APPARATUS DELIVERIES

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Thai Oil Company, Ltd. (Thaioil) is taking delivery of four NATIONAL FOAM, INC.
BUILDING MARKING SYSTEM: UPDATE

BUILDING MARKING SYSTEM: UPDATE

In my March 1997 column, I told the story of a three-firefighter fatality fire in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A key element in the disaster was the…
TURNING DATA INTO INFORMATION

TURNING DATA INTO INFORMATION

During the past year, there has been much discussion about data and the absence of it. I don't know that there is an absence of…
THE LAST OF A DYING BREED

THE LAST OF A DYING BREED

The romance of the Ameri-can firefighter goes back to this nation's colonial period. A man willing to take bold risks to save his neighbor's life…
NAMES IN THE NEWS

NAMES IN THE NEWS

Craig Shelley, chief of the Rutland (VT) Fire Department, has retired to accept a position as fire protection advisor with Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia,…
HEPATITIS C and the fire service part 2: MOUNTING AN OFFENSIVE

HEPATITIS C and the fire service part 2: MOUNTING AN OFFENSIVE

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, issued last July, has been making it more difficult for some firefighters and EMS workers who…
COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS

COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS

CAIRNS & BROTHER INC. announced the combination its CairnsVIPERT and Cairns-IRIST product lines into a new technology company called CAIRNS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.