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On the Cover: Brooklyn Box 55-779, 376 Vernon Avenue, January 31, 2019. Photo by John Cetrino
In this Issue
Features
Broadway Gas Explosion
By Deputy Assistant Chief Joseph A. Ferrante, Jr., Brooklyn Borough Commander, and Battalion Chief Paul Conrad
Fireproof Tenement Houses (aka Class 2 Buildings) Types of Stairways, (Part 2 of 3)
By Deputy Chief Joseph N. Carlsen, Division 3 Commander, and Captain Sean Farrell
Sunnyside, Queens, Five-Alarm Taxpayer Fire Produces a Major Backdraft
By Deputy Assistant Chief Brendan McSweeney, Chief of the Fire Academy
Automated Parking Garages (APGs)
By Deputy Chief Fred Schaaf, Division 11 Commander
Columns
SAFETY FIRST
Safety Command Organization and How the Units Contribute to your Safety…Protecting Those Who Serve!
By Deputy Chief Michael V. Meyers, Chief of Safety
LEARN FROM HISTORY
The Knickerbocker Icehouse Fire and Collapse
By Deputy Chief John A. “Jay” Jonas, Acting Division 7 Commander
FIRE PREVENTION MATTERS
Escape Rooms: Can You?
By Deputy Assistant Chief Joseph M. Jardin, Chief of Fire Prevention
CTDP BRIEFING
Fire Service Role in Intelligence and Homeland Security
By Deputy Assistant Chief Thomas J. Currao, Chief of Counterterrorism & Emergency Preparedness
Spotlights
Common Occupancy, Uncommon Response: The 10 Commandments for Fires in Places of Worship
By Deputy Chief Frank Leeb
Addiction and the First Responder “In Plain Sight”
By Lieutenant Andrew Kane and Brittany Perrotta
Be Like a Duck: The Philosophy of Keeping Your Composure
By Captain Daniel O’Shea
New 125-gpm Foam Eductor and Nozzle Kit
By Battalion Chief Steven San Filippo
Departments
2019 MEDAL DAY RECIPIENTS
ALL HANDS
TAKING UP
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
In Memoriam