A look at what's inside

• From the Editor

  • Repeat Your Transmission, Please

    FireRescue’s editor-in-chief looks at understanding what the troops are telling you. 

• ToolsNewsTechniques

  • Camp FFIT

    Introducing women to the fire service.

• Nozzlehead

  • Pretty Stripes and Pumpless Ladders

    Nozzlehead responds to a letter about a department that chose to not follow protocol when painting its new apparatus. 

• Apparatus Ideas

  • High-Performance Brush Trucks

    Bob Vaccaro looks at Skeeter Brush Trucks high-performance brush trucks. 

• Wildland Urban Interface

  • Hotshots

    While wildland firefighters face significant demands during the typical fire season, the expectations placed on smokejumpers, rappelers, and hotshots are even more demanding. 

• Hump Day S.O.S.

  • The Burn Building Limits

    David Rhodes looks at how burn buildings are a great place to practice the mechanics and get repetitions in for tactics training but are not the place to develop the tactics. 

• Details Matter

  • High Risk, High Reward

    P.J. Norwood and Sean Gray look at how VEIS is a high-risk, high-reward tactic that is still viable on today’s fireground. 

• Company Near Miss Review

  • On the Line

    We begin every shift with confirmation that our equipment is ready for use. Greg Lindsay looks at an event where equipment maintenance is an issue and leads to problems. 

• Straight Talk

  • When Firefighters Stay Busy

    Jada Hudson looks at the ways that being too busy can keep firefighters from unwinding and taking care of themselves. 

• Old School Rules

  • Four on the Floor

    Dennis L. Rubin examines how early into the event and before companies are committed to upper floors firefighters should always check the floors below the fire area. 

• I-Women

  • Get Involved

    More and more women are becoming chiefs, and more and more chiefs are recognizing the benefits of a diverse workforce. Now is the time to engage. 

• Distant Fires

  • March 1918 Fires

    Paul Hashagen looks at fires that occurred 100 years ago, in March 1918. 

• Barn Boss Leadership

  • Personal Development

    Before any of us can be entrusted to lead people, we must ensure we are competent to lead people. 

• Community Risk Reduction

  • A New Educational Strategy

    Jim Crawford looks at how virtual reality can teach the public how to survive and prevent fire events. 

• Thermal Imaging

  • When Natural Disasters Hit

    Using TICs in disaster response.

• The Backstep

  • When Silence Isn’t Golden

    In 2017, two Navy combat ships crashed into other ships—in the middle of the ocean.