Departments
- Editor's Opinion
  - With the Deepest Respect
    I just finished another mind-numbing piece about Generation X and Generation Y and how they are somehow different, inferior, and dangerous.
- Volunteers Corner
  - Forming a Ground Search and Rescue Team
    Many training and certification demands are placed on the fire service. In addition to fighting fires, most departments are involved in EMS (at one level or another), hazardous materials, weapons of mass destruction, and technical rescue.
- Training Notebook
  - Holding the Nozzle
    Firefighters use a variety of hand positions to hold and operate the nozzle at fires.
- The Engine Company
  - Overcoming Standpipe Problems
    Standpipes may be found in shopping malls; theaters; and residential, large commercial, and public assembly buildings.
- Fire Service EMS
  - EMS Customer Service
    The one emergency service that should have cornered the customer service market is the emergency medical service (EMS).
- The Chief Problem Solver
  - Politics and Problems
    As we enter into the election season this fall, this might be a good time to talk a little about politics and some of the potential pitfalls.
- Roundtable
  - Engine Company Assignments
    Question: Some departments operate under specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) that give specific direction to the first- and second-arriving engines at a working fire (as well as all incoming units), called “Pre-Incident Assignment” (PSA).
- News In Brief
  - NIST: Fire caused the collapse of WTC 7
    “Uncontrolled building fires—similar to fires experienced in other tall buildings—caused an extraordinary event, the collapse of World Trade Center 7 (WTC 7),” S. Shyam Sunder, lead investigator for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), reported at a news conference in August.
- Letters to the Editor
  - Fireground efficiency matters!
    “Amen” to Bobby Halton’s “The King Has No Clothes … or Firefighters” (Editor’s Opinion, July 2008).
- Apparatus Deliveries
  - APPARATUS DELIVERIES: The Weston (VT) Fire Department replaced a two-seat pumper
    The Weston (VT) Fire Department replaced a two-seat pumper with this KME pumper.
- Company / Association News
  - COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS
    The STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA passed legislation that will require all cigarettes sold in Pennsylvania to be “fire safe.
- Names in the News
  - NAMES IN THE NEWS
    The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS (IAFC) has named Larry J. Grorud its president.
- Rules of Engagement
  - Going to School for 50 Years
    For the past couple of COLumns, I have written about some of my early fireground bosses.
Features
- 25 Pointers for Your Engine Company
  Consider this scenario: It is a midday summer afternoon, and a large 21⁄2-story, wood-frame structure is on fire.
- High-Rise Rope Rescues,Indianapolis, Indiana
  Everyone associated with technical rescue knows that technical rescue incidents are low-frequency/high-risk events.
- Improving Preconnect Function and Operation
  The 1¾-inch preconnect is the mainstay of the modern fire service. For most jurisdictions around the country, it is the initial attack line pulled for up to 80 to 90 percent of our fires.
- Fireground Recon: Defining an Old Term
  In my nearly 13 years in the fire service, I cannot recall the number of times an incident commander (IC) directed my crew to “recon” an area, the fire floor, or an entire structure.
- High-Rise Firefighting Perils: Veterans’ Perspectives
  A high-rise fire can be a most challenging event for a firefighter or fire department: Thousands of people could be in an enclosed structure from which there are very limited means of egress and in which the fire load is extremely heavy.
- Leadership Excellence: Balancing Management with Leadership
  We’ve all had bosses who appeared to have been good leaders but were terrible at being managers, and vice versa.
- The In-Line Gauge in Standpipe Operations
  Your engine company receives a report of fire in a mid-rise elderly housing complex during morning coffee at the beginning of a shift.
- Rollover Extrication: Upside Down with Nowhere to Go
  Automotive design changes have increased the frequency of vehicle rollovers in which the vehicle ends up resting on its roof with the patients still belted into their seats.
- Positioning Aerial Apparatus When You’re Not First Due
  Perhaps the biggest challenge chauffeurs of aerial apparatus face is the limitation of their aerial.
- Diversity in the Fire Service: A Problem or a Solution?
  The concept of diversity in the fire service can be thought of in different ways.

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Table of Contents

Departments

Editor's Opinion

Volunteers Corner

Training Notebook

The Engine Company

Fire Service EMS

The Chief Problem Solver

Roundtable

News In Brief

Letters to the Editor

Apparatus Deliveries

Company / Association News

Names in the News

Rules of Engagement

Features

Topic Index

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More Fire Dynamics >

On the Line: Crawl Before You Walk

Young Girl Critically Injured in D.C. House Fire

More Survival Zone >

Action Training Systems Receives Aurora Award for Vehicle Extrication Training Program

What Is Really Our Biggest Challenge in Vehicle Rescue

More Extrication Zone >

Scottsburg Fire Department Uses iPad Technology to Improve Work Flow

Thales Appoints New Business Development Lead for U.S. Communications Business

More Tech Zone >

Issue 10

Table of Contents

Fire Engineering

Departments

Editor's Opinion

Volunteers Corner

Training Notebook

The Engine Company

Fire Service EMS

The Chief Problem Solver

Roundtable

News In Brief

Letters to the Editor

Apparatus Deliveries

Company / Association News

Names in the News

Rules of Engagement

Features

Topic Index