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FE Volume 154 Issue 9

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Resolving conflict

The members of a fire depart-ment constitute a team of individuals who have come together for the common goals of protecting and serving the citizens. Despite the commonality of goals, however, conflict can arise in any organization

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Training Officer 101

Developing a training program is not an impossible task. Utilizing this basic four-step process will help you on the way to delivering a quality program…

Firefighter Training

Company Association News

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC., manufacturer of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Heartstream FR2 AED…

Firefighting

Alternative sources of fire department funding

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Assistance to Firefighters grant program (formerly the FIRE Act) has drawn fire departments around the country…

Fire Service Career Firefighter Training

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Carbon monoxide detection for engine companies

A gas detector is a "flashlight" that lets people "see" gases they would not normally be able to see. In recent years, the fire service…

Firefighting

Effects of live fire training on recruits

Firefighting is a physically and psychologically demanding profession and a potentially hazardous occupation

Firefighting

Recruit training

It's ironic that this month's roundtable concerns recruit training. Since last month's issue, I have been reassigned as deputy chief of training and EMS. This…

Firefighter Training

Low-tech teaching in a high-tech world

For the training officer to do a good job, three things are necessary: a true desire to convey information, the need to promote a successful…

Firefighter Training

Protecting exposures

Protecting exposures is second only to rescue in firefighting priorities

Firefighting Magazine

Pneumatic struts as a raker shore system

The pneumatic shore, although more expensive thaN the typical wood shore, can be a definite plus in an emergency rescue situation

Firefighter Tools Firefighting Equipment

Managing the probationary firefighter

Anything less than the department's total commitment to its recruits is irresponsible.

Fire Service Career Firefighter Training

When to break the windows

Creating an outlet so that high heat and toxic gases can rapidly escape also improves victims' survivability and can prevent dangerous flashovers and backdrafts.

Firefighting