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FE Volume 171 Issue 5

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What Firefighters Must Know About Fire Protection Systems, Part 2

Bill Gustin explains the reasons firefighters must become familiar with and learn how to control the fire protection systems in the buildings in their response area for safe and efficient fire suppression and presents suggestions for obtaining relevant knowledge and training.

Fire Prevention Fire Safety

Are you Superman, Batman, or “Don’t Care”?

As firefighters, we would like to believe that we all wear a big “S” on our chest and the recliner in the fire station is…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Wildfires: IAFC promotes community preparedness

“2017 was a record year in which the federal government spent $2.9 billion on wildland fire suppression. This amount is approximately 84 percent more than…

Firefighting Wildland Firefighting

Bensenville (IL) Top-Floor Apartment Fire

Michael M. Dugan’s latest Fire Focus incident shows the challenges faced by the Bensenville (IL) Fire Department at a top-floor apartment complex fire.

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Taking EMS Drills to the Next Level

Brian Pond offers instructors in need of new ways to engage distracted students in some important Fire/EMS drills.

Firefighter Drills Firefighter Training

Always and Never

There are no hard and fast rules for every firefighting situation.

Firefighter Training

The Northern Star Helps Orient Firefighters

Eau Claire (WI) Fire Department Captain Jeff Dykes developed this eight-directional compass that attaches to the inside of the firefighter’s face piece.

Firefighting Equipment

Nozzle Management

Anthony Rowett Jr. explains how there is more to the nozzle firefighter position than opening and closing the nozzle control bail.

Firefighter Training

Lessons Learned at a Bariatric Rescue

Timothy Pillsworth and William Morrissey examine the best practices and lessons learned at a response to a morbidly obese patient.

Technical Rescue

Learning the Lessons: The Staff Ride

Revisiting an incident response site and carefully reviewing the conditions, the decisions made, and the outcome will ensure the lessons will be learned and applied in the future.

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