

    Firehouse Readers
    March 1, 2014
    The City of East Dubuque is in the far northwest corner of Illinois bordering Wisconsin to the north and Iowa to the west. The city is a bluff community overlooking the Mississippi...
    Photos by Ron Moore
    Due to the ejection mitigation standard, responders will encounter larger side-impact airbags that stay inflated longer and have tether straps to secure them. Plan on it being necessary to cut the deployed bags away as you make patient contact.
    Vehicle Extrication

    University of Extrication: FMVSS 226 "Ejection Mitigation" Standard

    Ron Moore
    March 1, 2014
    SUBJECT: FMVSS 226 “Ejection Mitigation” Standard TOPIC: FMVSS 226 Modifications to Side Window Glass and Side-Impact AirbagsOBJECTIVE: Understand how changes in side window glass...
    Photo courtesy of Pollardwater.com
    Figure 1. Color-coded discharge cap covers provide an easy and highly visible way to identify the gpm rating of hydrants.
    Careers & Education

    Rural Firefighting Academy: The Rural Pressurized Fire Hydrant: What's It Worth? Part 2

    Dominic Colletti
    March 1, 2014
    Last month, we explained that without a clear understanding of flow rates from pressurized hydrants, firefighting operations that rely on them as a water source can turn into ...
    The burn crib prior to crew entry. The area did not look like this when crew members made entry. This is Alpha side of house.
    Operations & Training

    Close Calls: "The Worst Day Of My Life": Part 2

    Billy Goldfeder
    March 1, 2014
    Last month, in part one of this column, we looked at some history involving firefighter deaths and injuries that occurred in live-fire training exercises, followed by Wisconsin...
    The training props, which included a mock airplane, were supplied by Kellogg Community College.
    Careers & Education

    Scuttlebutt 3/14

    March 1, 2014
    NVFC, IAFC Encourage Departments to “Train Like You Fight”The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) have announced that...
    Photos by Ruel Douvillier
    The Kosovo rescue instructors, all war veterans, include, from left, Samir Ismailj, Sabri Sada and Valdrim Kelmendi.
    Rescue

    Technical Rescue: Assignment: KOSOVO: Part 1

    Ruel Douvillier
    March 1, 2014
    In May 2013, I was approached by an old friend who wanted to know if I would be interested in joining a three person team that would be assisting the military of the new nation...
    Photos by Mike Messar
    The afternoon fire destroyed the building of origin, a dollar store. Companies prevented the fire from spreading to a five-story apartment building next door.
    Operations & Training

    Cover Story: Four-alarm fire forces 200 from homes

    Firehouse Staff
    March 1, 2014
    YONKERS, NY, DEC. 26, 2013 – Calls came in around 4 PM for a fire in the Dollar K store on South Broadway. Companies prevented the fire from spreading to a five-story apartment...
    Photo by Mike Meadows
    An illegal campfire sarted by three young men at the start of Colby Trail in the Angeles National Forest was blamed for starting the Colby Fire, which eventually burned 2,000 acres of brush.
    Operations & Training

    Wildland Fires: Early Fire Season For Southern California

    Mike Meadows
    March 1, 2014
    On Thursday, Jan 16, 2014, at around 5:50 A.M., three young men had an illegal campfire going at the start of Colby Trail in the Angeles National Forest in California to ward ...
    Photos courtesy of the author
    Figure 1. Removal of a stacked tip set on a 1-3/4-inch handline readies it for compressed air foam discharge. Nozzle aperture size must increase when using CAFS to meet hydraulic and pneumatic discharge requirements.
    Hoselines & Water Appliances

    Fireground Operations: CAFS for Structural Firefighting: 5 Best Practices

    Dominic Colletti
    March 1, 2014
    I’ve been involved in fire service training and education for more than two decades and have seen many promising innovations come and go. But few technologies have represented...
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    Hazmat/Specialty

    Hazmat Studies: Meet Kentucky's All-Volunteer Somerset/Pulaski County SRT

    Robert Burke
    March 1, 2014
    Somerset is situated in south-central Kentucky on the northeastern edge of Lake Cumberland, 76 miles south of Lexington, 128 miles southeast of Louisville and 129 northwest of...