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1 month ago | 
constructiondive.com | Alan M. Petrillo
Contractors can predict the potential outcome of a concrete casting process by using the maturity method, but it can be difficult to apply this technique in the field. This is why Heidelberg Materials, one of the world's largest suppliers of cement, aggregates, and precast and ready-mixed concrete, provides its customers with HETT22, a compiled simulation app that provides timely access to forecasts based on multiphysics models.
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2 months ago | 
emsrig.com | Alan M. Petrillo |Jeffrey Frankel
By Alan M. PetrilloStafford County (VA) Fire & Rescue is a combined advanced life support (ALS) and basic life support (BLS) transport agency covering 260-square miles at the southern end of the Washington, DC metropolitan area, which includes Marine Corps Base Quantico.
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2 months ago | 
emsrig.com | Alan M. Petrillo |Jeffrey Frankel
By Alan M. PetrilloOwensboro Health – Muhlenberg (KY) EMS is a community ambulance service owned and operated by Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital in Greenville, Kentucky, that handles 911 calls, hospital transfers and transports for the 35,000 residents of rural Muhlenberg County. The EMS service wanted to replace one of its older ambulances and turned to American Emergency Vehicles for a new Type 3 rig.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
emsrig.com | Alan M. Petrillo |Jeffrey Frankel
By Alan M. PetrilloJasper County (IL) Ambulance Service has added a third American Emergency Vehicles (AEV) Type 3 Traumahawk to its fleet. The ambulance service has a staff of 25 emergency medical services (EMS) personnel who provide advanced life support (ALS) and emergency transport services in Jasper County.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
fireapparatusmagazine.com | Alan M. Petrillo
By Alan M. PetrilloPerlman Architects of Arizona collaborated with Architects West on the design and building of Richland (WA) Fire Department Station 76 in the Southwestern region of the city, the fourth station built for Richland and the seventh collaboration between the two firms. The fire department marked the grand opening of Station 76 late in September with the uncoupling of two fire hoses instead of a traditional ribbon cutting.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
fireapparatusmagazine.com | Alan M. Petrillo
By Alan M. Petrillo Boonville Fire Company needed to replace two 30-year-old apparatus and decided to combine the purchase into a single rig that could perform two functions. Boonville had purchased a pumper-tanker from Toyne Fire Apparatus in the past, and decided to have Toyne build it a new rescue-pumper.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
fireapparatusmagazine.com | Alan M. Petrillo
By Alan M. PetrilloWhile some municipalities around the country dedicate a specialized vehicle as a hazardous materials response rig and others form regional hazmat response teams operating an interagency vehicle, many departments can't afford the expense of a specialized response rig that might sit idle for much of the time.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
fireapparatusmagazine.com | Alan M. Petrillo
By Alan M. PetrilloHazardous materials (hazmat) command centers can be located in a variety of places, but they are typically situated inside a rescue truck or as part of a specialized hazmat vehicle. The commonality of those locations is a necessity for specialized equipment like satellite phones and uplinks, heavy-duty communications access, laboratory facilities, access to robotic devices, and CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives) protection.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
fireapparatusmagazine.com | Alan M. Petrillo
By Alan M. PetrilloThere are times when a complete renovation of an older fire station isn't practical, so other measures have to be considered. That was the situation facing Bellevue Fire District No. 9 in New York. The way they handled it was to perform a top-to-bottom refurbishment without touching the structural integrity of the building. Gabe Casucci, a commissioner on the district's board, says the district was established in 1948, covering an area of 3.9 square miles with 6,500 residents.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
fireapparatusmagazine.com | Alan M. Petrillo
By Alan M. PetrilloThe Ione Fire Department in Oregon protects an area of 450 square miles from a single station with 14 volunteer firefighters operating one Type 1 engine, a pumper-tanker it purchased used, a Type 3/4 wildland engine, a Type 3/4 wildland engine that doubles as a rescue truck, and two Type 6 wildland engines.
