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Featured Content 2008 pg. 3

• Fire Commentary: European Firefighting Operations
  The big difference between North American and European firefighting practices can be found in the principal difference in building construction on the two continents. George H. Potter takes a closer look at various apects of these traditions.
• Fire Commentary: Fallout of Rising Health Insurance Premiums
  All members of public safety departments must be concerned with health insurance premium increases. Frank H. Wooldridge discusses how implementing wellness programs can help.
• Learning From False Alarms
  Don't view false automatic fire alarm activations as annoyances--they are golden opportunities to learn about structures in your area. Jim Nagle writes about training on these routine calls.
• Fire Commentary: Community Fire Protection
  The fire service must embrace fire protection and begin to implement policies that will help protect their communities as well as prevent firefighter deaths. Mark Finocchio discusses what lies ahead.
• Dunn's Dispatch: Wood-Frame Collapse
  Do you really know the dangers of wood-frame building collapse? Vince Dunn discusses some construction types that pose a danger to firefighters.
• October Roundtable: Engine Company Assignments
  How does your department make initial engine company assignments at a working fire? E-mail us your response for possible inclusion in a future issue of Fire Engineering.
• Fire Commentary: Introducing Generation Y
  Dealing with the newest generation of firefighters can sometimes be a challenge. Matthew B. Thorpe has suggestions on recruiting and retaining younger firefighters.
• Designing an Effective Hazardous Materials Exercise, Part II
  In this Hazmat Survial Tip column, Steve De Lisi provides an example of an effective interagency hazardous materials exercise.
• Read the Charleston Sofa Super Store report
  A May 2008 report on the deaths of nine Charleston (SC) firefighters in the 2007 Sofa Super Store blamed inadequate training and aging equipment.
• Fire Engineering First Report Videos: After the Picher Tornadoes
  Is your department ready to handle a deadly situation like the tornadoes that struck Picher, Oklahoma? More reports from the scene by Fire Engineering Editor in Chief Bobby Halton.

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