June 2009 Issue
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On The Job - New York: Multi-Alarm Fire Heavily Damages Plattsburgh Hotel
Jay K. Bradish reports on a multiple-alarm fi re that destroyed nearly half of the Comfort Inn and Suites in the Town of Plattsburgh, NY.
Interstate Mutual Aid for New York Construction Storehouse Fire
Barry Furey describes a blaze in upstate New York with heavy mutual aid involvement.
Progress Report - New York
Coverage of an explosion that destroyed a 103-year-old single-family home.
2008 National Run Survey - Part 1
For the 28th year, the career fire service takes to the pages of the Firehouse Magazine to share and compare statistics about company and department activity levels, funding, staffing and pay.
Firefighter Accountability: Critical in Reducing America's LODDs
Dennis L. Rubin discusses effective accountability, which is difficult to achieve and maintain.
Time to Adjust Our Thinking!
J. Gordon Routley reports on the need to look beyond the immediate fireground hazards to the long-term health hazards of firefighting.
Empower All Firefighters To Stop Unsafe Practices
Gary Morris evaluates the responsibility of the incident commander to minimize exposure to unsafe conditions on the fireground and stop unsafe practices.
Fire Service-Based EMS: Re-Informing Policy-Makers
Rowhouse and Townhouse Fires: Characteristics and Considerations
"You Have Firefighters Jumping Out the Rear of the House!"
H1N1 - The Next Thing That Is Going to Kill Me!
Extrication Challenges of Advanced Steel in Vehicles: Part 2 - Advanced Steel
Hazmat in the Trenches
What's Your Deployment Model?
The Success of SAFECOM
What We Should Be Doing To Make a Better Country
Overcoming Barriers To Testing Fire Hose
Rube's Rules of Leadership
What's In Your Pockets? Don't Carry Too Much Stuff!
Dedication
This month's Firehouse is dedicated to Firefighter Derek Edward North, 34, of the Stockton Fire Department in Lakeland, GA; Firefighter/EMT Ferdinando Pierno, 55, of Martin County, FL, Fire Rescue; Firefighter/EMT Charles Myshrall, 67, of the North Coventry, CT, Volunteer Fire Department; and Firefighter Michael J. Darrington, 45, of Toledo, OH, Fire and Rescue, who died in the line of duty, February 2009.
