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    • July 2024

    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.
    Ken Morris
    Aug. 2, 2024
    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.
    Photo by Sarah Lowe
    July 31, 2024
    Firehouse is proud to present the findings from our 2024 Mentoring in the Fire Service Survey.
    Photo by Lorri Gardner/Columbus Fire Public Information Office
    Janine Curcio
    July 31, 2024
    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.
    Photo courtesy of Berks Weekly (https://berksweekly.com)
    Jared Renshaw
    July 30, 2024
    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...
    Peter Matthews
    July 29, 2024
    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...

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    July 26, 2024
    First-arriving units in Bel Air, MD, found a well-involved attached garage with extension to the dwelling.
    Photo by Trevor James
    Robert "RJ" James
    July 24, 2024
    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.
    Photo by Victorian Simmons
    Richard Bossert
    July 22, 2024
    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...
    Photos courtesy of Baltimore County, MD, Fire Department
    Billy Goldfeder
    July 22, 2024
    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...
    Photos by Aaron Zamzow
    Aaron Zamzow
    July 17, 2024
    Aaron Zamzow explains how cash-strapped, size-constrained fire stations can facilitate functional workouts in ways other than via the purchase of exercise machines.
    John J. Salka Jr.
    July 16, 2024
    John J. Salka Jr. tells why no member should consider the position a lesser assignment.
    Photos by Nick Lehoux
    Matt Wittman
    July 16, 2024
    Matt Wittman tells the tale of the design, fabrication and construction of an interim firehouse that can change viewpoints across the fire service.
    Kristopher Blume
    July 15, 2024
    Kristopher Blume tells how a department can entice energy, effort and resources and feed innovation via a well-crafted organizational vision.
    Photos by Jonathan Hall
    Jonathan Hall
    July 10, 2024
    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...
    Ed Rush
    July 9, 2024
    Ed Rush shares his story of attending the funeral of a fallen member as a way to remind everyone of how important this tradition is.