Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Arizona Firehouse Greets New Era
Michael L. Dale
With modern technology, the Phoenix Fire Department now has new equipment and more direct ways of saving lives....
Platinum Rewards
As the architect of the first fire station to win our overall outstanding award, Lawrence Enyart wants design to keep with the times....
Challenges Net Changes
By Mary McGrath
As the fire service evolves, so do its fire stations. New facilities must solve problems related to co-ed living quarters, increased EMS calls, extensive computer and communications systems, and more....
Multi-Storied
By Michael J. Veseling
Training tower uses are limited only by your imagination....
Bay of Rigs
By Dennis A. Ross
More than just a place to park, the apparatus bay is an integral part of a fire station’s aesthetics and function. Make sure it’s designed for current needs and future wants....
Family Business 
Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director
Slow and steady growth has been the hallmark of KME’s apparatus line, which is just over two decades old and going strong....
Tech Dependence Needs Simple Cure
By Mike Chiaramonte
To avoid technology dependency syndrome, train with and without the technology. This ensures that the safest and most efficient action will take place instinctively if the technology malfunctions. ...
Shall We Play a Game?
By Roger C. Huder
No amount of planning can help prepare for major incidents if those plans are never practiced by those who will be in the trenches....
Special Order
By Chris Cavette
Many fire departments already have one or more specialty vehicles on their apparatus roster....
New Heights
By Kent Pauli
Aerial apparatus aren’t immune to change. The latest specification trends are paying off with improved firefighting capabilities and more powerful performance....
Seeing is Believing: Hazmat Cam Gives IC Full View
By Douglas Page
Check out the Hazmat Cam, a wireless camera system that can be carried by emergency responders to a hazardous scene....
Breathtaking Tech Detects Disease
By Douglas Page
Exhaled breath may soon be all responders need to detect infection rapidly after potential exposure to a biological warfare agent....
Seeing Is Believing
By Douglas Page
Hazmat cam gives incident commanders a full view of the hot zone....
Dirty Bomb Detection: What's Hot?
By Douglas Page
Byproducts of cosmic space rays may be the key to uncovering radioactive materials — seriously....
Candid Camera
By Ronny J. Coleman
Ten California departments found a common solution to the growing training dilemma in the form of a video-conferencing system used throughout the region....
Tend Your Grapevine for Better Dispatch
By Ronny J. Coleman
Who hasn't seen and heard the California Raisins' rendition of I Heard It Through the Grapevine? While many of us may know only a couple of bars of the...
Fresh Set of Eyes
By Eric Buzard
When fire broke out at a grain storage facility, this Texas firefighter decided to test out the department's thermal imaging camera. Now he won't leave the truck without it....
The Power of Positive Pressure
By Kriss Garcia & Reinhard Kauffmann
Despite numerous successful tests of blowers' effectiveness during initial attack, many fire departments use them only for post-knockdown operations....
TALK FAST
By Joel Greenberg
Friday afternoon and trouble was brewing. Just on the other side of Table Mountain where the Coors Brewing Co. is located in Golden, Colo., a fire was...
SPOT-ON
By Mike Lee
Three firefighters stood in a fire camp on the Bitterroot National Forest, 20 miles southwest of Missoula, Mont. It was August 2003, and sweating firefighters...
STRONG HAND
By Tom Patterson
The application of geospatial technologies to wildfire management is not a new phenomenon. As a 30-year veteran of public service land management and...
Responding Behind Closed Gates
By Chief Tom Fieldstead, Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue
Hilton Head Island, S.C., is an internationally known vacation and resort destination that has more than 70% of its land mass behind gates in private...
Storm Trackers
By Bryce McAllister
The Dexter (Mich.) Area Fire Department is made up of hard-working volunteer and full-time firefighters, 75% of whom work on an on-call basis. If a big...
Chicago Adopts Segways for Events
The Chicago Fire Department now has a special events emergency response team incident's at all of the city's major special events. We are adapting our...
OVER THE HORIZON
By Mark Lengies
Fighting fires is a team effort, with complex rapidly changing situations that require fast and accurate information in order for the team to work safely...
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