FE Volume 141 Issue 7

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Strategy and Tactics: A Safety Relationship

Strategy and Tactics: A Safety Relationship

Firefighter deaths and injuries occur most frequently on the fireground. It's here that department policy, chief and company officer supervision, awareness, and accountability can have the greatest impact on safety. Safety considerations at the scene begin with the arrival of the first unit and do not diminish until the last member has left the scene.
Fire Safety

Managing the Media at Major Haz-mat Incidents

Not many emergencies tax the modern incident command system as does the major hazardous materials incident. Fire departments and other designated emergency responders have invested…
HazmatTechnical Rescue

Lightweight Wood Truss Floor Construction: A Fire Lesson

Recently, a multiple-alarm fire destroyed half of a three-story apartment building in San Antonio, Texas. It was one in a series of extra-alarm fires in…
Building ConstructionFire Safety

Truck Fires

Trucks, the major means of transporting cargo in North America, are a source of fire problems. Fire incidents can be classified by the location of…
Fire Apparatus

More FE Volume 141 Issue 7

FE Volume 141 Issue 7

Issues

What’s Dumb?

The fire service and all its ancillary, contributory, and relational services have picked up the ball on the sprinklerization issue of human-occupied spaces in America.…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Ammonium Hydroxide

Ammonium hydroxide is a solution of ammonia in water. Its chemical symbol is NH4OH. It's a corrosive, irritating, somewhat toxic, clear-to-translucent milky white liquid with…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Heart attack leads the list of firefighter fatalities once again

Heart attack leads the list of firefighter fatalities once again

Heart attack was the top cause of reported firefighter deaths in 1987, killing almost half of those who died while on duty, according to a…
Firefighting

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The population of Onalaska, Wisconsin has virtually doubled within the last five years, and along with the growth has come a flurry of new shopping…
Aerial ApparatusFire Apparatus

Rescue Apparatus

When we think of a rescue company, a variety of hydraulic, air, and electricand gasolinepowered tools come to mind. Often overlooked is the apparatus, the…
Fire Apparatus
FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

"Leading the fire service since 1877" 250 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10001 (212) 481-5771 EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR Thomas F. Brennan MANAGING EDITOR William A.…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Cellar Fires and the Cellar Stairway

The cellar fire presents the firefighter with a most serious fire attack situation. This is due in no small measure to the limited prospects of…
Fire AttackFirefighting

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

07.01.1988
Firefighting Equipment

COMING EVENTS

07.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Joist-Rafter versus Lightweight Wood Truss

07.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fire Communications: Are You Really Listening?

07.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Lesson Plan: Computer-aided Dispatch System

07.01.1988
Fire EMSFirefighting

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

07.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Letters to the Editor

07.01.1988
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Sprinkler standard faces several revisions

07.01.1988
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems