FIRE ENGINEERING
November 1982
Volume 135 No. 11
Exhausted rescuers carry an injured man to safety See RESCUE/EMS, page 12.
DEPARTMENTS
6 THE EDITOR’S OPINION
Fire Administration funded Illusions can be fatal
8 VOLUNTEERS CORNER
How to take a charged line up a ladder
55 SCHOOLS
64 APPARATUS DELIVERIES
69 FROM THE PUBLISHER
70 ADVERTISER’S INDEX
71 READER SERVICE CARD
RESCUE/EMS
12 TREETOP RESCUE
A young man was trapped 35 feet in a tree after a falling limb partially severed an arm and leg. Cincinnati fire fighters and paramedics made the rescue after a difficult operation on a junglelike hillside.
23 VOLUNTEER PARAMEDICS
Many, including the fire chief, thought fire department volunteers In this Minnesota town could not devote the time necessary to become certified paramedics. But they did, and now they have an enviable record.
50 EMS BUYER’S GUIDE
For the guidance and convenience of fire officials and others concerned with the purchase of EMS equipment.
FIRE REPORTS
1 7 RAPID FIRE SPREAD IN OLD TENEMENTS
The use of accelerants apparently gave the fire its swift start. Then balloon construction and non-fire-stopped walls helped it spread in three turn-of-the-century tenements.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
29 ADD EMS SPECIALIST TO YOUR HAZ-MAT TEAM
Increase protection for the team members and the public when an EMS specialist is part of the first-response team responding to hazardous materials incidents.
MANAGEMENT
35 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT FOR EMS SUPERVISORS
As a supervisor, your emphasis shifts from technical to leadership skills. Mistakes by the supervisor can result in poor morale, lovy productivity or even legal problems. So here is a short refresher course.
CONFERENCE REPORTS
41 POORLY PLANNED DISASTER DRILLS CRITICIZED
Disaster management was only one of the many subjects covered at the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians conference in Boston.
