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FE Volume 161 Issue 5
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Status Seizures: A BLS Approach
Seizures are one of the more common EMS dispatches. Although most patients stop seizing prior to the fire department’s arrival, some seizures continue after intervention.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES: TheAnchorage, KY Fire & EMS Department designed its FERRARA pumper
TheAnchorage (KY) Fire & EMS Department designed its FERRARA pumper with a short wheelbase and turning radius for negotiating narrow streets and long driveways, explains…
FIRE COMMENTARY
It seems every time a firefighting periodical is published, someone is writing about stopping firefighter fatalities.
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Technology Roundup: Maximizing Safety, Efficiency, and Interoperability
Trends in emergency services technologies that have emerged or have been continued over the past year reflect several major objectives.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
EDDIE BUCHANAN has been named president of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors, succeeding Chief Timothy E. Sendelbach, who served as president for the…
Training Bulletin: Critical Officer’s Tool
How do you train probationary firefighters, sharpen the skills of seasoned members, and pass on veteran firefighters’ knowledge and experience?
Through-the-Floor Rescue Using a Hoseline
You and your crew are the first engine company to arrive at a residential structure fire and find heavy smoke emanating from the front of…
Company / Association News
>> SPERIAN FIRE offers firefighters a chance to win $250,000, as well as a number of other prizes, by trying on their new Warrior SCBA…
Out-of-Air Emergency: Using Technology to Survive
The fire service MUST embrace current technology to help reduce firefighter injuries and deaths.
Timeless Tactical Truths
Early in my career, I developed the habit of writing notes on things I would see, comments I would hear, and thoughts I would have…
Manhattan Crane Collapse: First-Due Rescue Company Operations
This article focuses on initial rescue company operations at a collapse. This operation lasted several days and involved multiple agencies—no one unit conducted this entire…
Fire Strikes Las Vegas High-Rise
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Switching to the Tactical Channel
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Hiring Mistakes, Continued
05.01.2008
News in Brief
05.01.2008
Learning vs. Accountability
05.01.2008
