FIRE ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL 6
“Oh! er. Electrical”
VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8
Unsupported vs. supported supply lines
TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10
Training—do you have classes or programs?
DISPATCHES 16
PASS device now worn in NYC FEMA’s fire prevention program Fire marshals convene NETC West is under construction Water flow test kit UL classified New developments in sprinkler research
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 13
TRAINING AIDS 99
EQUIPMENT DIGEST 100
COMPANY NEWS 108
APPARATUS 110
INNOVATIONS/DELIVERIES
COURSES/COMING EVENTS 111
CLASSIFIEDS 113
READER SERVICE CARD 115
FEATURES
DISASTER TRAINING 20
Leaving the disaster at the disaster site is the goal of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department’s multi-casualty training drills.
BY LEONARD S. MURRY
PRODUCTIVITY: THE TOTAL COST APPROACH 25
Just as the survival of the community depends on the fire department’s services, so does the survival of some fire departments depend on the ability to measure their productivity.
BY WILLIAM SHOULDIS
BEWARE THE TRUSS 30
The whole interior fire suppression environment is changing—with potentially disastrous consequences.
BY FRANCIS L. BRANNIGAN
TRAIN FOR LEADERSHIP 43
The transition from firefighter to first-line fire officer is not made overnight, it takes training and preparation. BY SALVATORE J. SANSONE
PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT 48
The pros and cons of instituting participative management in the fire service.
BY MIKE VENTIMIGLIA
THE ORGANIZATION 52
An unhealthy competition and inflated self image has no place on the fireground.
BY HUGH J. CAULFIELD
THE CORNER SERVICE STATION 62
The local neighborhood gasoline station must be seen for what it really is—a potentially threatening operation.
BY GREG TSIBULSKY
MULTI-CASUALTY INCIDENTS 66
Train to manage multi-casualty incidents, not just survive them.
BY JACK A. BENNETT
ADDRESS PROPANE PROBLEMS IN TRAINING 70
The unique problems to be faced at a propane incident are discussed in this article.
BY WILLIAM C. WARREN
WHO NEEDS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TEAMS? 74
Poor planning, coordination, and funding of hazardous material teams can be as dangerous as the incident itself.
BY BILL WALTERS
MODEL INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM 77
This twelfth article on the National Fire Academy’s model incident command system addresses dividing the incident scene into manageable sections to keep the fireground from becoming a hotbed of confusion.
BY BURTON W. PHELPS and EDWARD J. MCDONALD
AN INTERNATIONAL VIEW OF FIRE PREVENTION 84
As opposed to the United States’ largely indifferent attitude toward fire prevention, fire safety is a way of life in the Pacific.
STAFF REPORT
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