Did they throw away the locked doors from the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire? Of course not. But essentially, that's what they're doing at the World Trade Center.
Communication is one area of fireground operations where there's always room for improvement. It is used at every operation by all personnel to one degree or another
Recently, THE BUFFALO (NY) Fire Department responded to a call that made us take note of the material involved. An engine, a truck, and a battalion chief were dispatched for a smoke investigation
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You've just been named the new training officer for your volunteer fire or rescue department-what are you going to do? Many volunteer fire and rescue department training officers experience difficulty in developing and implementing a training program
I still sit here for hours. This column would take all of 10 minutes to write for the past bunch of years once I figured out what I wanted to say. But now I sit.
FALLEN HEROES: A TRIBUTE FROM FIRE ENGINEERING from Fire Engineer-ing Books & Videos is a commemorative book honoring the firefighters who died in the line of duty on September 11.
Perhaps the most important advantage of the two-pump operation is that it enhances firefighter safety by providing a measure of redundancy in the fire attack.
Never again! In the wake of the World Trade Center, we are left with many thoughts-thoughts of friends lost, thoughts of devastated families, thoughts of the tremendous impact on so many lives for so many years to come
R. David Paulison, chief of the Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue Department and past president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the head of the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) in December.
Paulison, who has 30 years of fire rescue service experience, has been fire chief in Miami-Dade since 1992