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FE Volume 154 Issue 2

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QUESTIONING A JUVENILE? PROCEED WITH CAUTION!

Are you questioning a juvenile in relation to a fire? Is he in custody, necessitating Miranda warnings, or are you gathering information from a fact witness? A recent court decision discusses the potential risks presented when interviewing juveniles.

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Firefighter Training

FOUR-LEVEL TRAINING TOWER

Our four-level firefighter training tower design is based on a two-story training prop featured in Fire Engineering (Training Notebook, "Saving Our Own: Designing a Firefighter…

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Firefighting

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Here we go again with these "bailing out" headfirst ladder slides. In the October 2000 issue ("The Headfirst Ladder Slide: Three Methods" by Rick Lasky;…

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Firefighting

CAMPUS FIRES: TACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Fires at institutions of higher learning have been claiming the lives of students living in on- and off-campus housing throughout the country for decades, and…

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Firefighter Training

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Chinchilla Hose Company in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania designed its SAULSBURY rescue pumper primarily for rescue.

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Fire Apparatus

THE FEDERAL GRANT PROCESS

At the many conferences and association meetings I attend, I am often asked about the federal grant process and how it works. These inquiries are…

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Fire Service Career Firefighter Training

DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A MENTOR PROGRAM

Many of our well-seasoned veterans are reaching the time of retirement, having had a 25- to 30-year career. A number of them have prior trade…

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Fire Service Career Firefighter Training

PRODUCTS/SERVICES/MEDIA

Firenuggets: Internet magazine features fire service authors from New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Buffalo, San Jose, Denver, Yonkers, and other urban fire departments, volunteer…

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Firefighting

THE DANGERS OF CARBON MONOXIDE AT THE “ROUTINE FIRE”

Firefighters are well aware that smoke is the deadliest hazard at fires and that carbon monoxide (CO) is the deadliest component of smoke. In recent…

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Firefighting

AND WHEN DO YOU …?

Here are some more tactics that are "questioned" on the fireground. Most are simple operations that should be foremost in the gray matter under the…

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Firefighting

MANAGING A TRAINING PROGRAM FROM THE GROUND UP

Welcome to Mission Im-possible. Your mission, since you have chosen to accept it, is to run your fire department's training bureau effectively. Good luck!

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Firefighter Training