FE Volume 137 Issue 12

The Latest

ATTENTION!

The fire service instructor has been given two very important tasks: one, to educate the entry level recruit so he can accomplish basic job requirements and operate safely; two, and possibly more critical, to continue educating and training all employees in the basic job requirements and new procedures.
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

The Model Incident Command System Series Firefighter Casualties

Tragically, every year firefighters are injured, maimed, or killed in the line of duty. The injuries and deaths take place while responding to, operating at,…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Forestry Fire Forces Focus on Air Attacks

California's fire control needs are special. With ideal fire conditions existing almost six months of each year over a large, diversified area, California's fire response…
FirefightingWildland Firefighting

NEWS

Fires resulting from "unknown causes" make up a good percentage of our annual fire statistics. But how many of these fires of "undetermined origin" could…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

More FE Volume 137 Issue 12

A Manager’s Guide to Purchasing

It's a good day. Your new budget has been approved. “Salaries" are up by 3%, “Equipment" is up by 5%. But the biggest surprise is…
Firefighting Equipment

Canada’s Flying Fire Boats

The airplane flies low over the fire and opens its doors, releasing 6,000 imperial gallons of water (7,200 U.S. gallons) to hit approximately three acres…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Staff

Staff

Editor THOMAS F. BRENNAN Associate Editor JACKIE COX Art Director WILLIAM F. KNAB CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Gene Carlson Paul McFadden
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Safety: Fireground Injuries—A Closer Examination

Fire service managers need to be continually evaluating, investigating, and controlling the many operations of their departments. One category that should be a priority is…
Fire Safety
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Your October 1984 editorial, "We Cannot be in Society's Mainstream," was well presented and timely. Drugs are not a way of life; but they have…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Portable electric generator

The need for portable electric power in the Austin, TX, Fire Department, without using a full-size support unit, resulted in equipping six pumpers with small…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Rural Hitch

Once, most rural water supply operations suffered from two major deficiencies, deficiencies that resulted in property loss and, unfortunately, life loss as well: Insufficient flow…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Reflective tape trumps yellow paint

The South Orange, NJ, Fire Department has come up with an idea that they feel is an effective alternative to lime yellow or chrome yellow…
Fire Apparatus

FE Volume 137 Issue 12

12.01.1984
Issues

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

12.01.1984
Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

Trash to Training

12.01.1984
Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

Chemical Abuse—Unfit for Fire Duty

12.01.1984
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FIRE ENGINEERING

12.01.1984
Fire Apparatus

APPARATUS INNOVATIONS/DELIVERIES

12.01.1984
Fire Apparatus

Correction and addendum

12.01.1984
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Have a Safe New Year

12.01.1984
Fire Safety

COMMAND VEHICLES Designed to Fit the Department’s Needs

12.01.1984
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

COURSES/COMING EVENTS

12.01.1984
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training