FE Volume 152 Issue 12

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LODI: COMMUNICATIONS WITH LIMITED PHONE SERVICE

LODI: COMMUNICATIONS WITH LIMITED PHONE SERVICE

The Lodi Police Department operates on the assigned frequency of 154.740 MHz. The base unit is a Motorola 100-watt unit with a telephone tie line to an antenna mounted on a 150-foot water tower in the highest part of town. This unit is supplemented by a second 100-watt Motorola unit with an antenna on a 35-foot tower located directly behind the municipal complex.
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Aerial ApparatusFire Apparatus
SCOTT HEALTH & SAFETY named the following regional sales representatives: John Irvin for Wisconsin,

SCOTT HEALTH & SAFETY named the following regional sales representatives: John Irvin for Wisconsin,

SCOTT HEALTH & SAFETY named the following regional sales representatives: John Irvin for Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and North and South Dakota; Steve M. Trahan for…
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Fire Safety
H. WAYNE BOYD was awarded an honorary life membership by the California State Fire Fighters

H. WAYNE BOYD was awarded an honorary life membership by the California State Fire Fighters

H. WAYNE BOYD was awarded an honorary life membership by the California State Fire Fighters Association (CSFA). Boyd is president of U.S. Safety & Engineering…
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Firefighter Training
STEALTH ME MID-ENGINE PUMPER

STEALTH ME MID-ENGINE PUMPER

Saulsbury Fire Rescue: The first of six to be delivered to the Phoenix (AZ) Fire Department. Features rear pump design with Hale PSD 1,250-gpm pump…
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Firefighting

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Like most issues in the fire service, the issue of nozzles is not as simple as it may seem. Congratulations to the panel for identifying the many aspects of this topic.

Like most issues in the fire service, the issue of nozzles is not as simple as it may seem. Congratulations to the panel for identifying the many aspects of this topic.

Like most issues in the fire service, the issue of nozzles is not as simple as it may seem. Congratulations to the panel for identifying…
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Firefighting
TOOLS FOR MANAGING THE INCIDENT

TOOLS FOR MANAGING THE INCIDENT

This article is about arguably the most important tool the incident commander (IC) has in his toolbox--the Incident Action Plan (IAP). It is impossible to…
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Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment
GO PRO UNDERWRITING MANAGERS INC. moved its First Firefighters Program to Richmond, Virginia.

GO PRO UNDERWRITING MANAGERS INC. moved its First Firefighters Program to Richmond, Virginia.

GO PRO UNDERWRITING MANAGERS INC. moved its First Firefighters Program to Richmond, Virginia. Cynthia Englert was appointed program manager for the comprehensive insurance program for…
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Firefighting
Innovations: Homegrown THE E-Z HIGH-RISE BAG

Innovations: Homegrown THE E-Z HIGH-RISE BAG

Firefighting is a labor-intensive occupation; fighting a fire in a high-rise reinforces this fact. Firefighters have a keen ability to deal with the universal problem…
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Firefighting
ADULT CHOKING MANIKIN

ADULT CHOKING MANIKIN

Simulaids, Inc.: Urethane foam-filled vinyl plastic head and torso. Rib cage, sternum, and xiphoid process provide landmarks to practice obstructed airway maneuver. Abdominal thrusts and…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
I am currently finishing a two-year collaborative study of PPV for smoke movement and control and fire suppression in high-rises at the National Research Council of Canada.

I am currently finishing a two-year collaborative study of PPV for smoke movement and control and fire suppression in high-rises at the National Research Council of Canada.

I am currently finishing a two-year collaborative study of PPV for smoke movement and control and fire suppression in high-rises at the National Research Council…
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Firefighting
Storms Severity Taxes Communications Capabilities

Storms Severity Taxes Communications Capabilities

Somerset County began preparing for Hurricane Floyd several days before the storm was predicted to affect the area. Weather bulletins advising of the potential damage…
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Firefighting
Line-of-Duty Deaths, 1999

Line-of-Duty Deaths, 1999

September 30: Firefighter Lewis E. Anderson, 68, of the River Falls Volunteer Fire Department, Marietta, South Carolina, died three days after being struck by a…
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Firefighting

Digital camera aids fire inspectors

12.01.1999
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Firefighting

ELEVATOR DEVIL FIREFIGHTING NOZZLE

12.01.1999
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Firefighting

Vertical ventilation is necessary when the situation mandates that method of ventilation, but to “automatically” send firefighters to the roof to open it up seems to me to be a little dangerous

12.01.1999
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Firefighting

HURRICANE TESTS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS BOUND BROOK: AN ANTENNA MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

12.01.1999
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Firefighting

E.D. BULLARD COMPANY in Kentucky and PROTECTOR TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. in the United Kingdom have formed

12.01.1999
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Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

Pruning saw adapted for ceiling operations

12.01.1999
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Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

HEAVY DUTY CRIBBING BAG

12.01.1999
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Firefighting

From the responses relating to PPV in the August Roundtable, it is apparent that those who use PPV extensively tout its benefits and those who do minimal

12.01.1999
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Firefighting EquipmentHoselines

Backup Communications Center Flooded in Bergen County

12.01.1999
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Firefighting Equipment

DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION appointed Charles G. McClure president and CEO. He will report to Roger

12.01.1999
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Lake Worth fire protest

12.01.1999
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Firefighting

MINIRAE 2000 PHOTO IONIZATION DETECTOR (PID)

12.01.1999
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