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Overcoming Standpipe Problems
Standpipes may be found in shopping malls; theaters; and residential, large commercial, and public assembly buildings.
The In-Line Gauge in Standpipe Operations
Your engine company receives a report of fire in a mid-rise elderly housing complex during morning coffee at the beginning of a shift.
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Cause of fatal fire may go unsolved: Blaze started on porch, where tenants smoked (Nov 18, 2009)
Nov. 18--CONCORD, N.H. -- Although an official in the state fire marshal's office is certain where the fire started, the cause of the fire that took the life of 20-year-old Charles "Chaz" Hewitt may never be determined.
City rescues firefighter program (Nov 18, 2009)
Nov. 18--TRACY -- A century-old reserve firefighter program was rescued from going up in smoke Tuesday when the City Council decided to reduce the workers' pay to minimum wage to keep the program running.
7 Firefighters Seek to Halt Promotions (Nov 18, 2009)
Nov. 18--NEW HAVEN -- Even as the city prepares to promote from two 2003 Fire Department exams that became the focus of a controversial U.S. Supreme Court case, a group of black city firefighters has stepped in to say, not so fast.
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Innovative Obstetric Birthing Training - Fire Engineering
... The instructor divided the class by their engine companies. Each engine company was given a scenario to review and then perform with the birthing simulator. ...

Innovative Obstetric Birthing Training - Fire Engineering
... The instructor divided the class by their engine companies. Each engine company was given a scenario to review and then perform with the birthing simulator. ...

On Fire - Fire Engineering
... In eight years, staffing dropped from 1,010 to just over 700. However, the average age of first response engine company personnel rose from 35 to 52. ...

Rescue Is Not Always Technical - Fire Engineering
... As additional information became available, the assignment was upgraded to include a battalion chief, an engine company, a light duty rescue, a quint, and a ...

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Things You Should Know Before Buying an Engine With Class "A" Foam (Jan 21, 2008)
In the market for an apparatus with Class "A" foam? Jeff Cotner has a list of things to keep in mind when researching and training with foam.
Class "A" Foam 101 Webcast Questions & Answers (Jan 18, 2008)
Jeff Cotner responds to participants' questions from his December 2007 webcast, "Class A Foam 101: Structural Firefighting."
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Through-the-Floor Rescue Using a Hoseline (May 1, 2008)
You and your crew are the first engine company to arrive at a residential structure fire and find heavy smoke emanating from the front of the house.
A Close Call Encounter of the Elevator Kind (Dec 1, 2007)
It was a reasonably quiet 24-hour tour of duty for the members of Rescue 1/Group 4 of the Stamford (CT) Fire-Rescue Department on December 31, 2006.
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