FE Volume 141 Issue 5

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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

With the Quic-Seat tubular back frame from Ziamatic Corp., jump seats can accommodate SCBA in a ready-to-use position. The frame fits over and behind the existing seat cushion; pre-drilled holes allow for quick bolting to rear walls in the jump seat area.
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment
NAMES IN THE NEWS

NAMES IN THE NEWS

The National Fire Protection Association's Western office has a new regional representative and a new location. Robert V. Miller, formerly the Uniform Fire Code (UFC)…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Update

Update

Statistics and studies continue to support the information about AIDS transmission modes and risk groups that we gave here almost a year ago. [See "AIDS:…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Chemical Data Notebook Series #24: Hydrogen Fluoride

Both etched glass and frosted glass can be quite decorative, a welcome addition to a person's china cabinet. But the material used to do the…
HazmatTechnical Rescue

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COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

May 14-15—The Meadowood County (N.H.) Area Fire Department's SEMIANNUAL FIRE SCHOOL will be held at its training center in Fitzwilliam, N.H. Oneand two-day rescue and…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

How to Step on Their Shoes Without Messing Up Their Shine

Performance evaluations aren't easy for anyone involved. Employees want to be well thought of by others, especially their supervisors, so they're apprehensive about being evaluated.…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Paradise (Almost) Lost

Power to their lift station pumps gone, their 5-inch supply hose cut, firefighters took refuge under their own apparatus as flames shot uphill out of…
Fire Apparatus
A Performance Standard for Promotions

A Performance Standard for Promotions

Traditionally, personnel departments have relied on techniques such as multiplechoice and essay examinations, biographical questionnaires, and performance evaluations to determine a candidate's suitability for promotion.
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training
COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

Detroit Diesel Corp. has opened six regional sales offices within the United States and Canada. William E. Johnston is the regional vice president for the…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FE Volume 141 Issue 5

Issues
MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

Safety Storage Inc. announces the availability of a four-page color brochure describing its line of relocatable safety storage buildings for chemicals and haz mats. The…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Emergency Response To Questions on AIDS

After an ambulance crew transports a woman who's ill, it's learned from her relatives that the patient has AIDS. That news travels swiftly through the…
Fire EMSFirefighting

Assessment Centers and the Courts

05.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Training Fires: Lessons vs. Risks

05.01.1988
Firefighter Training

Injury-related deaths are on a downward trend, federal agencies report

05.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Letters to the Editor

05.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Firefighter Risk in Nonresidential Occupancies

05.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Developing an Assessment Center

05.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

An Open Letter

05.01.1988
Firefighter TrainingMagazineSearch Operations

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

05.01.1988
Fire Apparatus

Circular Power Saw Safety

05.01.1988
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

FIRE ENGINEERING

05.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Car Fires: Too Often Taken for Granted

05.01.1988
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Substance Abuse Testing

05.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting