The July issue of Firehouse includes feature articles on forcible entry, leadership and fire-based EMS, plus two special Firehouse Survey results, Mentoring in the Fire Service and part two of the National Run Survey.
Richard Bossert applies his experience as a board-certified vehicle rescue instructor to inform EMS providers and rescue technicians that MVA patient treatment and removal must...
Part 2 of the Firehouse National Run Survey looks at Busiest Station, Busiest Chief, Busiest Heavy Rescue, Busiest Ambulance, Busiest Hazmat and Starting Pay Scales.
Billy Goldfeder learned why members who were on scene of a medical emergency on an interstate came away relatively unscathed when their apparatus were struck by a separate passenger...
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Janine Curcio and Josh Bryan give hands-on-useful tips for ways that EMS training can expose trainees to stressors that exist in the prehospital environment.
Jonathan Hall speaks to five particular elements of single-family dwellings as they relate to size-up and what they can mean as far as firefighter safety and strategies and tactics...
Jared Renshaw urges fire chiefs to get out of the office and into the community as much as possible, to ensure that no opportunity to increase the department's level of service...
Robert "RJ" James unlocks the fireground clues to removing devices that keep intruders out of homes and businesses, so victims and firefighters can get out.
Peter Matthews informs fire chiefs and departments of the numerous complications that can emerge when firehouses aren't protected properly and, as a result, fire damages or destroys...