B. Aaron Johnson uses the case of historic 19th-century fire service figure James Braidwood to show how today’s fire departments can benefit from his research data and leadership.
Dillon Dextradeur relates how what appears to be an ordinary response can take many turns and expose firefighters to multiple hazards some of which firefighters can learn about only through education, not training.
Dive into the topics you can't ignore - everything from the role of emerging technology to leadership and management insights for today's fire service.
Extricating fingers, toes, and other body parts from entrapment necessitates a well-equipped machinery rescue kit. The article outlines the tools and equipment needed, illustrating their use in three incidents, and provides lessons learned.
Water can have significant electrical conductivity and the potential for electric shock, but the electrical hazard is largely imagined rather than real, according to the author.
Emergency vehicle operation courses (EVOC) must consider not only the low-speed precision driving skills learned on a traditional cone course but also the topics that pertain to real-life emergency responses at a highway speed. The most common causes of serious fire apparatus crashes include high-speed driving, failing to negotiate curves, rollovers, and intersection collisions. We must rectify this.