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Features

Burnout, Complex PTSD, and Resiliency
Karen Jackson examines a mindfulness-based approach for recovery.
    
But, I'm Not Crazy!
Karen Bradley looks at the increasing incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder among firefighters and examines strategies for addressing it.
    
Look Up!
Billy Greenwood shares snow-loaded roof considerations.
    
Work-Life Balance in the Fire Service
Nicola Davies looks at why work-life balance in the fire service is so important.

Departments

From the Editor
Finding the Center Point
FireRescue's editor-in-chief looks at strategies for finding the balance between work and home and maintaining the center point.
    
ToolsNewsTechniques
The Future of Fire
Dave Donohue looks at the current state of some of the technology that will be used to assist emergency responders in the very near future.
    
Nozzlehead
Damn Deaths and Tuna
Nozzlehead writes about the loss of three firefighter brothers and intreats members of the fire service to seek treatment and support for mental, psychological, and emotional struggles and recognize that people deal with trauma in different ways.
    
Apparatus Ideas
You Call, We Come
Bob Vaccaro looks at the Ferrara tractor-drawn aerial delivered to the Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department.
    
Fire Attack
The Building Stage
Greg Jakubowski looks at firefighting in wood buildings under construction.
    
Wildland Urban Interface
Brilliance in the Basics
Seth Barker looks at the need to develop master proficiency with "everyday" tools to be effective in the fire service.
    
Hump Day S.O.S.
Know a Little About Everything?
Becoming the "all hazards" response agency along with staffing and overtime cuts push many toward creating a generalist pool of employees at the cost of the all-important specialist.
    
Distant Fires
September 1917 Fires
Paul Hashagen looks at fires that occurred 100 years ago, in September 1917.
    
From the Chief's Desk
When I Grow Up, I Wanna be Like...
Ronny J Coleman looks at what we should look for in our fire service role models and what we need to do to be role models ourselves.
    
Community Risk Reduction
YFIRES
Jim Crawford looks at a new youth firesetting database managed by the International Association of Fire Fighters.
    
The Backstep
Life in a Fishbowl
Matt Tobia looks at the most difficult job in emergency services.