Bill Gustin Receives 2024 George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award
Captain Bill Gustin of the Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue Department is the 2024 recipient of the Fire Engineering/ISFSI George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award.
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Bill Gustin to Receive Fire Engineering/ISFSI George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award
Captain Bill Gustin of the Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue Department is the 2024 recipient of the George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award.
Bitten By a Snake? Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue Venom Response Team Has the Antidote
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue has the largest and only antivenom bank for the public in the United States.
Firefighter Training: Lightning Strikes and Fires
When lightning strikes a structure, fire officers should expect more than one fire. A training bulletin from Bill Gustin.
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Multiple Crews Respond to Massive FL Storage Facility Fire
At around 5:38 a.m. Tuesday, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews were dispatched to the structure near Northwest 167th Street and Northwest 34 Block.
Firefighter Near Miss: Wire Down
Bill Gustin shares a near miss Miami-Dade (FL) firefighters experienced when responding to a report of an arcing downed power line.
Lessons Learned and Reinforced at a Florida Flea Market Fire
Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue Department Operations Division Chief Michael Eng details this July 2022 response to a raging flea market fire.
Gasoline Tanker Close Call
Bill Gustin shares some lessons learned involving a fire started by the ignition of gasoline vapors at a gas station.
Firefighter Training Video: Large Area Search
This firefighter training video from Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue Training Division demonstrates how to perform a large area search using a perimeter and backbone search.
Driver/Engineer Training Video: Supplying a Fire Department Connection
Miami-Dade (FL) firefighters must perform the fire department connection (FDC) evolution precisely as demonstrated within the allotted time.
Miami Dade (FL) Master Stream Near-Miss
Bill Gustin relates a near-miss that underscores some of the hazards firefighters must consider when employing master streams.
Lessons Learned from a Hydrogen Fluoride Leak
Marcel J. Berube of Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue details a recent Level 3 Hazmat Response to a hydrogen fluoride leak.