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Latest Articles In Rehab

Firefighting Operations
Weather Worries

Alex Boyd, a fire captain in Alaska, offers tips and tactics for cold weather operations, covering PPE, apparatus, ice rescue, non-fire incidents like MVCs and carbon monoxide incidents, rehab, frozen hose, ladder placement and more.
(Monday, October 22, 2012) read
Tags: cold weather, Frankenstorm, ice rescue, rehab, weather
Firefighter Safety and Health
Tips for Effective Fireground Rehab

With record-breaking heat hitting much of the country this summer, there’s never been a better time to review the dangers of heat stress and the importance of fireground monitoring and rehab. Homer Robertson provides some rehab tips to review with your crew.
(Thursday, August 9, 2012) read
Tags: firefighter rehab, Fitness, heat stress, hydration, rehab, Firefighting Operations
Speccing and Buying
New Rehab Vehicle Positions League City (Texas) for Special Calls

Most departments use converted older vehicles to provide firefighter rehab on scene. Recognizing the vital importance of this function, the League City (Texas) Fire Department went a huge step further, designing a vehicle specifically for rehab.
(Tuesday, June 12, 2012) read
Tags: Bauer, heavy-rescue, lights-and-air, Metro Fire, rehab, rehab vehicle, SCBA, SVI, Firefighter Fitness and Health
Firefighter Safety and Health
The Importance of Rehab

Chief Randall Talifarro explains why rehab is more important than ever, offering suggestions for how to make it an integral part of any department.
(Monday, June 11, 2012) read
Tags: NFPA 1584, rehab
Firefighter Safety and Health
Implementing Work Cycles & Rehab on the Fireground

The Rules of Air Management (ROAM) are designed to encourage firefighters to know how much air they’re using and exit the fire building earlier. In this article, Chief Brian Schaeffer stresses two additional aspects of air management—work cycles and rehab.
(Friday, July 1, 2011) read
Tags: air cylinders, air management, line-of-duty deaths, low-air alarm, rehab, ROAM, rules of air management, SCBA, work cycles, Strategy and Tactics, Training

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