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FE Volume 144 Issue 7

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STRATEGIC FACTORS, CONTINUED

There are certain strategic factors at every fire operation—those elements that must be adequately dealt with, controlled, and overcome if we are to have a successful firefight and are to support the strategy chosen to fight the fire. In most eases, the inability to overcome them will force the strategy to shift farther down the matrix toward a totally defensive, exterior firefight.

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Firefighter Training Search Operations

INFECTION CONTROL: PROTECTION EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES

Until recently, self-protection from diseases was addressed primarily from the perspective of bloodborne diseases such as HIV Infection and hepatitis viruses A, B, and C.…

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Fire Prevention Fire Safety

SCBA AND THE WATER

The self-contained breathing apparatus is a positive-pressure system, meaning that once it is turned on, it will force air to the face mask continuously without…

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Firefighter SCBA Firefighting Equipment

OSHA FINES

Less Than Serious: $1,000. This can be reduced up to 80 percent by employer's good faith. Serious: S 1,000 per violation. This can be reduced…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

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SUMMARY OF COMPARISON OF LIFE-DETECTION INSTRUMENTATION

In August 1989, the U. S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration, in cooperation with Johns Hopkins University at the Francis Scott Key…

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Fire EMS Firefighting

USING LISTENING DEVICES UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS

Following are some conditions and equipment that can create interfering signals that overload the device and mask the signal from the victim. Wind. Cover sensors…

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Firefighting Equipment

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Bill Manning’s remarks in the May Editor’s Opinion were right on target. I have been a subscriber for more than five years and have enjoyed…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

MANUFACTURES’ LITERATURE

HD Electric Co. offers a twopage color flyer illustrating the features and functions of the Versa-Lite™ family of portable lighting. It features the Model R,…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Howell (MI) Fire Department serves a 136-square-mile area with about 35,000 residents. Deputy Chief jim Reed explains that the area is rapidly growing with…

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Fire Apparatus

TURNOUT GEAR IN THE WATER: SINK OR SWIM?

The fire service is decades behind when it comes to water-related incidents. Not enough attention is paid to safety procedures specific to on or near-water…

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Technical Rescue Water Rescue

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…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

SCBA TRAINING DRILL

A drill designed by the El Paso (TX) Fire Department to help firefighters obtain maximal air-cylinder capacity from their SCBAs has been the impetus for…

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Firefighter SCBA Firefighting Equipment