News In Brief
As of October 30 (Round 20 of awards), more than 5,200 fire departments received more than $367 million in 2003 Assistance to Firefighter Grants.
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FE Volume 156 Issue 12
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THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
Today on a national radio station, a reporter interviewed a woman from Southern California whose home had been spared in the October-November wildfire disasters, yet…
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Letters to the Editor
I recently read the article "Mayday Training" by Michael Nasta (Training Notebook, August 2003).
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APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Oakland Township (MI) Fire Department placed in service three pumpers and one pumper/tanker, all built by MARION BODY.
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THE CHICAGO TRAGEDY
Six persons died in a Chic-ago high-rise county administration office building on October 17.
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THE WAR ON TERRORISM, 29 YEARS LATER
For a vast majority of the American population, the war on terrorism began with the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
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Names in the News
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) has named U.S. Fire Administrator and Director of Preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) R. DAVID…
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LESSONS LEARNED: VETERINARY CLINIC FIRE
On July 9, 2003, at 1041 hours, Evesham (NJ) Fire-Rescue responded to a structure fire at the Evesham Veterinary Clinic, which would turn out to…
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Products/Services/Media
Hale Products, Inc. introduces the STAINLESS MAX REAR MOUNT PUMP (SMR), the first all-stainless-steel pump package available to the fire industry.
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More Simple Stuff
This month, HERE are more simple thoughts about structure firefighting from which you can spin off all the regular, routine, standardized evolutions and tactical operations…
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Rapid Intervention Isn’t Rapid
The reasons firefighters are dying during structural firefighting operations have not changed much over the past 250 years of the American fire service.
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“I’M A VOLUNTEER; YOU CAN’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO”
"I'm a volunteer; you can't tell me what to do." Have you ever heard this come from the mouth of someone in your volunteer fire…
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