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BABYSITTER EDUCATION COURSE

Many children within the heavily populated residential areas of the Frankfort (IL) Fire Protection District are without their parents for considerable periods of time, as the adults of many households travel from 18 to 40 miles to their jobs during the week and significant distances for an evening out on weekends.
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

FIRE IN THE HOLD SHIPBOARD DRILL

A shipboard fire presents a significant challenge to land-based firefighters who, realistically, cannot have intimate knowledge of every vessel visiting their jurisdiction. The Metro-Dade County (FI.) Fire Department has responsibility for marine fire protection at the Port of Miami and a large portion of the Miami River.
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

FIELD TRANSFERS: DRUMS

Field transfers of drummed materials are one of the most common mitigating procedures used in hazardous-materials response. The transfers generally involve the use of pumps, hoses, and a subassembly that extends to the bottom of one container or both containers. This part of the transfer system is referred to in industry as a dip tube. Dip tubes, which are used daily in plants throughout the chemical industry, occasionally are referred to as stingers by cleanup contractors.
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EXTRICATING THE BROTHERS IN BLUE

At some point in your career, especially if you are a member of a rescue company or an ambulance crew, you may be dispatched to the scene of an automobile accident involving a police vehicle. The accident may have occurred as a result of a high-speed pursuit or any of hundreds of other causes.
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FIRE AND RESCUE OPERATIONS AT CLANDESTINE DRUG LABS

An increasing danger for emergency responders is the illegal drug lab. Successful law enforcement efforts to reduce illegal drug traffic from other countries into the United States have prompted many drug merchants to attempt local production of illegal drugs.
Technical Rescue

HOW DO YOU VOTE?

Amidst the commotion of our presidential primaries, some members of the fire service are casting ballots of their own. At stake is a national consensus standard for on-scene minimum staffing levels—a proposed addition to NFPA 1500 requiring that both engine and truck companies assemble at least four personnel on the fireground prior to conducting interior firefighting operations The language of the proposed addition is in the box above.
Fire Apparatus
COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

APRIL 20-24—An ON-TARGET CERTIFIED FITNESS COORDINATOR WORKSHOP will be held at the Ohio Fire Academy in Renoldsburg. The workshop’s purpose is to train and certify fire department fitness coordinators. Contact: Randy Jewell, (800) 878-3466.
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OSHA’S FINAL WORD ON BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS

OSHA’S FINAL WORD ON BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS

On December 6, 1991. the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the final rule on the protection of workers from bloodborne pathogens. These regulations will have a dramatic impact on fire and rescue services nationwide.
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ADA: IMPLICATION FOR FIRE PROTECTION

ADA: IMPLICATION FOR FIRE PROTECTION

Almost all of the articles written about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that have appeared in fire protection publications have dealt solely with the act’s effect on employment practices.
Fire PreventionFire Safety

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Hurst Emergency Products offers a line of high-pressure airbags for emergency applications. Hurst Jaws of Life rescue bags are available in either Kevlar-reinforced or steelreinforced neoprene versions in seven sizes. The product line also includes three controllers and a hill complement of hoses and accessories
Firefighting Equipment

VESSEL CONSTRUCTION, VENTILATION, AND FIRE MAIN

Fighting a fire aboard a ship is akin to lighting a fire in a high-rise building in the respect that a fire officer must utilize construction features and internal systems to locate, reach, confine, extinguish, and ventilate a Fire. Construction may have to be used to protect occupants in areas of refuge, as it is practically impossible to completely evacuate everyone in a short period of time.
Building ConstructionFire Safety

DERAILMENT AT SEACLIFF

At 1205 hours on Sunday, July 28. 1991. Station 25 of the Ventura County (CA) Fire Protection District received an alarm for a railroad right-ofway fire adjacent to Pacific Coast Highway, two miles south of the station, just north of the quiet seacoast community of Scacliff.
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A CASE FOR AN EXTINGUISHER

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FIRE ENGINEERING

Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

Fire Apparatus

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #71: ISOPRENE

HazmatTechnical Rescue

NEWS IN BRIEF

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CISD: CRITICAL TO HEALTH AND SAFTY

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