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Thoughts from the Can Position By Mark Gregory Discover why the can position becomes the fire floor's lynchpin when it's time to cover the search without a hoseline.		The Face of Seniority By P.J. Langmaid A Colorado Springs Firefighter discovered what the face of seniority looked like while he visited friends out east.
The Detroit Bundle. By Shane Klug When you endure tremondous fire duty, you need a hosebed that's up to the challenge. Find out the hosebed configuration Detroit engine companies use that places efficiency, simplicity and the hose itself right where you need it, all in one bundle.		The Verticle Deadbolt Lock by Andrew Brassard Andrew discusses a secondary lock hat has more up its sleeve or cylinder than meets the eye. Find out how to overcome this formidable lock so the engine can call for water sooner.
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Urban Firefighter Blogs by Pennwell Blogs Administrator Tactical Safety: Entry-Level Firefighters Tactical Safety: That's Wrong, Maybe Tactical Safety: Bleeding Control ISSUE 2 Coming Soon Tactical Safety: It's All About the Break-In Tactical Safety: Was Old-School Unsafe or Just Poorly Dressed? Ladder Dogs Tactical Safety: Equal Opportunity for Life Brotherhood Instructors Course Announcement: Ralston, NE All Urban Firefighter Blogs >> From the Magazine Ladder 22: A NYC Firefighter (Jul 27, 2010) Full-On Assault (Jul 27, 2010) The Vertical Deadbolt Lock (Jul 26, 2010) Circus Elephants (Jul 26, 2010) The Detroit Bundle (Jul 26, 2010) The Face of Seniority (Jul 26, 2010) The Ins and Outs of Size-Up (Jul 26, 2010) Thoughts from the Can Position (Jul 26, 2010) Filling the Gaps: FDNY Squad Company Operations (Jul 15, 2010) Search Operations on the Floor Above (Mar 31, 2010) More from the Magazine >>		Urban Firefighter Wire News Hazardous Duty; Hazmat Crews Train at Los Alamos ... (Phil Parker Journal Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico), July 29, 2010) LOS ALAMOS - "It looks like some kid was upset, a domestic terrorist, looking to make a biotoxin, something to kill some people, hurt some people." Santa Fe Fire Department training captain Shaun ... Fire Department swamped with storm calls last week ... ( Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin), July 29, 2010) The storm of July 22 and subsequent flooding kept firefighters in the North Shore Fire Department unusually busy. Combine the storm with the flooding of the department's dispatch center and a ... IN$ANE DRAIN ON CITY - MIKE BURNS OVER FDNY ... (DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief , The New York Post, July 29, 2010) Citing reports in The Post about firefighters retired on disability competing in martial-arts matches and triathlons, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday told the state Financial Control Board that the ... AMAZING RESCUE - FDNY, COP & PAL SAVE E. RIVER ... (DOUGLAS MONTERO and JOHN DOYLE , The New York Post, July 29, 2010) Three firefighters and a cop plunged into the roiling East River yesterday to rescue a suicidal man who jumped from an East Harlem pier as well as two men who tried desperately to save him, ... Firefighters partly contain 1 Calif. fire; 2,300 ... (RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, The Virginian-Pilot(Norfolk, VA.), July 29, 2010) By Raquel Maria Dillon The Associated Press TEHACHAPI, Calif. Hundreds of firefighters gained ground Wednesday against the most destructive of two big wildfires that have burned dozens of homes and ... Camden mayor warns city to brace for a 24 percent ... (By Matt Katz; Inquirer Staff Writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 29, 2010) Brace for pain. That's the message Camden Mayor Dana L. Redd began delivering this week in meetings with union leaders, community members, and reporters after determining that the city must ... Calif. Firefighters Gain on Worst Blaze; More ... (The Associated Press, The Ledger (Lakeland, FL), July 29, 2010) TEHACHAPI, Calif. \| Hundreds of firefighters gained ground Wednesday against the most destructive of two big wildfires that have burned homes and forced 2,300 people to evacuate mountain communities ... Three teenagers suspected in five-alarm brush fire ( The Union Leader (Manchester, NH), July 28, 2010) By NANCY BEAN FOSTER Union Leader Correspondent MILFORD -- Three local juveniles will face a judge for allegedly setting a five-alarm brush fire on Monday that burned three densely wooded acres in ... County crew arrives to help (From staff reports, Ventura County Star (California), July 28, 2010) Ventura County firefighters were sent Wednesday to help battle a destructive wildfire in Kern County, officials said. Team joins firefight near Tehachapi Saint-Gobain to bring bench honoring firefighters ... (Hunter Amabile, SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAM & GAZETTE, TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Massachusetts), July 28, 2010) After six years of sitting idle on the Cuzynski family's front porch in San Gabriel, Calif., a memorial bench made in honor of the six firefighters who died in the Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. ... prev next Wire News provided by