FIRE ENGINEERING
Improving public support for the fire service through EMS … See page 55
DEPARTMENTS
4 FROM THE PUBLISHER
Introducing our new editor
6 VOLUNTEERS CORNER
Four styles of command
8 ON HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS
Pipelines: potential for a major incident
10 EMS
For fire officers: shifting gears in EMS operations
12 DISPATCHES
Alabama, Virginia
57 BUYERS’ GUIDE
A listing of rescue and EMS equipment and manufacturers.
9 LETTERS 27 NEWS
62 EQUIPMENT DIGEST 27 SCHOOLS
66 ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
67 READER SERVICE CARD
November 1383
Volume 136 No. 11
RESCUE/EMS
14 LEO R. SCHWARTZ: THE ESSENCE OF EMS
The past chief of NHTSA’s EMS Division traces the history of EMS, from its roots in field intervention medicine to its present position after hardearned national public acceptance.
24 COMPETITION VS COOPERATION
Here’s how one district resolved the friction between its emergency services and produced more efficient response teams.
28 FARM MACHINERY EXTRICATION
Hydraulic rescue tools, sufficiently effective for motor vehicle accidents may prove totally ineffective for a farm machinery accident.
36 BRIDGE RESCUE—160 FEET OFF THE GROUND
Despite the lack of proper equipment, specialized training or a specific plan of action, past training and innovations enabled emergency personnel to successfully tackle a new situation.
40 PARAMEDIC ENGINES—A PROVEN PROGRAM
Paramedic units are providing effective mobile intensive care services, irregardless of jurisdictional boundaries.
52 PARAMEDICS/FIRE FIGHTERS AMBULANCE SERVICE
This combination ambulance service is proving an innovative and cost effective means of improving emergency services and public relations.
55 FIRE SERVICE GAINS PUBLIC SUPPORT VIA EMS
With increasing demands for good EMS systems, it may be beneficial for fire fighters to explore the benefits of getting involved in EMS.
TRAINING
16 CONFINED SPACE ENTRY—NEEDS MORE TRAINING
Unless proper safety precautions are exercised, the hazard potential in confined spaces is great. Background information and guidelines to develop a confined spaces training program is offered here.
39 AUDIOVISUAL TEAM FOCUSES ON BETTER TRAINING
The Newark, N.J., Fire Department is providing better training for its fire fighters by relying on the tools of modern technology.
FIRE REPORTS
30 LIGHTNING BOLT TRIGGERS MAJOR INCIDENT
A delayed alarm and automatic fire door failures contributed to a distribution center fire that took more than seven hours to bring under control.
ADMINISTRATION
44 MEMO: TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR
A reply to a city official’s memo to a fire chief (that ran in our August issue) gives the fire fighter’s side of added expenses, cliques, the annual bean supper, etc.
