Each fire department should complete a hazard and vulnerability analysis with its emergency management authority and law enforcement partners using the above process for its community, writes Mark Wallace.
New York City marks the 25th anniversary of the disastrous Happyland Social Club fire. Read FDNY Assistant Chief Frank J. Nastro’s account of the response from the Fire Engineering archives.
Gregory Havel’s new Construction Concerns looks at the amount of snow load that a roof is designed to hold according to building code requirements among other variables.
G. Howard Blythe examines this operational structure which can continually be refined and expanded to include all operations in which emergency services provide.
The Vroom-Yetton Contingency Model, bases decision makingon situational leadership that can be used by just about anyone, regardless of rank, writes Dan Kerrigan.
Practice at and become efficient in the “Spike the Jamb” forcible entry technique, and I can guarantee it will be your go-to move when forcing an inward swinging door with a wooden jamb, writes Carl Meyer.
Sean Gray recently presented a Webcast on structural firefighting tactics, “Attack from the Burned Side: New Age Tactics and Tasks.” Read his answers to questions posed during the live presentation.
Hosts Bill Gustin and Mike Dugan talk to Edgewater (NJ) Deputy Chief Pat Chevalier and retired Tampa (FL) Firefighter Les Ennis about fires in their departments.
A new method of extracting THC from marijuana has caught on like wildfire in the last few years, butane hash oil or butane honey oil (BHO). Todd Burton has a safety alert on how BHO can causes explosions and impact your citizens’ safety and operations.
This training program from the Firefighters Support Foundation, presented by Battalion Chief Scott Magers of the Hillsboro (OR) Fire Department, addresses the fact that urban and suburban fire departments are increasingly being deployed to wildfire areas.
Develop a health and wellness program in a proactive manner where all parties achieve success; that means that the ultimate goal is to retire “healthy,” writes Jon Hofman.
Brian P. Kazmierzak asks: Why are we afraid of the science? He offers his take on the war of words being waged in social media regarding modern fire science and its adherents.
