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Fire Fighter Nation NOW | View online | June 29, 2016 |  Forward to a Friend Connect with us June 29, 2016 We often think of rehab after the fire, but this FRM article from Homer Robertson reminds us that planning rehab is as important as pre-planning a building. Take care of yourself and your crew HERE. Our historian Paul Hashagen has June's significant 100-year fires HERE. Take a look through our fire service history as this month closes. Can you create a water supply with LDH in case of standpipe failure? Mike Kirby and Tom Lakamp look at running 5" hose up a high-rise in this High-Rise Operations article HERE. - Bill Carey, Online News Manager NEWS Wreckage from Texas Train Collision Continues to Smolder  Wreckage from a train collision continued to smolder Wednesday in the Texas Panhandle as workers prepared to remove the charred, twisted box cars from the tracks and renew their search for three missing crew members.  Read more » Share: MORE FIRE AND RESCUE NEWS  • DOJ to Repay First Responders in San Bernardino Shooting • Dry Thunderstorms Raise Risk of Utah Wildfires • Series of Explosions Rocks Mississippi Natural Gas Plant • More News on FirefighterNation FIRERESCUE MAGAZINE FEATURES Cognitive Resiliency  When exposed to stress, the ability of the human mind to successfully process input is reduced. There is no way to avoid it; it is automatic, and this fact has been scientifically proven time and time again by the military and the fire service. Stress reaction and the undermining of our prompt recognition of changing conditions and rapid response to that change are our enemy on the fireground.  Read more » Share: Engine Operations: Locating the Fire  The last thing you want to do is stretch a hoseline to the wrong location and waste time repositioning the line. Water on the fire in the quickest time possible is the most important task an engine company can perform. If you stretch into an entrance in an occupancy that doesn’t lead to the fire, you’ve wasted precious time. When it’s not obvious, always have the company officer investigate.  Read more » Share: VIDEOS AND PHOTOS New Jersey Fireground  See the fireground footage from this alarm in Nutley, New Jersey. See More Videos Read more » Share: The Science Behind Simulation  Fireground ICs must recognize and appropriately respond to a highly dynamic environment, using their experience to coordinate and assign an array of tasks. It is therefore important to develop experiential learning environments—something simulation programs can do. This type of learning happens during real-life experiences—but also when the team is placed in a simulated environment that’s realistic enough for the brain to temporarily suspend disbelief.  See More Galleries Read more » Share: FEATURED BLOG First Due Engine Officer Discussion  You are the first-arriving engine officer with a crew of four. Let’s here your size up and initial actions as well as directions for incoming units, especially the first couple of lines off the rig. Read More from Fire EMS Blogs Read more » Share: Subscription Information Fire Fighter Nation invites you to forward this newsletter to colleagues or associates who might be interested Forward to a Friend. If you do not subscribe to FFN newsletters but would like to, click on the following link SUBSCRIBE