FE Volume 146 Issue 6

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COLLAPSE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS: TACTICS AND PROCEDURES

This article, the second in a series on collapse search and rescue operations (See Part 1 in the May 1993 issue of Fire Engineering), discusses sizing up voids, evaluating hazard potential, and ensuring safety during operations, as preparation for an in-depth analysis of shoring and cribbing techniques.
Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

FRUIT RIPENING AND THE FIRE CODE

People don’t like green bananas. They don’t like black, mushy bananas very much either. People want perfectly ripe bananas to eat. Before bananas and other…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

CORAL GABLES: OVERVIEW AND ORGANIZATION

The Coral Gables Fire Department, which provides emergency services for 40,000 people over 12 square miles, routinely reviews its established hurricane procedures in June, the…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Star Sprinkler Corporation has introduced the Star Galaxy line of balanced-flow pendant and horizontal sidewall residential sprinklers, available in both recessed and standard models. Due…
Firefighting Equipment

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FE Volume 146 Issue 6

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CODE ENFORCEMENT CRITICAL TO FIRE PREVENTION

CODE ENFORCEMENT CRITICAL TO FIRE PREVENTION

During the past 10 years, the field of fire code enforcement has become more professional. Many states have adopted minimum standards for educating and training…
Fire PreventionFire Safety

ROLLDOWN METAL DOORS

Rolldown metal doors. Heavy security. Most of us think of them as innercity, high-crime-area phenomena. If you believe that, you just haven’t looked. Drug crime…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

COIN-OPERATED WASHER AND DRYER RESCUE OPERATIONS

Every urban neighborhood has areas where people wash their clothes, ranging from laundromats in commercial buildings to laundry rooms in apartment buildings. Coin-operated washing and…
Technical Rescue

NEWS IN BRIEF

James Lee Witt recently was sworn in as the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Previously, Witt had served the state of Arkansas for…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

JUNE 21-25—The American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management is sponsoring 40-HR. HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE WORKER SAFETY TRAINING FOR MANAGERS, ENGINEERS, AND SUPERVISORS, a training program…
HazmatTechnical Rescue

FIRST VERDICT UNDER ADA

A federal jury in Chicago on March 18 awarded S572,000 to the former director of a security firm who was terminated from his job after…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

DEADLY FLAMES: The Public an Intimate Look at Fire

Every once in a while an organization is given the chance to “make something happen.” Sometimes an opportunity presents itself that is definitely out of…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

BREAD AND BUTTER OPERATIONS: BIG HOUSES

06.01.1993
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #85: ETHYL MERCAPTAN

06.01.1993
HazmatTechnical Rescue

HURRICANE ANDREW: PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

06.01.1993
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

HOT TOPIC

06.01.1993
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

HURRICANE ANDREW: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT

06.01.1993
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

PROTECTING THE ‘FORGOTTEN’

06.01.1993
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

06.01.1993
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

COMPANY NEWS

06.01.1993
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

METRO-DADE FIRE DEPARTMENT: A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK

06.01.1993
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

TRAINING AIDS

06.01.1993
Firefighter Training

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

06.01.1993
Aerial ApparatusFire Apparatus

THE STAFFING ISSUE

06.01.1993
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
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