FE Volume 142 Issue 4

Literature on Scott Engineering’s Turbo Fog thermal-aerosol smoke generator is available from the company. The literature provides specifications on smoke volume capacity; smoke discharge velocity; smoke particle size; smokeagent cartridge size, and fuel tank capacity.

THE VALUE OF vertical ventilation—as soon as possible at most structure fires—is well-known. The hows, whys, whens, and whos are a matter of department policy based on experience, training, and preplanning. However, there are many injuries directly and indirectly related to roof operations.

This perhaps oversimplified and abused statement should be kept in mind anytime statistics are presented to shape an opinion, support an argument, or influence a decision. It’s especially true when studying annual injury reports from our national fire service. A little interpolation will give a more significant impact. For years, records of injuries sustained by our firefighters have capped at slightly over 100, 000 each year.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has updated its RESOURCE KIT FOR EMT INSTRUCTORS. Designed by EMS educators, the kit provides an overall teaching plan and materials to enhance lectures and presentations. It contains an instructor’s guide, overhead transparencies, 35mm slides, student handouts, updated lists of selected readings and EMS organizations and products, and a bank of questions that directly correlate with the chapters of the fourth edition of the AAOS emergency care text.