SMALLPOX: SHOULD YOU BE VACCINATED?
President Bush, in his announcement on the national smallpox vaccination program on December 13, 2002, identified three phases for civilian vaccinations.
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Emergency One's new TITAN HPR (HIGH PERFORMANCE RESCUE) G-SERIES accelerates from 0 to 50 mph in less than 30 seconds and can carry approximately 3,200…
PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS
Find a mirror and look at it: Do you see a professional firefighter?
Recruit Training Academy From the Ground Up
One of the flagship programs of the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) is the Certified Firefighter II (National Fire Protection Association Fire Fighter…
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* CAMPUS FIREWATCH and the EMERGENCY FILM GROUP produced Graduation: Fatally Denied, a new campus fire safety videotape that presents a fatal fire as seen…
FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND RADIO COMMUNICATION
A very subtle change has occurred in the fire service over the past 30 or so years. I
Planning and Funding A NEW Training Facility
Start with the end in mind. That is a key point to keep in mind when planning for a new training facility.
WHEN TO “Sweat the Small Stuff”
How you react in the most extreme emergency will be a reflection of how you behave every day.
Built to Train: FDNY’s State-of-the-Art Facility
With a simple push of a button, fires were ignited and the new Fire Department of New York (FDNY) state-of-the-art burn building opened for training.…
USING PROPS, SIMULATORS, AND MOCKUPS FOR MORE REALISTIC TRAINING
I have OFTEN heard the fire SERVICE DESCRIBED as "150 years of history unimpeded by progress."
Quint Apparatus
There have been many "ad-vances" in the fire service over the past 50 years or so—some good and some not so good.
How to Become the Uniformed Intellectual
During my relatively short time here on earth (some 25 years), I have heard many axioms and clichés coined during conversation.
