FE Volume 170 Issue 3

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Throughout the country, fire departments respond to reports of stalled elevators with people trapped in them on a daily basis. Depending on department protocols, which unit responds to these calls may vary, or the incident may require a multicompany response.
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Company/Association News

Company/Association News

MICHAEL LLOYD was voted unanimously by the city council as the new chief of the York (NE) Fire Department (YFD). Lloyd takes over for former…
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Coming Events

Coming Events

conferences/exhibitions MARCH 20-22, F.I.E.R.O. Fire PPE Symposium. Raleigh, North Carolina. Sponsor: Fire Industry Equipment Resource Organization. Web site: http://www.fireppesymposium.com/. APRIL 4-5, Forging New Relationships: 29th…
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Products

KIMTEK® Corporation’s new web site, WWW.BRUSHTRUCKSKIDS.COM, is dedicated to the needs of firefighting agencies using pickups and flatbed trucks for off-road wildland firefighting. The new…
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Apparatus Deliveries

The Hidalgo County (NM) Fire Department needed a pumper/tanker quickly and found that the features on this MIDWEST FIRE TANKER demo met their needs, says…
Fire Apparatus

The FAST Board

The FAST (Firefighter Assistance Search Team) Board was built for one reason: to save the lives of fellow firefighters, specifically by removing a down firefighter…
Firefighting Equipment

Lost in the Fog of the Fireground

Don't let yourself get sidetracked at your next emergency. JOE PRONESTI
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FE Volume 170 Issue 3

Issues

Warwick (RI) Garden Apartment Response

In the fire service, we tend to focus on our mistakes and the things that went wrong. These can be important learning lessons, but we…
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Search and Rescue Above the Fire

On a floor above the fire's origin is the most hazardous place for searchers to operate. DANIEL STRATTON
Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

What Building and Fire Codes Tell Us

History shows people do not build with safety in mind. GREGORY HAVEL
Building ConstructionFire Safety

Rescue Tools: Extricating Demonstrators and Protestors

Most departments carry the necessary tools to defeat the devices protestors use. THOMAS F. KENNEY
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Firefighter Family Tragedy and Loss

03.01.2017
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Are We Truly Concerned About the Victim?

03.01.2017
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Tactical Ventilation: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Reality

03.01.2017
Firefighting

What Is the Best Promotional System?

03.01.2017
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Are You Ready to Perform Vent-Enter-Isolate-Search?

03.01.2017
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Maximizing Circular Saw Effectiveness in Forcible Entry Operations

03.01.2017
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

Full Contact Leadership: Righting a Wrong Morning

03.01.2017
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Proven Truck Tactics That Might Surprise You

03.01.2017
Fire Apparatus

The Best Tools for Breaching Bullet-Resistive Glass

03.01.2017
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Improving Response Procedures to Natural Gas Emergencies

03.01.2017
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Flashover! A Near Miss During a Vent-Enter-Search

03.01.2017
Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

Fire Engineering’s 140th Anniversary

03.01.2017
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