FE Volume 140 Issue 11

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Lessons Reinforced

Initial strategic and tactical decisions must be based on the data at hand and not on routine or guesswork. Rapid and correct size-up enables first-arriving companies to transmit the facts, call for assistance, and initiate an offensive attack. Proper protective clothing and equipment prevent firefighter injuries. The quick and aggressive interior attack that’s necessary when occupants are in danger is more likely to succeed if full protective equipment is donned as quickly as possible, perhaps before arrival at the scene.
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Nonfire Emergencies: Oil Burners and Electricity

In many of my columns, I've written about fires—how to control them, I how to vent them, and most important, how to return home from them safely. This month I'd like to take a realistic look at two nonfire emergencies the fire service is commonly called to— emergencies involving oil burners and electricity.
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There’s agreement, too, on firefighter memorials

There’s agreement, too, on firefighter memorials

Two U.S. representatives have worked out language concerning two memorials to fallen firefighters—one already built at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md., and another being planned for Colorado Springs, Co. For the second year in a row, Rep. Beverly Byron of Maryland had submitted a bill designating the bronze maltese cross at Emmitsburg as the national memorial to fallen firefighters.
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Ayes in Seattle

The plane banked sharply over the crater of Mt. St. Helens, setting the interest level for the next three days. Making its way farther westward, the craft drifted through mountain ridges and over an intricate, lush harbor into a beautiful metropolis. Touchdown, baggage claim, cab ride, and hotel check-in were the last of routine, I figured. I was participating in the second annual Women in Fire Suppression conference in Seattle. "Stand by for radical arguments, hate, and tension," I surmised.
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COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

November 16-19—CODE ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COURSE 44—ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT will be taught at the Academy of Fire Safety in Montour Falls, N.Y. The class will be conducted by the state Office of Fire Prevention and Control in conjunction with the academy's Codes Division. Contact the Academy of Fire Science, P.O. Box 811, Montour Falls, NY 14865-0811. December 28-31—The Maritime Administration will hold a fourday MERCHANT SEAMEN/TERMINAL OPERATORS COURSE in Swanton, Ohio.
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Civilian fire deaths declined in 1986, survey reports

Civilian fire deaths declined in 1986, survey reports

Civilian fire deaths and the number of fires were down approximately five percent last year, according to a national survey, keeping with a stagnant rate of decline during the past five years. Fire took the lives of 5,850 civilians last year, 5.4 percent fewer than in 1985, the National Fire Protection Association reports in its annual fire loss survey.
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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

PIG Pan, an absorbent 13-by-9 1/2-by-3inch pan, catches oil and other industrial fluids before they can drip to the floor. Each pan is made of a plastic base and filled with a highly absorbent material. Once fully saturated, the pans can be burned or discarded properly. Circle No. 4 on Reader Service Card
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Team Search

The heart of good firefighting is the basics, but sometimes the basics aren't enough. The basic search technique is effective in a bedroom community, where following the walls of a house will enable a firefighter to cover all floor areas and navigate the way to windows and doors when necessary.
Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations
Ford’s ambulance retrofit is taking longer than expected

Ford’s ambulance retrofit is taking longer than expected

The retrofitting of ambulances built on Ford Econoline E-350 chassis is stretching past its mid-September target date for completion. The recall probably won't be complete until the end of the year. Some dealers have been scheduling the work into the late winter and early spring, says James Bright, a spokesman for the Ford Motor Co.'s Parts and Service Division—and "that's not satisfactory."
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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

For the Cornish (N.H.) Fire Department, the May delivery of a Dingee Machine Co. pumper—its first new apparatus in two decades —came just in time. Two months later, the state closed a covered bridge which linked New Hampshire to Windsor, Vt., the primary responder to calls at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish. Now, Cornish has the first-call responsibility. Lieutenant Peter Burling cites several reasons why Cornish is pleased with its truck.
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Two words sum up my opinion of your August editorial, "Damned If You Say It, Damned If You Don't": Right on! Call me what you like, but please don't call me a dinosaur. I'm not extinct. I began professionally in the fire service in May 1954, and I've been progressively changing since then.
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Staff

Staff

250 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001—(212) 481-5771 Editor THOMAS F. BRENNAN Managing Editor GLORIA STURZENACKER Assistant Editor SHEILA SMITH
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Share the Lessons You’ve Learned!

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MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

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Patient Assessment

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Evaluate to Motivate

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NAMES IN THE NEWS

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Repetition and Exception

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Butadiene

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Textbook Style Tactics

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FIRE ENGINEERING

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New Roofs Over Old

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Lessons from School

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