FE Volume 137 Issue 9

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Prevention Programs: Consider Your Audience

Death from fire incidents in resident rehabilitation centers and group homes are becoming a common occurrence nowadays. The reaction of persons with developmental disabilities seems to play an important role in the safe evacuation of this type of occupancy. That's why the Rehabilitation (ReHab) Center of the Olean, NY, Fire Department wanted the residents to be prepared to react in the event of such an emergency.
Fire PreventionFire Safety

Sometimes Minimum Safety Standards Aren’t Enough

"I don't think they have an awareness of what to do. They've been cared for all their lives. They look for someone to help them and there's no one there." These were the words of State Fire Marshal Joseph A. O'Keefe at the scene of a multiple life loss at a residential fire in Massachusetts last July. Most of us in the fire service would jump to the conclusion that such remarks would be made following a fire in which bodies of children who were left alone are removed from a burned-out structure.
Fire Safety

APPARATUS INNOVATIONS/DELIVERIES

APPARATUS INNOVATIONS/DELIVERIES DEPARTMENTS Circle no. 47 on Reader Service Card Circle no. 48 on Reader Service Card Circle no. 45 on Reader Service Card Circle…
Fire Apparatus
NEWS

NEWS

The Oregon Supreme Court has abolished a rule that barred firefighters and police officers injured in the course of duty from collecting damages for negligence, according to an article in The National Law Journal. The court's unanimous decision makes Oregon the first state to abolish the rule, and could increase pressure to abandon it in other states.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

The Dallas Fire Department is releasing a colorful growth chart emphasizing fire safety tips for children. The chart features a red-tipped match as the measuring stick for a child's height development up to five feet. A line at the top allows a child to individualize the chart with his name. Animal characters along the match "speak" fire safety reminders, and the bottom line reminds children of the emergency number to dial in case of fire.
Firefighting Equipment
COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

October 1-3, Managing Fire Safety in Health Care Facilities Workshop. Contact the National Fire Protection Assn., Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269. October 1-3, Aircraft Firefighting for the Structural Firefighter. Contact Robert Breckel, 231 S. McKenzie St., Adrian, MI 49221. October 4-6, Survival Fair.
FirefightingStructural Firefighting

Effective Use of Pumpers

Today, when fire departments purchase a new pumper, there is a tendency to increase the size of the pumping capacity and the water tank. Unfortunately, many departments do not change their mode of operation to make the most effective use of the new equipment.
Firefighting EquipmentHoselines

Void Spaces

Fire destroys a fully sprinklered dormitory. Thirty-nine die in a tenement house crushed by a brick wall blown down during an icehouse fire. An officer is killed in a backdraft explosion 1 1/2 hours into the fire. Guests in a high-rise hotel are threatening to jump—the hotel itself is not on fire.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Friday, May 11, 1984, will be entered in the books as another sad day in the history of fire safety. The tragic deaths of eight teenagers at the Great Adventure Haunted Castle, will place it among other unfortunate dates on which multiple deaths from fire occured in America.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Group homes repeat their tragic story

Shortly after 4 a.m. on July 4, 1984, an alarm was received by the Beverly, MA, Fire Department for a structural fire in a three-story balloon frame, stores/residence. The building, because of its construction and type of occupants, had been a major concern of fire officials for quite some time.
FirefightingStructural Firefighting
SCHOOLS

SCHOOLS

Colorado Training Institute, Commercial Vehicle/Cargo Tank Compliance/Inspection, October 3-7; Hazardous Material Awareness, October 16-18; Hazardous Material In-depth, October 17-28. Contact the Colorado Training Institute, 1001 E. 62nd Ave., Denver, CO 80216. Louisiana State University, Firefighter I, October 1-November 2; Industrial Fire School, October 9-11, SCBA I, October 13-14; Mini Fire School, October 19-21; Rescue I, October 22-26.
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FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

EDITORIAL 6 Minimum safety standards aren’t always enough. VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8 Effective Use of Pumpers TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10 Building Construction: Void Spaces DISPATCHES 46
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Staff

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Tandem Pumping

Firefighting EquipmentHoselines

THE LOCAL PHARMACY FIRE

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Delegation for Growth and Survival

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

The Model Incident Command System Series RESOURCE CAPABILITY

Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

Statewide Smoke Detector Blitz

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Testing High-Rise SOPs

Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

What Are You Shooting At?

Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

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