Fitness Training for Handling Patients
Bryan Fass reviews some common ways firefighters can get injured during EMS calls and ways to avoid getting hurt.
FE Volume 172 Issue 5
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Products/Services/Media May 2019
See products that ran in Fire Engineering's May 2019 issue.
Chicago Rowhouse Fire
Heat and building construction made firefighting in a rowhouse-type building difficult for the Chicago (IL) Fire Department.
Is the Fire Service Becoming Too Technology Dependent?
Evan Kutzin discusses how technology has changed many functions in the fire service and questions if maybe the service is too dependent on it? He notes that the tried and true methods of putting out fires have not basically changed and that the basics should be kept alive and ready for use should there be a power failure or some other cause that may make the newest technologies unavailable.
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The Art of Preparation: Strategies for Fire Instructor Success
Instructors should plan for their classes in a way that enhances their own development and helps to ensure a positive experience for the students.
Air Traffic Control
Sharing the air on your back is a split-second decision you’re going to have to make sometime in your firefighting career to save a life.
Apparatus Deliveries: May 2019
Apparatus deliveries from around the nation for May 2019.
Corporate Profiles: May 2019
Corporate profiles of Akron Brass, Bullard, and many more.
Coordinating Ventilation with Suppression
Successful ventilation tactics begin with knowing fire dynamics and the impact of ventilation on fire behavior. Several key fire dynamic concepts regarding fire development and ventilation control are highlighted along with FDNY’s tactics specific to fire-resistive and non fire-resistive multiple dwellings. Today, every firefighter and fire officer should know and understand the following: heat release rate, flow path, ventilation profile, and ventilation-limited fire. Armed with this knowledge, the firefighter and the fire officer will be able to implement tactics that coordinate ventilation with suppression and allow victims the best chance of survival.
Letters to the Editor: May 2019
Letters to the editor for May 2019 issue of Fire Engineering, plus Paul Combs on the "weakest link."
News in Brief: May 2019
Fire service news from the May 2019 issue of Fire Engineering magazine.
Fit-for-Duty Evaluations
Requiring a firefighter to undergo a fit-for-duty (FFD) examination is legal. However, the order must be for a legitimate evaluation process, not a mechanism to terminate a member of an organization. Related legal cases are reviewed, as are applicable fire service standards.