FIRE ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL 6
VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8
Salvage or savage?
TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10
High-rise hose pack innovations
DISPATCHES 16
Accident case resolved
Improved benefits proposed
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 12
EQUIPMENT DIGEST 60
NAMES IN THE NEWS 61
COURSES/COMING EVENTS 62
APPARATUS DELIVERIES 63
MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE 65
CLASSIFIEDS 66
READER SERVICE CARD 67
FEATURES
COMMUNICATIONS
MAINTAINING MANUAL DISPATCHING SKILLS 18
A good CAD system can lull its operators into becoming dangerously dependent on it. And if the system shuts down, your dispatchers’ manual communications skills will be the only defense against pandemonium.
BY FRANCIS X. HOLT
TRAINING
DESIGN A TRAINING PROGRAM 22
By systematically organizing a structure for training programs, fire service instructors can help their departments increase firefighter effectiveness while reducing operating costs.
BY JAMES E. SAGE
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
DECISION GUIDELINES 29
The more training and experience that a rescue team has under its belt, the more likely that correct evaluations will be made during an incident.
BY TOMMY D. CRAWFORD and WILLIAM P. MAHONEY
OXYGEN 40
Although essential for life as we know it, oxygen presents a serious potential danger to emergency responders when it becomes involved In an accidental release.
BY FRANK L. FIRE
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE SUIT MAINTENANCE 36
In addition to offering some maintenance tips, this article also discusses safety considerations when operating inside a chemical protective suit.
BY ARNOLD MERKITCH
FIRE REPORT
AEROMEXICO PLANE CRASH 48
The strategies and tactics used to mitigate last summer’s air crash disaster that claimed the lives of more than 80 people is reported here, and the attention given to the possibility of post-traumatic stress disorder is discussed.
BY EDWARD R. SHERMAN
SAFETY
WHAT FIRE TRUC…? 54
Tests show that civilians very often don’t hear us coming. Never assume that the right of way will be granted to you—particularly at intersections.
BY LAURENCE F. HATTON
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