Fire Engineering Editor in Chief Bobby Halton discusses the major stories of the week, including the verdict in the 'Black Sunday' fire trial and the plane crash in Clarence Center, New York.; Bobby Halton; fire news; firefighter news; Chief Bobby Halton discusses the major stories of the week, including the Australian wildfires.; Bobby Halton; Chief Bobby Halton discusses the major stories of the week, including the training deaths of two Texas firefighters.; Bobby Halton; Chief Bobby Halton discusses the major stories of the week, including a fire at a New York City hospital and questions regarding the Tulsa (OK) Fire Department's EMS training.; Bobby Halton; fire service news; firefighter news; Chief Bobby Halton discusses the major stories of the week, including updates from the "Black Sunday" trial and a high-profile fatal apparatus crash in Boston.; Bobby Halton; Chief Bobby Halton discusses the major stories of the week, including a pair of multifatality fires.; Bobby Halton; firefighter news; Chief Bobby Halton discusses the major stories of the week, including the first line-of-duty-death in 2009 and a massive night club fire in Thailand.; Fire Engineering Week in Review; firefighting news; Chief Bobby Halton discusses the major stories of the week, including the line of duty death of firefighter/EMT Michelle Smith.; Chief Bobby Halton discusses the major stories of the week, including the recent firefighter rally over budget cuts in Philadelphia.; firefighter news; Chief Bobby Halton discusses the major stories of the week, including the crash of a military jet in a residential San Diego neighborhood.; fire news; firefighter news; firefighting news; San Diego jet crash; John Riker examines how to position the aerial ladder for firefighters to make full entry and egress from a building.; aerial apparatus placement; aerial ladder positioning; Ray McCormack demonstrates how to flake out a hoseline upstairs above the fire floor to advance the line into an apartment.; engine company operations; flaking out a hoseline; hoseline stretch; standpipe operations; Frank Ricci and Anthony Avillo demonstrate some advanced drags for the drag-rescue device.; drag rescue device; firefighter drags; rescue operations; Mike Ciampo demonstrates forcible entry techniques to use when trying to break through locks on commercial rolldown gates.; forcible entry; rolldown gates; Battalion Chief John Riker of the Newark (NJ) Fire Department demonstrates how to rapidly and effectively position the apparatus and aerial ladder to remove victims from a structure.; aerial apparatus operations; Lieutenant Ray McCormack of the Fire Department of New York reviews some of the fundamental tools and devices for standpipe operations.; engine company operations; standpipe operations; Deputy Chief Anthony Avillo of North Hudson (NJ) Regional Fire & Rescue and Firefighter Frank Ricci of the New Haven (CT) Fire Department show how to use your personal protective equipment's drag rescue device.; drag rescue device; dragging a firefighter; firefighter drags; firefighter rescue; personal protective equipment; In this truck company tactics video, Mike Ciampo demonstrates some simple ways to bring multiple portable ladders and tools from the truck to the fire scene.; firefighter training; ladder drag; portable ladders; truck company tactics; Chief Bobby Halton sits down with ISFSI president Eddie Buchanan at the 2008 Fire Engineering Weekend in Fort Worth, Texas.; Bobby Halton; Eddie Buchanan; ISFSI; Chief Bobby talks with Marty Mayes about the Precious Faith temple fire, which claimed the life of three firefighters from the Lake Worth, Texas-area.; Bobby Halton; Precious Faith fire; Chief Bobby talks with Marty Mayes about the Precious Faith temple fire, which claimed the life of three firefighters from the Lake Worth, Texas-area.; Precious Faith fire; At FDIC 2008, Bobby Halton talks to Campus Firewatch's head Ed Comeau about his organization's mission.; Bobby Halton; Go behind the scenes at FDIC 2008 as Bobby Halton talks to volunteer Dominick Santana.; On the Road with Bobby Halton; At the 2008 Baggers meeting in Oklahoma, Bobby Halton interviews Battalion Chief Kevin Conant of the San Jose (CA) Fire Department.; Bobby Halton; At the Baggers Meeting in Oklahoma, Bobby Halton talks to fire service pioneer Ray Picard, former chief o Huntington Beach, California.; Bobby Halton; Ray Picard; At FDIC 2008, Bobby Halton discusses higher education in the fire service with the National Fire Academy's Ed Kaplan.; Bobby Halton; At the Baggers Meeting in Oklahoma, Bobby Halton talks to Chief John Doyle of the Cleveland Fire Brigade in England.; Bobby Halton; At the Baggers meeting, Bobby Halton talks to Shane Ray, chief of the Pleasant View (TN) Volunteer Fire Department.; On the Road with Bobby Halton; Part two of Bobby Halton's conversation with Shane Ray, chief of the Pleasant View (TN) Volunteer Fire Department.; On the Road with Bobby Halton; Go behind the scenes at FDIC 2008 as Bobby Halton talks to volunteer Dominick Santana.; On the Road with Bobby Halton; At FDIC 2008, Bobby Halton talks to Mike Dubron, head of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, about the fire service's cancer issue.; firefighter cancer; Firefighter Cancer Support Network; Michael Dubron; At FDIC 2008, Bobby Halton has a sit-down with Deputy Chief Mike Nasta, Newark (NJ) Fire Department, and Deputy Chief Anthony Avillo, North Hudson (NJ) Regional Fire and Rescue Department.; FDIC 2008; On the Road with Bobby Halton; At the Baggers meeting in Tulsa, Bobby Halton talks to Assistant Chief Peki Prince of the Peachtree City (GA) Fire Department.; Baggers meeting; On the Road with Bobby Halton; At FDIC 2008, Bobby Halton talks with Joe and Chuck Downey, sons of the late Ray Downey, of the Fire Department of New York.; Bobby Halton; Chuch Downey; FDIC 2008; Joe Downey; on the road; Ray Downey; At the Baggers meeting in Oklahoma, Bobby Halton sits down with Chief Paul Adams of Avodale (AZ) Fire-Rescue.; Baggers meeting; Bobby Halton; on the road; At the Baggers meeting in Oklahoma, Bobby Halton talks to Phoenix (AZ) Fire Department Chief (Ret.) Alan Brunacini.; Alan Brunacini; baggers; Bobby Halton talks to 2008 Courage & Valor award winner Michael Cabral of the Fall River (MA) Fire Department.; FDIC 2008; Michael Cabral; Chief Halton talks to Boston Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser about the Boston FD's new training program that targets officer development.; Boston Fire Department; fire officer training; Chief Halton talks to members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's fire protection team about their landmark investigation of fire behavior.; FDIC 2008; fire behavior; National Institute of Standards and Technology; NIST; Bobby Halton talks about the deadly tornado that struck the town of Picher, Oklahoma, with Fire Chief Jeff Reeves.; Bobby Halton; oklahoma; picher; tornado; Bobby Halton reports from Picher, Oklahoma, which was ravaged by tornadoes that killed a number of people.; Bobby Halton; firefighting; oklahoma; picher; tornado; Bobby Halton talks to some members of the Picher (OK) Fire Department about the tornado damage to their town.; Bobby Halton; Fire Department; oklahoma; picher; tornadoes; Bobby Halton reflects on lessons learned from the terrible tornadoes that devastated Picher, Oklahoma.; Bobby Halton; firefighting; oklahoma; picher; tornadoes; At FDIC 2007, Chief Halton interviews Captain Mike Wilbur of the FDNY.; FDIC 2007; on the road; At FDIC 2007, Bobby Halton discusses live fire training with Greg Fisher and other instructors from the Illinois Fire Service Institute.; FDIC 2007; firefighter; live burn training; live fire training; NFPA 1403; Chief Halton sits down with New Haven (CT) veteran Frank Ricci to discuss issues facing the fire service today.; Fire Engineering; fire service; firefighting; Frank Ricci; on the road; At FDIC 2007, Chief Halton talks to retired FDNY chief and FDIC 2006 keynoter Peter Hayden about his latest fire service endeavor.; FDIC 2007; firefighter; At FDIC 2007, Chief Halton talks to two of the most influential instructors in the U.S. fire service, Jim McCormack and Jim Crawford.; FDIC 2007; fe; fire; firefighter; At FDIC 2007, Chief Halton talks to Fire Department of New York Captain Danny Sheridan, founder and director of Mutual Aid Americas.; FDIC 2007; fe; fire; firefighter; on the road; At FDIC 2007, Chief Halton sits down with Mike Nasta, battalion chief from the city of Newark, NJ.; FDIC 2007; fe; fire; firefighter; At FDIC 2007, Fire Engineering Editor in Chief Bobby Halton talks to Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder Mike Dubron about firefighter cancer risks, preventatitve measures you can take to curb that risk, and what to do if you're diagnosed with cancer.; Cancer; Fire Engineering; firefighter; firefighting; otr; Chief Halton discusses what happens when FDIC is in town with the chief of the Indianapolis (IN) Fire Department, Jim Greeson.; FDIC 2007; Fire Engineering; on the road; Chief Halton talks with Bill Webb and Sean Carroll of the Congressional Fire Services Institute about the organization's role in helping shape policy in Washington and why firefighters should get involved in its work.; FDIC 2007; Fire Engineering; on the road; At FDIC 2007, Chief Halton sits down with Dr. Denis Onieal, winner of the Fire Engineering Lifetime Training Award and National Fire Academy superintendent, about his love of the job and many other issues.; FDIC 2007; Fire Engineering; on the road; Chief Halton talks to FDNY Battalion Chief Joe Downey, son of the late Ray Downey, about his father's legacy and the late Lieutenant Howard Carpluk, recipient of the 2007 Ray Downey Courage & Valor Award.; FDIC 2007; Fire Engineering; on the road; Chief Halton talks with Captain Ray McCormack of the Fire Department of New York about Ray's overwhelmingly popular FDIC classes and his training work around the country.; FDIC 2007; Fire Engineering; Chief Halton interviews Ward Parker, Firefighter of the Year from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. ; FDIC 2007; Fire Engineering; on the road; Bobby Halton sits down at FDIC 2007 to talk with Chief Rick Lasky of the Lewisville (TX) Fire Department, author of the best-selling book "Pride & Ownership: A Firefighter's Love of the Job."; FDIC 2007; Fire Engineering; on the road; At FDIC 2007, Chief Halton sat down with Tim Sendelbach, president of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), to discuss the history of the ISFSI and FDIC.; FDIC 2007; Fire Engineering; on the road; See the dangers and challenges faced by firefighters during a structural fire.; Fire Engineering;