FE Volume 153 Issue 7

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EARTHQUAKES: LESSONS FROM THE PAST, PART 2

EARTHQUAKES: LESSONS FROM THE PAST, PART 2

It takes constant effort to ensure that fire and rescue professionals are familiar with the dynamics of postearthquake structural collapse operations as well as the use of survivability profiles to determine where live, viable victims are likely to be found and to determine when it is appropriate to end search and rescue operations.
Structural CollapseTechnical Rescue
Company/Association News

Company/Association News

The first 50 BULLARD thermal imaging devices were distributed to New Jersey fire departments under a $7.5 million program intended to equip all the state's…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
MANAGING NATURAL GAS EMERGENCIES

MANAGING NATURAL GAS EMERGENCIES

Natural gas (NG) is one of the dominant energy sources in North America. Sixty million U.S. homes use NG for home and water heating, cooking,…
Firefighter Training
Roundtable – Rapid Intervention Teams

Roundtable – Rapid Intervention Teams

Different departments call a designated crew ready to act if a firefighter is lost, trapped, or injured by various names. In New York and in…
Firefighting

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NIOSH INSPECTION HELPS DEPARTMENT COMPLY WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS

NIOSH INSPECTION HELPS DEPARTMENT COMPLY WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS

In March, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) completed its preincident inspection of the City of Worthington (OH) Division of Fire and…
Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment
McNichols Arena Collapse Training: “The Real Thing”

McNichols Arena Collapse Training: “The Real Thing”

When members of the Denver (CO) Fire Department (DFD) first learned that the McNichols sports arena was going to be demolished, they immediately realized that…
Firefighter Training
The Safety Officer’s Perspective

The Safety Officer’s Perspective

It was 0900 hours on February 5, 2000. McNichols Sports Arena (located in Denver, Colorado) lay in ruins, presumably destroyed by some type of explosive…
Firefighter Training
RAPID INTERVENTION: EMERGENCY AIR SUPPLY

RAPID INTERVENTION: EMERGENCY AIR SUPPLY

You've responded as part of the rapid intervention team (RIT) on a number of working incidents over the past year. Is your attitude, "Nothing will…
Firefighting
News In Brief

News In Brief

On-duty firefighter fatalities for 1999 were 112, the highest annual U.S. firefighter death toll since 1989 (118), reports the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Twenty-one…
Firefighting
They Died For What?

They Died For What?

"It's a damn, crying shame." "They shouldn't have been in that building." "They died for what-a couple of vagrants who weren't even in there?"
Fire Service CareerFirefighter TrainingMagazine
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Since the Colombine High School tragedy, the Littleton (CO) Fire Department has seen an outpouring of positive and negative emotions in our community and nationwide.…
Firefighting
Apparatus Deliveries

Apparatus Deliveries

The Walled Lake (MI) Fire and Rescue Department protects residential and business occupancies and some light industries. Captain Matthew D. Salow, a full-time fire officer,…
Firefighting

AMBIENT AIR SUPPLY TO HIGH-RISE FIRES: UPDATE<sup>1</sup>

07.01.2000
Firefighting

RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

07.01.2000
Firefighting Equipment

Products/Services/Media

07.01.2000
FirefightingStructural Firefighting

THE SIGNS OF IMPENDING BUILDING COLLAPSE

07.01.2000
Firefighting

EYE and FACE safety:are your firefighters protected?

07.01.2000
Fire PreventionFire Safety

PAYING THE PIPER

07.01.2000
Firefighting

FE Volume 153 Issue 7

07.01.2000
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