December 2009 Blog Posts (104)

How USAR Started, Part 2

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From the Ground Up: The history of the National Urban Search & Rescue Program, part 2

By Harold Schapelhouman

Editor's Note: This article is part of a series on the history of the national USAR program. Read the previous post:

Part 1: How It All Started

In 1990, the Federal… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on December 3, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

2 drills for better understanding how you breathe when wearing an SCBA

QUICK DRILLS

Know Your Consumption Rate

2 drills for better understanding how you breathe when wearing an SCBA

By Homer Robertson

How often do you conduct SCBA drills? Even if you went through an SCBA drill on your last shift or on your last drill night, it’s time to have another one. You just can’t emphasize enough how important this one piece of equipment is to the health and safety of every firefighter. Regardless of your level of experience… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on December 2, 2009 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

Preperations for College

well, after the orientation for college, i found out theres alot of stuff i have to do to get ready for college. some being i have to rent my PPE, which is pretty hard, seeing as i had to find a time when my dad could measure me, and then had to try to find my size on this website im renting, so i had to call the guy, and hes like yeah,, i have something close to that, so now im waiting on a call back from him, and the total PPE ensemble to rent for 40 weeks is like $865, expensive! and i have… Continue

Added by Firefighter Walther on December 1, 2009 at 9:44pm — 6 Comments

3 keys to managing the incident when things go wrong

Faced with the Unexpected

Company officers must be able to manage their crews when

the incident doesn’t go as planned

By Billy Schmidt

The best time to know emergency procedures—and the worst time to learn them—is in an actual emergency. Normal emergency scene confusion becomes even more complicated when something unexpected happens. Very rapidly, the familiar can become unrecognizable, as the incident becomes more complex. In such situations, a… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on December 1, 2009 at 8:00am — 2 Comments