FE Volume 143 Issue 7

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

As always, I enjoy reading each issue of your fine magazine. In the May issue, Ralph F. Goldman’s article “Heat Stress in Firefighting” was indepth and on target. In the November 1987 issue of Fire Technology, Paul O. Davis, Ph.D and Charles O. Dotson, Ph.D authored the article “Physiological Aspects of Firefighting.”
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Firefighting Equipment

FIRE ON THE HIGHWAY

On March 20, 1990 an MC 307 tanker-truck fire shut down U.S. Highway 101 in California. More than 150 personnel from 18 agencies responded to…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Fire Company, an all-volunteer unit located in Montgomery County, recently placed in service two rear-engine Hush pumpers built by Emergency One.…
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Fire Apparatus

DISASTER PLAN PASSES WITH FLYING COLORS

In October of 1989 the Upper Moreland Township (PA) Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution to adopt an interagency emergency operations plan. One hundred…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

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FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

250 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001 Tel. (212) 481-5771 Fax (212) 725-3654 EDITOR Thomas F. Brennan MANAGING EDITOR William A. Manning
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
UTILIZING THE RESCUE COMPANY

UTILIZING THE RESCUE COMPANY

It is 3:30 a. m. on a cold winter night and the voice on the department radio in the cab of the rescue truck is…
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Technical Rescue

Time Goes by Quickly

Your drive for training and my goal of providing as much support for that desire as I can is paramount from my seat here at…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefightingMagazine
MANUFACTURER’S LITERATURE

MANUFACTURER’S LITERATURE

TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT CATALOG Media Resources’ 64-page catalog contains training and management resources for emergency services personnel. It lists qualifications programs, public education programs, and…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

SUCTION UNIT Rockford Medical & Safety Company’s SScort portable suction unit is battersoperated and has a disposable canister to simplify cleanup and minimize the risk…
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Fire EMSFirefighting

IT AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVERHAULED

Much is written about safety in terms of strategy, tactics, and techniques in fire control. The fire service, through its safety message, seeks to reduce…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO SUSPECTED CAR BOMBS

Explosive devices placed in vehicles have become a grim reality not only abroad but here in the States as well. And their use is on…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

JULY 15-20— Texas A&M will hold its seventh annual HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CONTROL SCHOOL FOR FIREFIGHTERS and its 24th annual SPANISH FIRE SCHOOL FOR FIREFIGHTERS in…
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HazmatTechnical Rescue

BEHIND THE CAMERAS: WORKING WITH THE MEDIA

07.01.1990
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

SULFUR DIOXIDE

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HazmatMagazineTechnical Rescue

TRAINING AIDS

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Firefighter Training

FE Volume 143 Issue 7

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Issues

COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE TURNS UP THE HEAT

07.01.1990
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Fire Apparatus

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

07.01.1990
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

VENTING SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS

07.01.1990
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

CONGRESSIONAL CLIPBOARD

07.01.1990
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Fire PreventionFire Safety

DISPATCHES

07.01.1990
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Fire EMSFirefighting

SIMPLIFYING MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

07.01.1990
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Fire Safety

FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT

07.01.1990
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting