FE Volume 136 Issue 11
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FE Volume 136 Issue 11
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Improving Public Support for the Fire Service Through EMS
The fire service has been involved in performing EMS in the United States for many years. In the past 10 to 12 years, that involvement…
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Trigger Major Incident
A delayed alarm and automatic fire door failures contributed to a $5-million home building distribution center fire that apparently was caused by a lightning bolt…
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CONFINED SPACE ENTRY
Each year emergency response personnel are injured or killed because of their failure to exercise proper safety precautions within confined spaces. A tragedy occurred many…
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BRIDGE RESCUE160 FEET OFF THE GROUND
A half-mile section of an abandoned railroad bridge that had been stripped of tracks, ties and walkways created more than just an eyesore. It created…
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SCHOOLS
Arizona State University, The Aircraft Crash & Mass Casualty Management Course, Dec. 5-9, Feb. 6-10, April 9-13. Contact Arizona State Univ., Centr. for Prof. Devlp.,…
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Recycling Equipment
At times, a fire department finds itself with outmoded equipment. Although the equipment may be functional and too good to discard, it is no longer…
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Pipelines: Potential for a Major Incident
Pipelines carry a wide variety of products either as a liquid or as a gas. The products include such things as ammonia, propane, gasoline, kerosine,…
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FIRE ENGINEERING
4 FROM THE PUBLISHER Introducing our new editor 6 VOLUNTEERS CORNER Four styles of command 8 ON HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Pipelines: potential for a major incident
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Four Styles of Command
There appears to be four different styles of fireground command presently being used: ridiculous, rigid, rotational and right. Only the last uses any management principles…
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EQUIPMENT DIGEST
Laerdal Medical Corporation, manufacturer of life support training aids and equipment, has introduced their new Modulaide emergency life support kit. It contains individual modules containing…
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For Fire Officers: Shifting Gears in EMS Operations
Fire fighters are frequently faced with the problem of treating multiple patients injured in transportation accidents. But before actual treatment can begin, you must determine…
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