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FE Volume 137 Issue 3

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Taxpayers— An Overview

The term taxpayer was coined in the early 1900s to describe a building consisting of a number of stores that were erected quickly and cheaply to occupy property and to provide a source of income to pay taxes on otherwise vacant land.

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Staff

THOMAS F. BRENNAN Editor JACKIE COX Associate Editor LINDA MCCAULEY Managing Editor SHERI THOMAS Editorial Assistant

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Consider Setting Criteria for Fire Service Harnesses

While criteria and standards have been set for most industrial safety belts and harnesses, this same type of equipment used in the fire service for…

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A Method of Evaluating High-Performance SCBA

Providing firefighters with respiratory protection devices used to mean distributing vinegar-soaked sponges as they entered a fire. In contrast, most fire departments now use lightweight,…

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SCHOOLS

Arizona State University, The Aircraft Crash & Mass Casualty Management Course, April 9-13. Contact Arizona State Univ., Centr. for Prof. Devlp., Tempe, AZ 85287. Arkansas…

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Pressure— Not Always from Pumps

In the business and industrial sectors of our economy, pressures of self-interest groups are a way of life. Fire department members have usually been relatively…

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Firefighting Equipment Hoselines

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Heavy duty pager holders, with loop snaps for belt wear, are available from Ziamatic Corporation. Holders are offered in two styles, each with long wearing,…

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Firefighting Equipment

Marine Transportation Incidents

As pointed out in last month's column, the transportation of hazardous materials by water can present some very significant problems. To underscore some of these…

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Hazmat Technical Rescue

Rope Rescue Techniques Form Basis of Fire Department Training Program

The safe and rapid extrication and rescue of victims in hazardous situations is a primary function of all fire departments. And in many areas, vertical…

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Rope Rescue Technical Rescue

COMING EVENTS

April 3-6, California Training Officer's Conference. Contact George Tockstein, Santee Fire Dept., P.O. Box 1170, Santee, CA 92071-0870. April 4-8, 11th Annual Emergency Medical Technician…

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