This Month in FireRescue Magazine

Here's a look at what's inside the August 2018 issue

Features
- Rescue on The Water
  Eight children and two adults were rescued by Milford (CT) Fire Department Marine Division.
- FireCARES
  FireRescue's editor in chief examines how FireCARES helps departments make the safe grade in the community it serves.
- Company Interoperability
  Robert Policht looks at how communications, equipment, and training assist in effective company interoperability.
- Navigating Toward Career Advancement
  Candice McDonald provides some life standard operating guidelines to assist in advancement - both on and off the job.
- If I Am the Leader, Where are My Followers?
  Ronny J Coleman looks at changes that need to be made in the fire service so that leadership continues to be about more than a title or a helmet.
- Growth in the Fire Service
  Nicola Davies looks at career progression expectations and aspirations.
Departments
- From the Editor
  - Lats and Longs
    FireRescue's editor-in-chief looks at strategies for figuring out where you are going - on the fireground and in your career.
- ToolsNewsTechniques
  - Hey Firefighter... Cancer is Real... Believe Me!
    Brian F. McQueen shares why it is of the utmost importance to build firefighter cancer education into your daily drills at your station.
- Nozzlehead
  - The Other Side of the (Fire Service) Tracks
    Nozzlehead looks at incorporating change in a resistant fire department.
- Apparatus Ideas
  - A "Do-All" Vehicle
    Bob Vaccaro looks at the E-ONE rescue pumper delivered to the Silver Spring Community Fire Company in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
- Wildland Urban Interface
  - Wildfire Growth, Part 2
    Dena Ali looks at the threats posed by wildfires and examines the hypothesis that policies aimed at controlling climate change and limiting the opportunity for a wildfire to escape initial attack will mitigate negative societal impacts of wildfires.
    - Image Gallery
- Hump Day S.O.S.
  - Growing Up and a Fire Service Career
    David Rhodes examines how human development is mimicked in fire service development.
- Distant Fires
  - August 1917 Fires
    Paul Hashagen looks at fires that occurred 100 years ago, in August 1917.
- Company Officer Development
  - Instincts Over Feelings
    Stephen Marsar looks at the ways experience can improve following your instincts.
- The Backstep
  - Tiger by the Tail
    Matt Tobia examines the search for the "right" rank in the fire service.