The title of this column is "Fire Industry Today." When you hear those words, most people think of a fire engine and the people, companies, and businesses that support that fire engine.
A department approves funding for a new apparatus and forms a purchasing committee. But, the only vendor personally contacted is the committee's preferred dealer.
• PIERCE MANUFACTURING announced that Emergency Vehicle Specialists Mid-South (EVS Mid-South) has been named the sales and service dealer for both the Pierce and Medtec…
When we come into the fire service, we are flooded with terms many of us have never heard. SCBA, forward lay, large-diameter hose (LDH), flashover, NST, and Storz couplings are just a few of the abbreviations and terms we must learn in a hurry.
Fire departments have a variety of choices available when it comes to apparatus foam systems-that is, those mounted on vehicles: around-the-pump proportioners, eductors, electronic direct injection, balanced systems, and automatic proportioners.
It's the 2011 wildland fire season, and already fire departments across the country have had their hands full dealing with fires that have burned hundreds to thousands of wildland acres as well as threatened homes and businesses.
Detcon’s Model SG1 portable single-gas detector uses electrochemical sensor technology to detect and monitor any one of five gases: hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, oxygen,…
Despite all the initiatives to improve firefighter safety, the injuries that occur in the station have received practically no attention. However, the costs of injuries sustained in the fire station have the exact same economic/lost-time impact as injuries suffered on the incident scene.
Faced with the prospect of protecting not only an existing number of high-life-hazard multistory structures but also future high-rise hotel and commercial buildings, the Verdoy (NY) Fire Department took a massive step forward in department growth by purchasing its first aerial apparatus.