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  • November 2020

    • November 2020

    The November issue of Firehouse includes the 2020 Station Design Awards, the annual Apparatus Showcase and feature articles on higher education, leadership and the difficulties of battling buildings with vertical additions
    BRW Architects
    Career 1 Gold: Richardson Fire Station No. 1
    SD Awards and Conference

    2020 Station Design Awards

    Nov. 1, 2020
    Firehouse is pleased to present the seventh annual showcase of fire and emergency service facilities in our Station Design Awards program.
    Photo by Scott LaPrade
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    Apparatus

    2020 Apparatus Showcase

    Firehouse Staff
    Nov. 1, 2020
    In the 2020 Apparatus Showcase, manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus.
    2020 Thermal Imager Survey (002)
    Fire Service Industry Partner Content

    Firehouse Presents Thermal Imager Survey Results

    Nov. 1, 2020
    Firehouse is proud to present the findings from our 2020 thermal imager survey.
    Photo by Damien Danis
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    Operations & Training

    Hot Shots 11/20

    Firehouse Staff
    Nov. 1, 2020
    November Hot Shots includes the Passaic Fire Department battling a fire that involved a three-story occupied multiple dwelling, extending to a two-story dwelling with heavy fire...
    Peter Matthews
    Operations & Training

    As Firehouse Sees It: CPSE Sets Focus for Fire Departments

    Peter Matthews
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Peter Matthews points out the important issues that are covered in the white paper that the Center for Public Safety Excellence recently issued.

    More content from November 2020

    David Griffin
    Leadership

    Leadership Lessons: Level of Responsibility

    Dr. David Griffin
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Dr. David Griffin shares what he's learned from his first three months in a new position of leadership.
    Getty Images/Aaron Hawkins
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    Careers & Education

    Matching a Degree with a Career Path

    Mike Wieder
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Mike Wieder explains how different versions of the same fire-related degree put the onus on the individual to confirm the suitability of a school's program with one's career goals...
    Photos by Ron Moore
    Figure 1. As you approach this sedan, you note an offset frontal crash and that the driver’s door already is open. Start thinking about potential mechanism of injury possibilities for at least the driver prior to making patient contact.
    Vehicle Extrication

    University of Extrication: Collision Damage and Patient Mechanisms of Injury

    Ron Moore
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Ron Moore explains how firefighters at crash scenes can identify clues from inside of an automobile that can lead them to quickly identify the mechanism of injury.
    Richard Bossert
    EMS

    EMS: Defensive Documentation

    Richard Bossert
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Whether as a primer or a reminder, Richard Bossert's explanation of the importance of the patient care report as a legal document is a must-read.
    There have been 12 editions of the Emergency Response Guidebook in the form that we see it today: 1980, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020.
    Hazardous Materials

    Hazmatology: 2020 Emergency Response Guidebook

    Robert Burke
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Robert Burke points out the changes that were made to the new edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook—as well as what he finds lacking.
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    Safety & Health

    Health & Wellness: Positive Mental Health Culture

    Nathan Stoermer
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Nathan Stoermer, who is a suicide-attempt survivor, urges an evolution in fire service culture whereby behavioral wellness will be embraced.
    Photos by Tom Shand
    Portable ground ladders are needed at every structural fire. These include multiple extension ladders to access all sides and floors to protect members and for life safety. Every aerial device needs to carry sufficient ground ladders of various lengths to accomplish this task.
    Apparatus

    The Apparatus Architect: Apparatus Design & Ground Ladders

    Tom Shand
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur call attention to what many might overlook: how the initial concept of a new aerial device might neglect the accommodation of a smart complement of...
    Harry Carter
    Leadership

    Command Post: The Money-Grabbing Phase

    Dr. Harry Carter
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Fire service administrators would be well served from a read of Dr. Harry Carter's column about the preparation that's required for resource acquisition.
    Photos courtesy of Loveland-Symmes Fire Department
    A suicide victim used tape and glue to create a natural gas flow from a living room gas fireplace through a garden hose out of the house to the victim’s automobile. Even before this was learned, the Loveland-Symmes Fire Department Deputy Chief who led the EMS response to a possible suicide dispatch considered numerous worrisome factors, including those that were communicated by dispatch, to quickly convert the call to a fire/gas-leak run.
    Operations & Training

    Close Calls: ‘Gas’-Related Suicide Run—A Deadly Outcome Avoided

    Billy Goldfeder
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Billy Goldfeder shares why an officer's broad-ranging consideration of a civilian suicide attempt kept a dangerous situation from escalating.
    John Salkav3
    Operations & Training

    The Fire Scene: Rotating the Players

    John J. Salka Jr.
    Nov. 1, 2020
    John. J. Salka, Jr., discusses the benefits and drawbacks to rotating personnel between types of units and types of response areas.
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    Careers & Education

    First Due: Constructive Change is Needed in Recruitment & Retention

    Ken Brown
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Ken Brown identifies four substantive tools to improve volunteer retention.
    Photos by Joseph Cassetta
    When a fireground commander has other chiefs at a fire, he/she can focus on overall strategy while the others focus on specific functions or tasks.
    Operations & Training

    Command & Control Success: All-Hands Operations—Depth on the Bench

    Curt Isakson
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Curt Isakson reminds that the fireground commander must have firefighters and chiefs at the ready for when a situation grows beyond the capacity of a first-arriving company.
    Photos by Michael Terpak
    A major concern of a vertical addition is that the original building’s cockloft will be below the floor of the addition.
    Operations & Training

    Why Vertical Additions Can Be Flat Out Difficult

    Michael Terpak
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Michael Terpak runs up and down the list of concerns that additions to buildings from the top floor up bring to fire departments.
    Glenn Johnson
    Careers & Education

    Scuttlebutt 11/20

    Firehouse Staff
    Nov. 1, 2020
    NFFF Honors Fallen Members in Video Tribute
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    Careers & Education

    For the Record 11/20

    Firehouse Staff
    Nov. 1, 2020
    The nomination period for the 2020 Michael O. McNamee Award of Valor, Unit Citation Awards and Thomas Carr Community Service Awards is now open.
    Photo by Dan Moran
    The result of a company officer’s investment in the crew who he/she supervises could be the promotion of individuals in the crew, such as the captain who is shown here (who originally promoted to driver engineer). He also is a confident and competent instructor, who helps to teach the mission of the fire service. Investing in the success of your company has an exponential and immeasurable positive effect on your organization, the public and the fire service as a whole.
    Leadership

    Return on Investment

    Robert Moran
    Nov. 1, 2020
    Robert Moran and Dan Moran explain how the dedication, collaboration, commitment, resiliency and focus that pertains to investing in department members results in organizational...