FE Volume 135 Issue 11

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BOOKS

BOOKS

TRENCH RESCUE, James B. Gargan; Robert J. Brady Co., Bowie, Md. 20715; 175pages, $17.95. How to undertake and achieve a successful trench rescue is detailed in this manual. It begins with preparation of a rescue system, and continues with assessment and response, hazard control, support operations, gaining access, emergency medical care, disentanglement, removal, transfer, and termination.
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Apparatus Innovations And Deliveries

The Oceanside, N.Y., Fire District recently received this Emergency One 110-foot Stratospear. Built on a Hendrickson chassis with an allaluminum cab, a Detroit Diesel engine…
Aerial ApparatusFire Apparatus

Illusions Can Be Fatal

We keep getting brochures announcing various escape devices that offer the purchaser the illusion of safety when fire occurs. They vary from filter masks to…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

CONSTRUCTION FEATURES CONTRIBUTE TO FIRE SPREAD IN OLD TENEMENTS

Ten engine companies and three ladder companies fought for seven hours to extinguish a blaze in three turn-of-the-century tenement buildings in Cincinnati last May 25.…
Building ConstructionFire Safety

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VOLUNTEER PARAMEDICS

The lengthy training at no pay made it especially difficult, but 10 members of the White Bear Lake, Minn., Volunteer Fire Department have become certified…
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Staff

Staff

RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Editor JERRY W. LAUGHLIN Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor GRACE LESSNER Assistant Editor WILLIAM F. KNAB Art Director JoANNE HUGHES
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PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR THE EMS SUPERVISOR

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR THE EMS SUPERVISOR

The standard technique used by most EMS managers to select supervisors is to promote the best technician and pray. But being an expert doesn't guarantee…
Fire EMSFirefighting

TREETOP RESCUE

John Fogarty, 21, climbed a tree last July 26 to cut down a branch blocking his employer's view of nearby Lunken Airport in Cincinnati. The…
Technical Rescue

First Women Recruits In New York Fire Dept.

What's new in the New York Fire Department is —in one word —women. After a long court battle and a revised physical agility test, 43…
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

How to Take a Charged Line Up a Ladder

Taking a charged line up a ladder is one of the toughest jobs on the fireground. And because this evolution is so precarious, it requires…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Fire Administration Funded; Clothing Test to Be Completed

Fire Administration Funded; Clothing Test to Be Completed

The fire service has raised its voice enough to make itself heard in Washington during the last few months and the result is two decisions…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
SCHOOLS

SCHOOLS

Arizona Division of Emergency Services: Recruit Fire Training I, Dec. 3-5; Recruit Fire Training II, Dec. 3-5; Extrication, Dec. 4; Recruit Fire Training, Dec. 10-12.…
Fire Apparatus

FE Volume 135 Issue 11

11.01.1982
Issues

ADD AN EMS SPECIALIST TO YOUR HAZ-MAT TEAM

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POORLY PLANNED DISASTER DRILLS CRITICIZED AT EMS CONFERENCE

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FIRE ENGINEERING

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