FE Volume 135 Issue 11

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SCHOOLS

SCHOOLS

Arizona Division of Emergency Services: Recruit Fire Training I, Dec. 3-5; Recruit Fire Training II, Dec. 3-5; Extrication, Dec. 4; Recruit Fire Training, Dec. 10-12. Contact Herb Huey, Office of the State Fire Marshal, 5636 E. McDowell, Phoenix, Ariz. 85008. Arkansas Fire Academy: ArkFIRS-Q.C., Dec. 11-12; Apparatus Operator, Dec 11-12;
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FE Volume 135 Issue 11

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ADD AN EMS SPECIALIST TO YOUR HAZ-MAT TEAM

Montgomery County, Md., has the potential for serious incidents involving many dangerous substances. Within the county, there are two interstate highways, a main line of the Chessie System Railroad, five major pipelines, two small plane airports, air traffic to and from nearby major airports, thousands of businesses selling or storing chemicals, and many medical and military facilities.
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POORLY PLANNED DISASTER DRILLS CRITICIZED AT EMS CONFERENCE

"Disaster drills and disaster plans are a disaster," says Alexander Butman, executive director of the Emergency Training Institute in Connecticut. Too many drills are conducted only once a year, according to Butman, yet they too often show inadequate preparation beforehand and inadequate evaluation afterward.
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BOOKS

BOOKS

TRENCH RESCUE, James B. Gargan; Robert J. Brady Co., Bowie, Md. 20715; 175pages, $17.95. How to undertake and achieve a successful trench rescue is detailed in this manual. It begins with preparation of a rescue system, and continues with assessment and response, hazard control, support operations, gaining access, emergency medical care, disentanglement, removal, transfer, and termination.
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FIRE ENGINEERING

November 1982 Volume 135 No. 11 Exhausted rescuers carry an injured man to safety See RESCUE/EMS, page 12. DEPARTMENTS 6 THE EDITOR’S OPINION Fire Administration funded Illusions can be fatal
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Apparatus Innovations And Deliveries

The Oceanside, N.Y., Fire District recently received this Emergency One 110-foot Stratospear. Built on a Hendrickson chassis with an allaluminum cab, a Detroit Diesel engine and Allison automatic transmission, the unit features an Onan generator, hose bed storage and full high-sides compartmentation. Circle No. 1 on Reader Service Card The Columbus, Ohio, Fire Department has recently purchased a 1500-gpm attack water tower from the Sutphen Towers Corporation.
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Illusions Can Be Fatal

We keep getting brochures announcing various escape devices that offer the purchaser the illusion of safety when fire occurs. They vary from filter masks to plastic envelopes you pull over your head to encapsulate ambient air (good or bad) to devices that will lower you from the umpty-ninth floor of a hotel. We won't waste your time talking about the inadequacy of these devices.
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CONSTRUCTION FEATURES CONTRIBUTE TO FIRE SPREAD IN OLD TENEMENTS

Ten engine companies and three ladder companies fought for seven hours to extinguish a blaze in three turn-of-the-century tenement buildings in Cincinnati last May 25. Two fire fighters were injured. One suffered smoke inhalation when forced to remove his SCBA facepiece due to an empty air cylinder while he was fighting fire on a roof.
Building ConstructionFire Safety

VOLUNTEER PARAMEDICS

The lengthy training at no pay made it especially difficult, but 10 members of the White Bear Lake, Minn., Volunteer Fire Department have become certified paramedics. And their record in the field continues to be a source of pride. "Even I was doubtful at first, and there were problems," admits White Bear Lake Fire Chief Cordon Vadnais.
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Staff

Staff

RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Editor JERRY W. LAUGHLIN Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor GRACE LESSNER Assistant Editor WILLIAM F. KNAB Art Director JoANNE HUGHES
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PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR THE EMS SUPERVISOR

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR THE EMS SUPERVISOR

The standard technique used by most EMS managers to select supervisors is to promote the best technician and pray. But being an expert doesn't guarantee being a good supervisor. Sometimes a person who is the best technician turns out to be a poor supervisor.
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TREETOP RESCUE

Technical Rescue

First Women Recruits In New York Fire Dept.

Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

How to Take a Charged Line Up a Ladder

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Fire Administration Funded; Clothing Test to Be Completed

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