FE Volume 169 Issue 12

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Athletic Trainers: A New Hope for Firefighter Recovery

The San Antonio (TX) Fire Department is one of the first major metropolitan departments to employ an athletic trainer. Although still in its infancy, the program already has demonstrated a significant return on the investment. DEENA KILPATRICK
Firefighting

Improving Your Fireground Performance: Firefighter Functional Fitness

Firefighter health and fitness are keys to improving fireground performance and having a long and healthy career. Here are Four Pillars of Functional Fitness to help you apply the correct strategy and tactics to your fitness approach. DAN KERRIGAN AND JIM MOSS      
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training
Behavioral Health Training for Fire Rescue Personnel

Behavioral Health Training for Fire Rescue Personnel

Considering the link between occupational stress and mental health problems, it is no surprise that firefighters are at elevated risk for mental health disorders. Thus, there is a clear need for behavioral health programs geared toward firefighters. BRYAN L. STEINKOPF, VERA A. KLINOFF, VINCENT B. VAN HASSELT, TODD J. LEDUC, AND JUDY COUWELS
Technical Rescue
Strategies for Preventing Suicides in the Fire Service

Strategies for Preventing Suicides in the Fire Service

The author identifies common causes of firefighter internal struggles and encourages fire departments to develop a program for employee suicide recognition and prevention. The goal is to prevent firefighters from completing suicide. DENA M. ALI
Firefighting

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EMS Responder Becomes a Patient

When Crockery (MI) Fire Department personnel work on a man down in his front yard, they receive an unexpected electric shock. Here is the account of the most difficult incident they have ever faced. GARY M. DREYER
Fire EMSFirefighting
Firefighter Mental Health: The Job Is Killing Us

Firefighter Mental Health: The Job Is Killing Us

The fire service does not hesitate to address the 100 or so firefighter deaths a year. Now it's time to address the other killer in the room that affects that many firefighters and more: their mental and behavioral health. JEREMY HURD
Firefighting

FE Volume 169 Issue 12

Issues
Surprise Packages

Surprise Packages

In the early morning hours, you have to expect a possible advanced fire on arrival in storefront, strip mall, and taxpayer-type fires.
FirefightingTruck Company
Coming Events

Coming Events

JANUARY 16-18, 2017, FDSOA 29th Annual Apparatus Specification & Maintenance Symposium. Orlando, Florida. Sponsor: Fire Department Safety Officers Association. Contact: (248) 880-1864. Fax: (248) 479-0491.…
Firefighting
Company/Association News

Company/Association News

JOHN ALSTON JR. was sworn in as acting chief of the New Haven (CT) Fire Department (NHFD). Alston was Mayor Toni Harp’s pick for fire…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Products

Bayco Products’ SL-1530 LED WORK LIGHT offers 10,000 lumens of brightness and dual light fixtures that can be directed independently of each other, allowing users…
FirefightingIndustrial Firefighting

Apparatus Deliveries

The Battlefield (MO) Fire Protection District protects a densely populated area with a mix of residential, commercial, and rural demographics. Deputy Chief Scott Moore says…
Fire Apparatus

Fire Engineering’s 140th Anniversary

Fire PreventionFire Safety

Sensible 101

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Don’t forget the “John”

Fire PreventionFire Safety

News In Brief

Fire EMS OldFirefighter TrainingFirefighting

When Tragedy Hits Home: One Family’s Ordeal

Firefighting

Is Your Spine/SCBA Funtioning Properly?

Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

How Should Firefighters Exercise?

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Post Traumatic Growth

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting