FE Volume 145 Issue 5

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MANUFACTURER’S LITERATURE

MANUFACTURER’S LITERATURE

Scott Aviation, a supplier of products for hazardous atmospheres, offers a four-page brochure outlining the highlights of its new lease-to-own program. The brochure describes the advantages of leasing, including conservation of working capital, simplification of bookkeeping, and elimination of equipment obsolescence.
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Firefighting Equipment

NEWS IN BRIEF

Denise Kyle and Elisa Nissen of the Omaha (NE) Fire Department were among the first five women hired by the department under an affirmative action…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Drib-Dek Corp.’s Dri-Dek Interlocking Compartment Lining System provides a dry, shock-absorbing cushion for vehicle compartments. Its surface holes allow water drainage and air circulation to…
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Firefighting Equipment

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CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #72: ARGON

Argon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, nonreactive, nontoxic gas. An elemental gas, it is a member of the group or family of elements known as…
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HazmatTechnical Rescue

UNION SQUARE SUBWAY CRASH: THE RESCUES

The New York City subway system carries approximately 3.3 million passengers daily along more than 722 miles of track that runs above and below the…
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Technical Rescue
FIRE DEPARTMENT,INC.

FIRE DEPARTMENT,INC.

What’s this, a public fire department with a $126,000 radio, TV, newspaper, billboard, and direct-mail advertising budget? Chief officers in pin-striped suits driving unmarked sedans?…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
CAUTIONS REGARDING PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENTS

CAUTIONS REGARDING PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENTS

Departments considering alternative staffing levels and apparatus assignments such as Springfield’s multiple-role program first must consider impacts on firefighter safety. Standard operating procedures and training…
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Fire Apparatus

RECYCLED TRAINING GROUND

When I assumed the position of training instructor for the 160-member City of Terre Haute (IN) Fire Department some seven years ago, I inherited, along…
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Firefighter Training

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Bill Manning's editorial “Bring Training to the People” in the February 1992 issue provides only one solution to the growing trend of minimum training standard…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
THE CHANGE OFFICER AND INCEDENT COMMAND

THE CHANGE OFFICER AND INCEDENT COMMAND

Reflex activity in the fire service has been termed “free-lancing.” Reflex action, however, is more than the gaudy individualism implied in freelancing; it is the…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

APPARATUS DELIVERS

In South Carolina, the Ahoskie Rural Volunteer Fire Department operates this custom pumper built by Emergency One. Assistant Chief Alan Myers explains that this pumper…
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Fire Apparatus

COMING EVENTS

05.01.1992
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HazmatTechnical Rescue

PRESSURE SETTINGS FOR FIRE PUMP CONTROLLERS

05.01.1992
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Firefighting EquipmentHoselines

THE MALBONE STREET WRECK, NOVEMBER 1, 1918

05.01.1992
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FIRE ENGINEERING

05.01.1992
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

RETAIN/RECRIT MEMBERS

05.01.1992
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Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

TESTING BUILDING FIRE PUMPS PART 2

05.01.1992
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Building ConstructionFire Safety

CUTTING FLAT ROOFS

05.01.1992
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

PROCEDURE FOR FIRE PUMP TESTING USING A FLOW METER

05.01.1992
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Firefighting EquipmentHoselines

TRAINING FOR AIRPORT DISASTERS

05.01.1992
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Firefighter Training

PREPLANNING CONFIDENTIAL OR DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

05.01.1992
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

WELL RESCUE: GREAT NECK, NEW YORK

05.01.1992
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Technical Rescue

ROPE RESCUE TRAINING

05.01.1992
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Rope RescueTechnical Rescue
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