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FE Volume 153 Issue 4
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ANTIARSON EFFORTS
The United States Fire Admin-istration (USFA) has long maintained its commitment to combat arson. Our partnership with you in the fight has had a positive…
WORCESTER MEMORIAL SERVICE
On Friday, December 3, 1999, the Worcester (MA) Fire Department responded to a working fire in an abandoned five-story cold storage warehouse. During an attempt…
ROOF “SAFELY”
Last month, we left you atop the parapet (America's most weakly constructed wall) hoping that you didn't loosen a decorative stone so that it would…
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PARTNERING WITH BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
Local business and industry is an often-overlooked source of assistance that can provide specialized help. To benefit from these sources, you must understand what type…
Company Association News
TEMPEST TECHNOLOGY acquired the Port-A-Lite High Velocity Fan from ALLMAND BROTHERS, INC. Allmand acquired Port-A-Lite in 1998.
PRECONNECTS: the basics
In the not-too-distant past, the perpetual necessity to save time obliged the fire service to invent the preconnected hoseline. It was inevitable. The preconnect belongs…
Preplanning Building Hazards
This looks like an excellent exit, open to the atmosphere. However, it could collapse very early in the fire.
HOW TO AVOID FALSE READINGS AT THE PUMP PANEL
For fire departments to be effective today, they must employ both innovation and tradition. They must avail themselves of modern technology as well as innovative…
NEW CONSTRUCTION, OLD PROBLEMS
After 20-some years of studying and teach-ing how construction affects fire spread, structural integrity, and firefighter safety, I thought I had seen just about every…
EVALUATING AND SELECTING NEW APPARATUS
The department had not purchased a new apparatus for several years. The fire chief has now secured funds for a new pumper and has appointed…
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF YOUR SOLID STREAMS
Surprisingly, very little research has been conducted into the development of effective solid fire streams. With fire departments returning to the use of solid stream…
