APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Woodstock (NH) Fire Department designed its EMERGENCY ONE pumper for firefighting in a small community that is 90 percent rural, according to Chief William R. Mellett.
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FE Volume 153 Issue 11
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POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE BUILDING FIRE: UPDATE
The construction magazine Engineering News Record tells the story of the demolition of a post-tensioned concrete building in Key Biscayne, Florida, that had been damaged…
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LEGISLATIVE MANDATE AND EMS
The U.S Fire Administration's legislative mandate is to work toward making a difference in the fire death and injury rate in the United States.
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PRODUCTS/SERVICES/MEDIA
InforMed: Allows emergency personnel to keep track of up to nine patients at a time who are the victims of an MCI, a haz-mat disaster,…
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NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS:LEARNING FROM JAPAN
September 30, 1999, at 10:35 a.m., three workers at the Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Company (JCO) uranium-processing facility in Tokaimura, Japan, received severe radiation doses…
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“HEY, WHERE DO YOU WANT THIS TRUCK?”
We have often discussed the positioning of ladder trucks on the fireground. Yet, it is the subject most commonly raised by those in the field-as…
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GUARDING YOUR WIZARD
King Arthur enjoyed his partnership with Merlin the Magician. Harry Potter just finished his fourth adventure-packed year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.…
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FIRESTONE TIRE FAILURE: ARE YOU TEMPTING FATE?
Geography seems to be the leading factor in determining the title used to identify the person who drives a vehicle within the fire service. Driver,…
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MAINTAINING YOUR SAW BLADE INVENTORY
Firefighter ingenuity has always been amazing, especially when considering all of the trades, occupations, and skills levels gathered in one fire station. Just about any…
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PREPLANNING CONSTRUCTION SITE HAZARDS
Preplanning is as vital for the safe and efficient response to an emergency at a construction site as it is at completed structures. In many…
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PROPOSED NFPA 1710
For the next several columns, we will examine key aspects of the proposed NFPA 1710, Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression, Emergency…
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HOW TO AVOID REKINDLES
There's nothing like a rekindle to ruin a fire officer's day. It's more than the damaged pride or embarrassment. There can be liability implications as…
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