FE Volume 146 Issue 3

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HOT TOPIC

Let’s begin this month's Hot Topic with the results of the June 1992 survey on burglar bars. Twenty people responded, with the following results: Do the existing model building and fire code provisions handle the issue of burglar bars adequately?
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE SAFETY PROGRAM

What does the word "safety" mean to you and the members of your department? Do you have a safety program in place? Do you practice proactive safety, or is safety an afterthought? We are living in an era of liability, litigation, and evergrowing and complex national, state, and local standards.
Fire Safety

STANDPIPE SYSTEMS

Standpipe systems recently have been the subject of much discussion and debate. At the heart of these deliberations are some philosophical issues concerning standpipe design and use. Let’s start with a refresher on standpipe systems.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

“BREAD AND BUTTER OPERATIONS: THE QUEEN ANNE, PART 1”

In the mid19th century, a new building technique was developed. It used twoby four-inch studs that ran continuously from the foundation to the roof; at intermediate floor levels, joists either were “hung” off of a “ribbon” or ledger board nailed to the studs, or the joists themselves were nailed to the studs.
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More FE Volume 146 Issue 3

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

RESPIRATORS CATALOG An assortment of respiratory products from Willson®, Glendale, North, Uvex, 3M, Scott, ProTech®, Survivair®, and AO® Safety are featured in Lab Safety Supply’s 1993 Winter/Spring General Catalog. MSA respirators make their first appearance in this catalog, as well.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

EMS POINTS TO PONDER

The EMS operations in these photographs offer a number of points to ponder. We'll give you a few, in no particular order of importance. Write to us with your own operational considerations of the scenarios depicted, and we'll publish them in a future issue. (Photo by Roger Courtney.) Bandaging skills are essential to quality emergency care. Too often hemorrhage continues because the bandaging technique distributes the pressure over the entire wound site rather than focusing on the bleeding source.
Fire EMSFirefighting

EXTRICATIONS FROM POWER TAKE-OFF SHAFTS

Power take-off shafts (PTOs) are common on a variety of agricultural and industrial implements. The most familiar location for a PTO is the area where the implement is attached to the farm tractor. The PTO tansfers the power of the tractor into the implement being driven. A very high degree of torque is needed to power most equipment, and therefore the speed of the shaft is generally great (540 to 1,000 rpm).
Technical RescueVehicle Extrication

CREDIBILITY

United States Senator Wendell Ford—one of the two or three most respected and powerful men in the Senate—listened to all of the experts who testified one winter afternoon. “I believe the fire marshal,” he said. And that was that.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

“BRAKE ADJUSTMENT, WITHIN AN INCH OF YOUR LIFE”

On May 10, 1990, a 1974 custom pumper responding to an emergency call ran off the road and hit a large tree when the driver lost control on a steep downgrade. The pavement was wet from a previous rain. The engine was carrying five career firefighters and 500 gallons of water. Two fire-fighters were fatally injured, one firefighter sustained moderate injuries, and the driver and remaining firefighter sustained minor injuries.
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

HIGH-RISE OPERATIONS: SURVIVING ABOVE THE FIRE

In my 30 years in the fire service, the One Meridian Plaza fire, which occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 23-24, 1991 (see “One Meridian Plaza Fire,” Fire Engineering, August 1991), was the most physically demanding and emotionally draining fireground I have ever been on.
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TRAINING AIDS

TRAINING AIDS

Media Resources Inc. has updated two video training programs, EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE PARTS 1 AND 2, to meet NFPA 1001, 1992 standards. Part 1 demonstrates how to conduct an initial survey, establish an often airway, perform rescue breathing, identify cardiac arrest, perform CPR, and control bleeding Part 2 deals with protection against bloodbome pathogens and how to handle shock, burns, fractures, poisoning and drug overdoses Contact: Media Resources Inc.; 2614 Fort Vancouver Way; Vancouver, WA 98661-3997; (800) 666-0106.
Fire EMSFirefighting

BAY AREA URBAN WILDFIRE TRAINING

In the aftermath of the Oakland Hills wildfire of 1991, many Bay area fire departments strengthened their wildland training programs to give their members more advanced exposure to wildland firefighting. Two key elements of preseason 1992 training included “Wildland '92,” the annual wildfire orientation drill coordinated by the California Department of Forestry (CDF) and a multicounty livefire burn exercise hosted by the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Fire Department.
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

Rescues from Windows

MagazineTechnical Rescue

COMPANY NEWS

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

A PHILOSOPHY OF TRAINING

Firefighter Training

REALISTIC TRAINING FOR LPG EMERGENCIES

Firefighter Training

CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #82: CYCLOPENTANE

HazmatTechnical Rescue

COMING EVENTS

Fire EMSFirefighting

PORTABLE LADDERS AND MORE

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

SELECTING LEADERS

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

NAMES IN THE NEWS

Fire PreventionFire Safety

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Firefighting Equipment

FIRE ENGINEERING

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

Fire Apparatus
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