FE Volume 133 Issue 11

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Pumper Contest

Pumper Contest

The North Windham, Conn. Volunteer Fire Department was the winner of a new pumper in the annual free fire truck contest sponsored by Emergency One, Inc. The truck was drawn on the floor of the International Association of Fire Chief's Convention in Miami Beach, Fla., and the winner was named from more than 20,000 entries.
Firefighting EquipmentHoselines
Fire School Graduates 21

Fire School Graduates 21

Twenty-one members of the 51st Recruit School recently graduated from the Fairfax County Fire Training Center. The graduates will become career members of the Fairfax…
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training
McClennan Hails Rules

McClennan Hails Rules

President W. Howard McClennan of the International Association of Fire Fighters called the recent adoption of Occupational Health and Safety Administration standards for fire fighter…
Fire PPEFirefighting Equipment

staff

JAMES F. CASEY Editor RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor ELIZABETH CRIDLAND
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

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O’Connor Named Chief

O’Connor Named Chief

Deputy Chief Peter J. O’Connor, Jr. has been named chief of the Baltimore City Fire Department. A 26-year veteran of the department, O’Connor worked up…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Innovation Aids Growth Of EMS in Laramie F.D.

The wide expanses and long severe winters, together with sparse population and remote services have made for a unique challenge to the emergency medical services…
Fire EMSFirefighting

Names in the News

William J. Vandevort was recently appointed assistant editor at Oklahoma State University Fire Protection Publications. Before coming to OSU, Vandervort was a captain in the…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Lack of Protective Gear for EMTs Leads to Injuries, Survey Indicates

Emergency medical technicians are neither provided with, nor required to wear, adequate personal protective equipment for the hazards involved in rescue work during extreme emergency…
Fire PPEFirefighting Equipment

From Crisis Start to Paramedics —EMS Growth in Springdale, Ark.

The announced termination of private ambulance service created the crisis that placed the ambulance service in the Springdale, Ark., Fire Department. Over the years, that…
Fire EMSFirefighting

Growth of EMS Fostered By Support From Citizens

Emergency medical service started to evolve in Nampa, Idaho, in 1972 when two members of the local Jaycee Club observed Nampa Fire Department members trying…
Fire EMSFirefighting
DOT Deals EMS Joker In 3rd Service Game

DOT Deals EMS Joker In 3rd Service Game

The threat of the United States Department of Transportation to alter the provision of emergency medical service by the fire service remains a viable challenge…
Fire EMSFirefighting
The Round Table

The Round Table

Bob Delgado, Fire Marshal, San Jose, Ca.: Fire department cutbacks, due to Proposition 13, have severely affected California fire departments and their ability to reach…
Fire PreventionFire Safety

Dallas Develops Variety of EMS Data To Help Make Management Decision

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Fire EMSFirefighting

Fire Equipment Digest

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Firefighting Equipment

Third Service Concept Laid to Rest?

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Fire EMSFirefighting

Cost-Effective Alternative For Apparatus Replacement

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Fire Apparatus

From the Publishers Desk

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Fire EMSFirefighting

FE Volume 133 Issue 11

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Issues

Inside Attack Tried as Big Streams Are Set Up for Doomed Restaurant

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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Coming Events

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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Blast Starts Flowing Gasoline Fire At Pipeline Company Tank Fire

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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fischer Appointed

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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Guidelines for Establishing Successful Training Program

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Firefighter Training

$1.5 Million AFB Fire Station Has Solar Energy Domestic Hot Water

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Technical RescueWater Rescue
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