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“NEW WAVE” 3-D WATER FOG TACTICS:A RESPONSE TO DIRECT ATTACK ADVOCATES

Firefighters' use of water fog as a suppression agent for structural fires is a strategy shrouded in controversy that has been debated extensively and openly, particularly over the past decade. Most recently, I read with great interest Andrew A. Fredericks' two-part discussion of water fog applications and the direct form of attack.

Firefighting

ROUNDTABLE: APPARATUS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR

Over the past few decades, significant technological advances made in fire apparatus have placed greater demands on maintenance and repair personnel. In the past, mechanically…

Fire Apparatus

THE HEADFIRST LADDER SLIDE: THREE METHODS

Since the first days of the American fire service, the fire service has either embraced change or fought it with intensity. Programs, ideas, and innovations…

Firefighting

ANSWERING TO CRIMINAL CHARGES

Traditionally, the fire service has dealt well with the operational and administrative aspects of its mission.

Firefighting

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CRANE ACCIDENT TRAPS OPERATOR AT MALIBU RESTAURANT

On November 15, 1999, a crane overturned onto a restaurant on the historic Malibu Pier while transporting a 3,000-pound piece of hardware for a pile-driving…

Technical Rescue

Combining Apparatus Safety, Maintenance, and Training

It's time for your pumper's annual service test. You'll have to place the apparatus out of service while a qualified technician performs the test at…

Fire Apparatus

NEWS

On August 3, firefighters from Pennsylvania and other states and Canada participated in a hepatitis C awareness march hosted by members of Philadelphia (PA) Fire…

Firefighting

A Tale of Two Standards

The inability of career and volunteer camps to consummate a single standard through the now defunct NFPA 1200 deployment standard set the stage for this…

Fire Service Career Firefighter Training Magazine

HELPING TO REDUCE ACCIDENTAL POISONINGS

Firefighters involved in emer-gency medical services are often the first on the scene of accidental poisonings. The call may come in that a child has…

Firefighting

PRECONNECTED HOSELINES

NFPA 1901, Standard for Auto-motive Fire Apparatus, requires pumpers, initial attack apparatus, quints, and mobile foam fire apparatus to have hosebed areas: compartments or reels…

Firefighting Equipment Hoselines

Letters To The Editor

I want to add some additional thoughts on accountability (Roundtable, May 2000), which is among the most important aspects of maintaining a "safe as possible"…

Firefighting

EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM: TRAINING COURSES

The Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency (FEMA) is one of the three principal federal organizations that provides weapons of mass destruction training to first responders.

Firefighter Training