FE Volume 131 Issue 11

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Fire Fighters Help Residents Place Smoke Detectors

Residents of Fairfax County, Va., can add smoke detector placement to the list of services provided by the fire department. Upon request from a resident, the nearest fire station will send fire fighters to a home and advise where the smoke detectors should be placed for the best protection.
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Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Schools and Seminars

Arkansas Fire Training Academy—Weekday Classes: Apparatus (Pump Op’s), Nov. 27-Dec. 1; EMT, Nov. 27; Basic Instructor, Dec. 4-8; EMT (con’td), Dec. 4; EMT (completion), Dec. 11. Pre-registration is required. For further information, contact the Arkansas Fire Training Academy, Southwest Technical Institute, P.O. Box 3048, East Camden, Ark. 71701.
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training
Manufacturers’ Literature

Manufacturers’ Literature

80 Spotlight—Able 2 Products Co. has a four-page brochure on its Sho-Me, 12-volt portable light which is available as a flashing light and spotlight. Six models are available. The brochure also includes a description of accessories.
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From the Publishers Desk

It is interesting to note that “some 34 percent of all Medic One (Seattle) cardiac responses are summoned by a bystander who has started CPR before the unit arrives.”
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

In response to Lauren Selden’s article “Civil Libertarian Questions Chief's Right to Ban Smoking” in the August issue of Fire Engineering, I would like to offer a counter argument in support of the City of Alexandria. As a condition of initial and continuing employment for newly hired fire fighters, the no smoking regulation need only be reasonable.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fire Equipment Digest

Fire Research Corporation has announced a smokehouse and rescue dummy that is water and rip resistant. Each dummy has a seven-piece, humanstyle body with free movements of the head, arms, legs and upper and lower torso.
Technical RescueWater Rescue
The Round Table

The Round Table

Terry L. Francis, Chief, Reiffton, Exeter Township, Pa.: With respect to improving life safety in the area of human behavior, our company during the last four years, has continued its annual Fire Prevention Week efforts in which we conduct evacuation drills at all school buildings within our service area.
Fire PreventionFire Safety

Aggressive Fire Fighting Demands Attention to Safety

When statistics show that fire fighters have the highest death rate of any occupation in the nation and an equally serious injury rate, the need for greater attention to safety in the fire service should be obvious. If other hazardous occupations can reduce their death and injury rates, why can’t the fire service?
Fire Safety

Milwaukee County Plan For Paramedic Service Tailored to 19 Communities

Whether or not the work of Squad 51 on TV’s “Emergency” show is always true to life, it’s a fact that fire department emergency medical services are setting impressive records. In Seattle, 804 lives were saved in seven years of paramedic operation. More than half of them were long-term survivors.
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Memorial Sunday in ’79

Memorial Sunday in ’79

Sometimes when you are late enough, you become early for the next show, and that’s what happened to Congress when it designated October 7, 1979, as Fire Fighters Memorial Sunday. Final action on the joint resolution in the Senate came on October 4—a little late for meaningful October 8 of this year as Memorial Sunday.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

District Physician Control Enlarges Responsibility of Seattle Paramedics

On March 9th of this year, the Seattle Fire Department’s advanced life support system started its ninth year of operation in rather routine fashion. During the 24-hour period, there were 67 calls for emergency medical assistance which involved 106 pieces of fire equipment.
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JAMES F. CASEY Editor RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor BARBARA VOLLWEILER Assistant Editor
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Starting EMS Training in Halifax

Fire EMSFirefighting

Civilians Replace Fire Fighter EMTs

Fire EMSFirefighting

5000 PSI Air Supply Truck in Miami

Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

12-Hour Rescue Course Developed To Fill Needs of 57 Squads in County

Technical RescueVehicle Extrication

Fire Academy Catches Criticism

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Disaster Drill Conducted at Hotel

Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

L.A. Fire Fighters Awarded Master’s Degrees

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Buff Club Canteens Are Responding More Frequently

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Home Fire Safety Survey Tested with CETA Funds

Fire Safety

EMS Growth in Montgomery County

Fire EMSFirefighting

Listening Is a Skill Requiring Preparation

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Legion Auxiliary Donates MAST Suit to Paramedics

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