FIRE ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENTS 6 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK Do you have the time for safety? 8 VOLUNTEERS CORNER Preconnected hose lines 11 LETTERS 60 MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE FILE
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SELECTING ROPE FOR FIRE AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
It is not in the best interest of the fire service to purchase life-saving rope made of manila (natural) fiber. After exposure to air and…
REDESIGNING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
The 1981 annual death and injury survey compiled by the International Association of Fire Fighters indicates that the highest number of injuries to fire fighters…
NINE MILE POINT
fighting equipment (i.e., annual hose tests). Approximately 50 percent of the fire fighters are qualified New York State EMTs, ready to provide assistance to sick…
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Staff
JERRY W. LAUGHLIN Editor JACKIE COX Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor LINDA MCCAULEY Editorial Assistant WILLIAM F. KNAB Art Director
CONSIDER THE CARABINER
The fire service has traditionally been a stable and slow-changing organization. But when a good idea or product comes along it is quick to adopt…
Do You Have the Time for Safety?
He was on the roof and starting to ventilate when he fell through—into the fire—and he was killed. It happened almost seven years ago, and…
Preconnected Hose Lines
Preconnected hose lines are the most commonly used tool in initial fire suppression. These range in size from 3/4-inch booster line to the 3-inch blitz…
NEWS
A survey of job-related deaths and injuries by the International Association of Fire Fighters found professional fire fighting to be the most hazardous of all…
SAFETY FIRST AT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS
When common sense and a consern for life and safely demand immediate evacuation of an area, there is always one person fighting to get to…
LETTERS
Regarding Police and Fire Consolidation, December 1982 issue; it is difficult to believe that a study committee from a city of 80,000 people would even…
THE MAKING OF A TURNOUT COAT
04.01.1983
