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.
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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…
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…
Overcoming Standpipe Problems
Standpipes may be found in shopping malls; theaters; and residential, large commercial, and public assembly buildings.
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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…
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…
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.
Positioning Aerial Apparatus When You’re Not First Due
Perhaps the biggest challenge chauffeurs of aerial apparatus face is the limitation of their aerial.
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.
Holding the Nozzle
Firefighters use a variety of hand positions to hold and operate the nozzle at fires.
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,…
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.
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