FE Volume 161 Issue 1

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Building Construction: Lightweight Steel Framing

Building Construction: Lightweight Steel Framing

When a building with the low cost of a wood-frame structure and the characteristics of a Type II (noncombustible) building is needed, today’s solution often is a building framed of steel studs.
18 min read
Building ConstructionFire Safety
Passport to Train

Passport to Train

As head of the training Division for the Bloomington (IN) Fire Department for the past five years, I have wrestled with the responsibility of how…
9 min read
Firefighter Training
NEWS IN BRIEF

NEWS IN BRIEF

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) has signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration…
14 min read
Fire PreventionFire Safety
Parachutes in Helicopters

Parachutes in Helicopters

When you receive a safety briefing on a helicopter, the briefing starts with “When the helicopter crashes,” not “if” it crashes, not “in case” it…
5 min read
FirefightingMagazine

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Protecting Animal Housing Facilities

Protecting Animal Housing Facilities

Concern for animal wel-fare has increased in recent years. The push for adopting and enforcing regulations from animal welfare organizations and the public has resulted…
7 min read
Fire PreventionFire Safety
Fire Safety Education from the Ground Up

Fire Safety Education from the Ground Up

Many fire departments have excellent fire and life safety education programs. However, there is always room for improvement.
6 min read
Fire PreventionFire Safety
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

In “Operating Elevator Cars During a Building Fire” (September 2007), Chiefs Theodore Jarboe and John O’Donoghue highlight several noteworthy considerations regarding the use of elevators.
4 min read
Fire PreventionFire Safety
Get Involved in the Code Development Process

Get Involved in the Code Development Process

As firefighters, we tend to bury ourselves in the performance aspects of our jobs.
17 min read
Firefighting
Daskal firefighter EMS

Riding Positions for Fire-Based EMS

The concept of riding positions and tool assignments is nothing new to the fire service. Barry Daskal applies it to fire-based EMS.
10 min read
Fire EMSFirefightingMagazine
APPARATUS DELIVERIES: The Anderson, AK Fire Department protects a very rural area

APPARATUS DELIVERIES: The Anderson, AK Fire Department protects a very rural area

The Anderson (AK) Fire Department protects a very rural area with only one static water supply.
5 min read
Fire Apparatus
Senior living facility fires

Fire Operations at Senior Living Facilities

The United States Census Bureau reports that there were 36.8 million people 65 years of age and older in the United States as of July…
12 min read
Firefighter TrainingMagazineSearch Operations
NAMES IN THE NEWS

NAMES IN THE NEWS

DAVID DALRYMPLE received the 2007 Harvey Grant Excellence in Rescue Award from FireRescue magazine for his work in vehicle extrication and education.
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Technical RescueVehicle Extrication

Slip, Trip, and Fall Injuries on the Fireground: Are We Walking on the Problem?

01.01.2008
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Fire AttackFirefighting

Harmony in the Firehouse

01.01.2008
10 min read
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Hybrid School Buses: Response Considerations

01.01.2008
8 min read
Technical RescueVehicle Extrication

COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS

01.01.2008
4 min read
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Managing Manhole Fires

01.01.2008
16 min read
FirefightingMagazine

Tactics Coloring Book, Part 2

01.01.2008
6 min read
Firefighting

Biotechnology Facilities Responses: Are You Prepared?

01.01.2008
8 min read
Firefighting Equipment

Operations in Sprinklered Buildings

01.01.2008
34 min read
Building ConstructionFire SafetyMagazine

Cold Weather EMS Operations

01.01.2008
11 min read
Fire EMSFirefighting

Halon Replacement: Water Mist Fire Extinguishing Systems

01.01.2008
19 min read
Fire PreventionFire Safety

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