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Fire Station VS Firehouse There are many posters on here that dispise the term "fire station," calling a deragatory term because the only thing in a "station" is a train I've heard some midwest guys (Kansas, etc) use the term "Fire House 2" or "House 2," but you don't hear that in my area At work, we use the terms station and fire station interchangably
Fire Station Design Requirments Recommendations?? - Firehouse The size of your day room, kitchen, etc is not specified by NFPA 1581 The size is probably best determined by making a realistic assessment of the maximum number of people that would occupy the room, the building and fire code requirements for means of egress, and an assessment of similar rooms in other fire stations of comparable size
open house ideas?? - Firehouse Forums - Firefighting Discussion Open House We hold an annual Open House duriing Fire Prevention Week We set some of our equipment (SCBA'a, masks, nozzles, gas detection devices, turnout gear,hand tools, etc ) out for the public to view and ask questions on
Structure side corner quadrant designation: A, B, C, D, etc. - Firehouse Example: House facing street, on address side, front door facing street, this is the 'A' side Going clockwise, each side B, C, D Is there any NFPA standard or Fire Holy Book that states "Thou shalt declare 'A' side the address side no matter what, no if's, and's, or but's"
Sides 1-2-3-4 or A-B-C-D - Firehouse Forums Here's the deal In our County, the fire building is known as sides 1, 2, 3, and 4 with side 1 being the address side of the structure then going clockwise around the structure Recently, I was advised that a company in our County is going to change how they name the sides of a structure
In house training ideas? - Firehouse Forums - Firefighting Discussion Its hard to train during the cold weather months which is actually worse for the fire service being that its fire season Its not a bad idea to watch a training video once in a while and learn from other experienced firemen in the videos on using different techniques to get the job done rather than always using the same guys within the dept to
Red and green lights outside firehouses - Firehouse Forums . . . The person who is responsible, so I am told, is Fire Commisoner Robert Quinn They came from the accepted nautical practice which designated which way the ship or boat was going, starboard red and port green He was instramental in many areas for the fire service One of the things he brought is the Snorkel
hose drying tower - Firehouse Forums - Firefighting Discussion The thought of a hose tower brings me back to when I first started in the fire service and how much I used to hate climbing that tower to string the hose up properly But, the darn thing works really well if your members remember where the hose is and if they can gat a couple members out to help string the hose and take it down and reload it or
Captains, Lieutenants, or Both??? - Firehouse Fire Cpt Rescue Cpt Fire-Rescue Cpt (no additional test for Fire to Fire-Rescue Cpt , but tested for Rescue to Fire-Rescue Cpt ) Bn Chief Asst Chief Deputy Chief Chief Director What made the system before better is that as you were promoted, you had to WORK for it Not only did you work for it, but there was more oversight And more control