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FE Volume 153 Issue 8

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Preconnects: Selecting the Right Hose for the Job

During the initial moments of a fire re-sponse, the engine company officer must make several speedy decisions that will have a significant effect on the outcome of the firefighting effort. Beginning with the receipt of the alarm, the officer must anticipate the approach patterns of the other responding engines and ladders and decide from which direction to respond into the scene, taking into consideration speed of response and apparatus placement.

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Fire Prevention Fire Safety

A Radical Approach To A Serious Problem

Letters to the Editor (Fire Engineering, June 2000) contains a lengthy letter from Jim Crawford, fire marshal of Portland, Oregon, explaining the NFPA consensus system…

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Firefighter Training

I SAY “TO BAIL”

"To Bail or Not To Bail?" was the question Bill Manning asked in his Editor's Opinion (Fire Engineering, April 2000). Bailing out always seems to…

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Firefighting

Coping With Layoffs

Human resources departments use dozens of clever acronyms to describe the layoff process. They include "rightsizing," "downsizing," "resource adjustments," and "workforce restructuring."

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Firefighting

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KME Fire Apparatus: Built on new Panther custom chassis. Standard features include tilt-cab chassis with 10-inch raised roof, driver's air seat with 911 SCBA for…

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Firefighter SCBA Firefighting Equipment

Creating a Value-Driven Organization

There are several ways to make qualitative distinctions between fire departments. One such distinction is whether a department is considered a rule-driven organization or a…

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Firefighting

HUMOR IN “THE BAG” (THE UNIFORM)

This has got to be the great-est job in the world! It is so rewarding, filled with so many potential friends, international transcendence, adventure, sorrow,…

6 min read

Firefighting

“Hired Guns”

Hired guns, ax men, snipers, and sharp-shooters. We've all heard the names they've been called, those people hired from outside the organization, usually for management…

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Firefighting

TRADITIONAL THINKING IN NONTRADITIONAL TIMES

"Tradition ... Tradition ... TRADITION ... TRADITION!" So starts an outstanding song from the musical "Fiddler on the Roof." For you Generation Xers, a musical…

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Firefighting

Standpipe Operations: Facts and Fiction

One of the challenges we face in the fire service is the consequences of new building construction throughout the United States. Much of this new…

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Firefighting

COMPANY ASSOCIATION NEWS

3M announced that it would be phasing out the manufacture of products based on perfluorooctanyl chemistry by the end of this year. This includes all…

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Fire Prevention Fire Safety

Creating Affordable Facilities for Haz-Mat Training

As all haz-mat trainers realize, training above the first responder awareness level requires hands-on training. Effective hands-on training requires facilities that allow trainees to safely…

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Firefighter Training