Eight Years Later: Lessons from the Northridge Earthquake
On January 17, 1994, the Northridge earthquake took dozens of lives and caused massive damage. Writing in 2002, Larry Collins looks at lessons learned.
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FE Volume 155 Issue 4
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News In Brief
At a meeting with the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) Terrorism Committee at the White House in February, Tom Ridge, director of the U.S.…
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‘Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back’
If the deaths of 343 firefighters in high-rise collapses do not represent a huge health and safety issue, what does?
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Letters to the Editor
It is crucial that the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) open a third-party investigation of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster as soon as…
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Apparatus Deliveries
The Boeing Fire Department, in Mesa, Arizona, designed its EMERGENCY ONE aircraft crash unit for hot weather and to handle fires in commercial and military…
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VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLs: FUTURE labor POOL
It is 0800 hours. Captain Malarick begins to check out the SCBA while Lieutenant Lucas inspects the medical kit. Once the morning duties are completed…
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WTC: LIGHTWEIGHT STEEL AND HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS
My brain probably resembles a hard drive that is heavily loaded and has not been defragged. A number of people have said they'd like to…
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Names in the News
JAMES HOWELL, chief of the Lee County (FL) Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Department, has been appointed to the Florida Fire Chiefs' Association's Wildland…
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WOOD I-BEAMS + FIRE = DISASTER
The lack of integrity of the construction materials and methods used by today’s building industry creates hazards for firefighters. To make buildings more affordable, increasing…
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Products/Services/Media
RUBE?S RULES:A COLLECTION OF CASE STUDIES from Fire Engineering Books and Videos
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PREFIRE PLANNING AT MULTIBUILDING COMPLEXES
Engine 2, Engine 3, Engine 4, Ladder 1: Respond to an alarm at the Veterans Administration (VA) Center, Building #162, domiciliary on Maple Drive. Color…
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THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL THOUGHT PROCESS: THE STRUCTURE FIRE SIZE-UP
For years most of my efforts in training were devoted to getting the firefighter to adopt a habit of constantly thinking! The thinking firefighter is…
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