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FE Volume 148 Issue 3

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TRAINING INCIDENT COMMANDERS FOR DECISION MAKING

How do you prepare someone to make decisions that could mean life or death for others? What type of training is the most effective in preparing incident commanders (ICs) for the split-second decisions they will have to face on the fireground? Unless we understand how decisions actually are made, we cannot answers these questions with any degree of certainty. Consider the following account of a house fire.

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Firefighter Training

Thankful for safety regulations

While catching up on my reading, I came upon Tom Thorpe`s "OSHA Reform: A Dangerous Business for the American Fire Service" (Fire Commentary, Fire Engineering,…

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Firefighting

PICO 14 GAS-POWERED DRILL/BREAKER

Atlas Copco Berema Inc.: 32 pounds. Portable. Easy to use. Fuel-efficient. For light demolition, ground rod and stake driving, drilling in concrete and asphalt, and…

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Firefighter Drills Firefighter Training

MORE REASONS THAT COLLAPSE ON THE FIREGROUND SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE

Let`s talk about incidents that would forecast to forces within the building a "Mayday" call indicating that collapse is imminent.

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Firefighting

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BACK-WIRING POSES FIRE HAZARD

At 11:51 hours on Friday, January 21, 1994, the Lombard (IL) Fire Department 911 dispatcher received a call reporting heavy smoke on the eighth floor…

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Fire Prevention Fire Safety

NFPA Standards Council rules on proposal for paid firefighter standards

In January, the National Fire Protection Association Standards Council rejected a proposal offered by Alfred Whitehead, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF),…

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Firefighting

Biohazard protection needed at multifatality incidents

I read with interest and appreciation Leonard S. Murry`s "Handling Multifatality Incidents" (December 1994). The article was very thought-provoking and informative, complete with useful information…

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Hazmat Technical Rescue

RESCUE ALIVE

Angel-GUARD Products, Inc.: For ice rescues requiring only two people. Stable platform distributes weight onto 22 square feet of pontoon surface. Victim is secured and…

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Technical Rescue

APPLYING WATER SAFELY

Ever since hose was invented (in 1672 in Holland), little has changed about fire extinguishing methods. Hose and nozzles have changed, but the principles have…

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Firefighting

USFA Fire Safety Kit in Spanish

Please be advised that the above kit now may be ordered by contacting Barbara Patasce, USFA Spanish Campaign Kit, 16825 S. Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD…

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Fire Safety

PRIVATE PROVIDER TACTICS: WHOS FOOLING WHOM?

In 1994, the California Ambulance Association (CAA) sponsored a bill in the California Assembly to change emergency medical services (EMS) operations in California. If passed,…

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Fire EMS Firefighting

GRIPS? SAFETY FOOTWEAR

Jordan David Safety and Health Products: Nonslip boots and rubbers for all types of surfaces including water, chemicals, grease, animal fat, snow, and ice. High-traction…

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