Little Drops of Water: 50 Years Later, Part 2
The second part of Andy Fredericks's long-sought-after engine company operations article.
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FE Volume 153 Issue 3
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THE TEAM CHALLENGE
Since October 1997, when a meeting took place among the United States Fire Administration (USFA) staff to discuss organization concerns relating to core mission issues,…
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THE FINAL FRONTIER
"What? How many a-larms?" asked Fire Marshal George Earnest as he walked into his office. He made himself a cup of coffee, a necessary evil…
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
JOHN M. MALECKY was promoted to the rank of battalion chief with the Bayonne (NJ) Fire Department. He has been writing the Apparatus Deliveries column…
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More FE Volume 153 Issue 3
SYNERGISTIC SAFETY STUFF
For the past few months, we have been concentrating on truck position at combustible structure fires.
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ESTABLISHING OFFICER CREDIBILITY
One of the ongoing strug-gles within the volunteer fire service is establishing the credibility of its officers among other volunteers; paid firefighters; and, at times,…
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PREPARING RECRUITS FOR SERVICE
The fire service offers us many avenues to express our professional energies.
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COMPANYASSOCIATION NEWS
LAERDAL MEDICAL CORPORATION has acquired MEDICAL PLASTICS LABORATORY, (MPL) INC. Laerdal manufactures basic and advanced life support training products and emergency medical equipment. MPL makes…
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From the NFAAA
A NATIONAL TREASURE
I started writing this article in my dormitory room, Building "C," at the National Fire Academy (NFA) on December 14, 1999. I get inspired when…
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STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY DURING SCHOOL EMERGENCIES
School emergencies have always presented their own list of obstacles for emergency personnel.
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First Due!
The alarm comes by a knock at the fire station door. Excited civilians tell the firefighter on house watch of a fire on the block…
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TRAINING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2000: A LOOK AT THE NOMINEES
The Training Achievement Award, given annually by Fire Engineering at the Fire Department Instructors Conference, recognizes individual and department training accomplishments that have had an…
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