Firerescue Magazine February 2013 February 2013 Issue highlights cover story Your Get-Started Preplanning Guide Greg Jakubowski offers simple steps for preplanning the buildings in your community, and offers advice for speccing an electronic preplanning system. of by Greg Jakubowski cover story Implementing Physiological Monitoring in the Fire Service Real-time monitoring of firefighters’ blood pressure, heart rate, posture, etc., is fast becoming a reality. But is the fire service prepared to integrate this technology when it becomes widely available? of by Dennis C. WoodEdward J. Dadosky Feature Story Your Get-Started Preplanning Guide Greg Jakubowski offers simple steps for preplanning the buildings in your community, and offers advice for speccing an electronic preplanning system. By Greg Jakubowski In-Depth Extrication Strategic-Level Approach to Extrication Incidents Les Baker addresses the strategic side of extrication incidents, covering decision-making on the incident scene and the different operational modes from which officers must choose when determining how best to proceed. By Les Baker Wildland/Urban Interface (WUI) Colorado’s 2012 WUI Fires & Changing WUI Landscape Colorado is one state that’s seen more than its fair share of major WUI activity. As Erik Litzenberg discusses, Colorado’s changing WUI has gone from relatively minor fires to deadly conflagrations. Litzenberg highlights the extreme 2012 WUI fire season and the valuable resulting lessons learned. By Erik Litzenberg Company Officer Development Multi-tasking & Organization of the Company Officer’s Office Space Multi-tasking isn’t easy for everyone, but it’s a way of life for firefighters. Stephen Marsar discusses where the multi-tasking skill stems from and how to stay organized in the office to maximize that skill. By Stephen Marsar Apparatus Ideas A Tiller That’s Also a Heavy-Rescue Vehicle Fifteen years ago, Portland (Ore.) Fire & Rescue had the idea to combine a tractor-drawn aerial with a heavy-rescue. Now, the idea has finally come to fruition. By Bob Vaccaro Gear Test, TNT (Tools News Techniques) Gear Test: CPS Pulse Student Response System Andy Powell puts the eInstruction’s CPS Pulse Student Response System to the test. By Andy Powell The Back Step Using Fireground Video as a Training Tool Firefighters love “fire porn”—video taken in real-time during structure fires and other calls. But such video can be used for much more than just entertainment. By Matthew Tobia TNT (Tools News Techniques) Robot Firefighter for Shipboard Firefighting Jane Jerrard interviews Brian Lattimer, an engineer at Virginia Tech who, along with his colleagues, has been commissioned by the U.S. Navy to design and build a robot that can respond to human commands and extinguish shipboard fires. By Jane Jerrard Truck Company Operations How to Perform VEIS Randy Frassetto covers the steps of VEIS, as well as key factors in a scene size-up when a ladder truck pulls up to a house fire with victims trapped. By Randy Frassetto From the Editor The Company Officer Influence on Firefighter Career Development FireRescue Editor-in-Chief Tim Sendelbach shares the story of one fire chief whose career path would have been immensely different under a different company officer. By Timothy E. Sendelbach Near-Miss Reports When There Is a Lack of Command Presence ... The command and control functions of fireground operations are essential to ensuring responder safety and stabilizing out-of-control situations. Here, John Tippett explains the importance of "command presence. By John B. Tippett Jr. Nozzlehead I Want Command! And I Want It Now! A reader writes to Nozzlehead to ask, “When does someone establish, take or assume command at, for example, a working fire?” Nozzlehead explains the roles and responsibilities of the first-arriving officer, when to transfer command, who should NOT take command—and also delves into the difference between taking command and stealing command. By Nozzlehead

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