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FE Volume 136 Issue 8

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APPARATUS REBUILDING

Let's face it, the only reason we are becoming involved in rehabing, repowering and reconditioning our fire apparatus today is money. A lack of it! Even with an economic turnaround, the economics of rehabing, repowering and reconditioning will not be quickly forgotten by the decision-makers in government who control the purse strings.

Fire Apparatus

L.A.’S slumlord crackdown

A Slumlord Task Force, made up of the Los Angeles City Fire Department, the L.A. Building Department, the L.A. County Health Department, and the city…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Chemical Resistant Fiber

Celanese Fibers Operations has started commercial production of polybenzimidazole (PBI), a high temperature and chemical resistant fiber, as a staple fiber at a one-million-pounds-per-year facility…

Hazmat Technical Rescue

SCHOOLS

Illinois Fire Service Institute: Pump Operations, Sept. 12-16; Arson I, Sept. 12-16; Arson II, Sept. 19-23; Certified Fire Fighter II Academy, Sept. 19-Oct 28. Contact…

Fire Apparatus

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BUS/TRUCK CRASH

The disaster planning and training of several rural New York fire departments was put to the test last April 5 when a tractortrailer collided head-on…

Fire Apparatus

Rising water threatens trapped driver

Fire and rescue personnel in Lincoln, R.I., raced to free an accident victim trapped inside a car as approximately 3500 gpm of water gushed from…

Technical Rescue Water Rescue

SIGHTS AND SIGNS OF ARSON

Arson is estimated to account for 25 percent of all fires and nearly $ 15 billion in indirect fire losses each year. According to the…

Firefighting Structural Firefighting

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Federal Signal has developed a new, revolutionary strobe bulb that can be used to convert a standard light into a powerful, eye-catching strobe. The most…

Firefighting Equipment

USING ALL AVAILABLE APPARATUS SPACE

Storage space on fire apparatus is always at a premium. Bulky items such as extra air packs, salvage covers and foam containers are usually left…

Fire Apparatus

New York stresses safety—strenuously

The New York City Buildings Department is cracking down on owners and managers of commercial properties who are not in compliance with safety laws. The…

Fire Safety

DENTAL COMPLEX FIRE RESULTS IN LARGE LOSS

A fire of undetermined origin spread quickly through a three-story dental office and laboratory complex last Aug. 12 in Champaign, III. Before the incident was…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

COMING EVENTS

September 5, Annual Labor Day Parade and Tournament, Hicksville Fire Dept. contact James Galkowski, Hicksville F.D., Hicksville, L.I., NY. September 9-10, Illinois Society of Fire…

Aircraft Fire & Rescue Technical Rescue