Home / FE Volume 160 Issue 6

FE Volume 160 Issue 6

The Latest

Apparatus Deliveries

The Western Salisbury (PA) Volunteer Fire Department purchased this AMERICAN LaFRANCE quint equipped with an aerial ladder to keep the vehicle length short and to complement two platforms used for mutual aid, according to Chief Steve Schneider; the unit is first out on most calls.

11 min read

Fire Apparatus

NEWS IN BRIEF

Attendance at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC), held in Indianapolis in April, reached an all-time high this year, hitting 27,468.

20 min read

Firefighting

Stand Down With Pride

There is nothing worse than a wasted opportunity. From June 17-23, we are going to once again stand down for safety-a very righteous cause, and…

5 min read

Firefighting Magazine

NFPA Combines Pump Testing, Aerial Testing, and Maintenance into One Standard

The 2007 edition of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1911, Standard for the Inspection, Maintenance, Testing and Retirement of In-Service Automotive Fire Apparatus, is a…

8 min read

Aerial Apparatus Fire Apparatus

More FE Volume 160 Issue 6

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I read with intrigue “Partnerships Help Create Joint Training/Prevention Facility” by Nyle Zikmund (Volunteers Corner, March 2007).

17 min read

Firefighting

FDIC 2007: Apparatus Exhibits Do Not Disappoint!

The Fire Department Instructors Conference is typically the place where apparatus and equipment manufacturers showcase their new products and, once again, FDIC 2007 did not…

13 min read

FDIC Coverage

Co-Responding in the United Kingdom

Co-responding is the name given to the fire and rescue service response to medical emergencies in the United Kingdom (UK).

7 min read

Fire EMS Firefighting

A Closer Look at a New Chassis

The first thing that you notice is a “different” look: the black and silver color scheme; “pug nose”; wide, flat windshield; round headlights; and long,…

10 min read

Firefighting Equipment

Are You “Tough Enough” for Customer Service?

I once copresented a “Behavioral Fatalities” workshop for the Fire Department Instructors Conference.

9 min read

Firefighting

What’s Causing All the Tanker Rollovers?

What’s causing all the tanker roll-overs?” Battalion Chief Rick Fritz, an old friend and colleague from the High Point (NC) Fire Department, asked me after…

33 min read

Firefighting Equipment

Honoring Our Own

We firefighters are constantly training to improve our capabilities and discussing strategies and tactics to find the safest and most practical firefighting methods.

4 min read

Firefighting