FE Volume 140 Issue 3

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Pre-planning: A Team Concept

Over the past few years, the fire service has become more and more specialized. We have divided our forces into fire prevention, fire suppression, and fire administration. We have even designated separate pumper activities and truck activities. We seem to draw lines between our forces that better not be crossed.
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Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems
Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

QUESTION: Is there a difference between the top and bottom of an air bag? ANSWER: Technically, there is not a top and bottom on an…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Catalog of NFA training packages available

Catalog of NFA training packages available

Understanding how a fire will affect a building's structural stability is imperative for fire suppression forces if they are to ensure their own safety during…
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Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

FE Volume 140 Issue 3

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Size-up: Another Consideration

In my last column, we followed one person through his size-up. We started with him responding from his home to an alarm for a structural…
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FirefightingStructural Firefighting
Proper Lubrication Reduces Engine Wear

Proper Lubrication Reduces Engine Wear

Wear is the natural result of operating an engine. Rings, cylinders, bearings, camshafts, and all moving parts wear in an engine. Regardless of the oil…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

A new 16-page brochure describing the Clor-N-Oil PCB detection kit is now available from the Dexsil Corporation. The Clor-N-Oil kit is designed for fieldtesting transformers…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

EDITORIAL 6 VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8 Size-up: Another consideration TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10 Pre-planning: A team concept DISPATCHES 17 Data available for haz-mat scene Inner city fire…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
COURSES/COMING EVENTS

COURSES/COMING EVENTS

April 2-5, 1987—The NORTHWEST REGIONAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CONFERENCE will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Missoula, MT. For more information, contact: Paul Laisy, 2521…
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HazmatTechnical Rescue

Ceilings and Suspended Loads

Making pre-plan surveys? Do something different. Look up. Look at the ceilings. Look for suspended loads. Check your checklist. Does it even mention ceilings or…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Lessons? How Many Times?

I saw my friend burn up. We were running from the fireball. I turned to shout to him and saw he was engulfed in flame,…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Studying for Promotional Exams The Mechanisms of Human Memory Part II

Studying for Promotional Exams The Mechanisms of Human Memory Part II

In Part I of this article, which appeared in the February 1987 issue of FIRE ENGINEERING, we discussed how to prepare for an examination, some…
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Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Basic Lift Procedures Using High-Pressure Air Bags

03.01.1987
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Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

Ammonia

03.01.1987
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Hypothermia and the SCUBA Diver

03.01.1987
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Staff

03.01.1987
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

GAMES

03.01.1987
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

03.01.1987
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

USFA grants provide inner city fire protection

03.01.1987
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Fire PreventionFire Safety

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

03.01.1987
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Fire Apparatus

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

03.01.1987
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Firefighting Equipment