FE Volume 139 Issue 11
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Improved benefits proposed
Firefighters and law enforcement personnel should receive the same benefits as federal government employees, including hospitalization, insurance, and pension plans, according to Sam Paradice of…
Design a Training Program For Your Firefighters
Design is an essential element in the development of effective firefighter training programs. It is the second major process of the instructional development algorithm (see…
MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE
A two-page bulletin describing the "Power-Plus Series" rechargeable handlight is available from Advanced Lighting Company. The bulletin lists the handlight's specifications and different options that…
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FIRE ENGINEERING
EDITORIAL 6 VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8 Salvage or savage? TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10 High-rise hose pack innovations DISPATCHES 16 Accident case resolved Improved benefits proposed
Accident case resolved
A firefighter who had been involved in a traffic accident while driving to the fire station in his private car to respond to a fire…
Haz-mat Rescue Team Decision Guidelines
The natural and man-made release of hazardous materials into the atmosphere has been a concern of mankind for centuries. Toxic sulfur-ladened gases, hot airborne ashes,…
High-Rise Hose Pack Innovations
Firefighters are always looking for new ways to deal with high-rise or other interior structure fires. In our city, there are approximately 70 buildings that…
AEROMEXICO PLANE CRASH Cerritos, California
IT was just before noon on August 31, 1986, when several frantic civilians arrived at a Santa Fe Springs, CA, fire station with confused descriptions…
Chemical Protective Suits: In-House Maintenance
Affectionately and unfortunately at times prophetically referred to as "mop and glow units," hazardous material response teams are increasing in numbers throughout the country. But…
WHAT FIRE TRUCK?
Emergency vehicles by law are granted what is technically known as the "right of way" when responding to a fire or other emergency. Operators of…
Maintaining Manual Skills in CAD Operations
Computer assisted dispatch (CAD) systems are in various states of gestation in fire departments throughout the country. Running from the full-blown systems that keep track…
