FE Volume 143 Issue 11
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SHARED DISPATCHING
Recently I spoke with a police officer in a small New England town who had a beef with his dispatcher. The officer had gotten a…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
More to venting I have been reading your magazine since I entered the fire service three years ago. I find your publication very informative. In…
FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT
Any building-industrial plant or government facility-that creates a tremendous fire hazard in its work and relies on an outside organization for fire protection should establish…
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Writing Specs For Mobile Water Supply Apparatus
When writing tanker specifications, you must include details about the construction of the tank, the size and location of the vents, and the arrangement of…
SINGLE-SLIDE ROPE RESCUES
The ability to evaluate a successful rope rescue or personal escape technique often is taken for granted both at the individual and departmental level. Many…
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
Homewood, Illinois is primarily a residential community of 20,000 people with commercial and light industry. It has a combination fire department of 15 paid and…
SODIUM
Sodium is a water-reactive, elemental metal. Its two most common synonyms are metallic sodium and natrium, the Latin word from which sodium gets its chemical…
FIRE ENGINEERING
Park 80 West Plaza Two, 7th Floor Saddle Brook, NJ 07662 Tel. (201) 845-0800 Fax (201) 845-6275 EDITOR William A. Manning MANAGING EDITOR Diane Feldman…
ESCAPE FROM LARGE BURNING BUILDINGS
Most 19th-century cities experienced a great influx of immigrants. Housing abandoned by the rich served as residential housing for the poor. New York City, for…
RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS
The Erie County (NY) Department of Emergency Services had noticed a shortage of volunteer firefighters for a long time. Aside from the statewide and nationwide…
MYTHS AFFECTING SAFE AND EFFECTIVE HOSELINE USE
We are sometimes trapped into operating less than effectively because of rumors, half-truths, and untruths-myths. They surround much of what we do in the fire…
