FE Volume 147 Issue 7

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PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

A folding portable light from Churchville Safe-T-Light features a choice of lampheads (300-1,500 watt), a 67-inch Stamina’ wood handle, friction-controlled tilting, compact folding storage, a large flat base for stability, standard tripod adapter rails, and optional one-piece vinyl storage brackets.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

OSHA REFORM: A DANGEROUS BUSINESS FOR THE AMERICAN FIRE SERVICE?

Currently under consideration by the 103rd Congress are several bills that would reform or modify the federal OSHA program and subsequently state-plan OSHA states. Some of these bills could result in a substantial regulatory and financial impact on municipal fire department personnel and management officials from the company officer level through that of fire chief.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

ON THE TOOLS AGAIN

We're still talking about basic hand tool uses for truck functions. Last month we were in the middle (near the end) of hook (pike pole) tactics. We talked about pulling different types of ceiling material. But where do you pull? In high-rise office buildings, open a small area into the plenum as soon as you leave the elevator lobby.
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

“TEACHING THE FIRE FORCE TWENTYSOMETHINGS, PART 1”

I thought the lieutenant’s head would explode. The first day of recruit school was done. The recruits had just received the lieutenant's "follow the rules and regulations" presentation, a line-by-line reading of the recruit school conduct manual. Three times the recruits were told that the only excuse for time lost while in school was a severe emergency.
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

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TRAINING AIDS

TRAINING AIDS

North Safety Equipment has available a training video, IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS TO LIFE OR HEALTH, designed to educate the end-user of the company’s 800 Series™ self-contained breathing apparatus. The video is narrated by a North Safety Equipment spokesperson who explains, in layperson's terms, the operation and features of both SCBA and supplied-air respirators.
Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

PLANNING THE USE OF PRIVATE FIRE

A target hazard occupancy generally has a potential for a large life or substantial property loss if a fire occurs. Hospital, schools, and geriatric facilities are considered target hazards as are large manufacturing or warehouse installations. A target hazard is not judged on size alone; a small high-technology site could sustain a large dollar loss.
Firefighting Equipment
NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

I firmly believe that virtually all of the products sold to the fire service are good, reliable products sold by reputable firms. The market itself demands no less. We are comfortable with the traditional and are skeptical of the new, and the grapevine is very fast—particularly when a new product fails in the line of duty. Manufacturers have succeeded in this market by producing quality products, submitting them to departments for testing and evaluation in the field as well as to third-party testing facilities to obtain NFPA, UL, DOT, OSHA, etc. approval/certification.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
MANUFACTURES’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURES’ LITERATURE

A flyer from Cummins Engine Co., Inc., highlights the advantages of using Cummins power for fire pump applications. Cummins' power range for fire pump applications includes the B, C, and NT series of engines, which have ratings from 110 to 481 hp.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

THE ROLE OF THE BOOSTER TANK IN STRUCTURAL FIRE ATTACK

You are a newly promoted lieutenant of an engine company that has just been dispatched to a reported house fire. The unfamiliar name of the street on which the fire is reported leads you to suspect that it must be in one of those new housing developments on the outskirts of town.
Fire AttackFirefighting

EMS OPERATIONS ON THE FIREGROUND

Emergency medical services are included as a routine element of most dispatch assignments for fire responses. Unfortunately, most fireground operational plans relegate the EMS crews to “standing by” in case of civilian or firefighter injury. This is a waste of an important fireground resource and overlooks the need to address an important firefighter safety and health issue.
Fire EMSFirefighting

CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #96: DIMETHYLAMINE

Dimethylamine is a flammable, toxic, corrosive, irritating, colorless, foul, fishysmelling gas that usually is shipped as a liquid under its own pressure. At concentrations above 100 ppm (parts per million of air), the substance’s odor changes from fishy to ammonia-like.
HazmatTechnical Rescue
COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

JULY 12-13—Oregon City, Oregon, is the site of RESIDENTIAL SPRINKLERS: EVOLUTION, APPLICATION AND STRATEGIES FOR ADOPTION, sponsored by the United States Fire Administration and conducted on its behalf by the International Association of Fire Chiefs/Operation Life Safety Program with assistance from the National Fire Sprinkler Association and the National Fire Protection Association.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

NEWS IN BRIEF

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

NFPA 1999: SEVERAL PERSPECTIVES

Fire EMSFirefighting

COLLAPSE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS: TACTICS AND PROCEDURES

Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

FIRE ENGINEERING

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

Fire Apparatus

THE RYAN WHITE CARE ACT: IMPACT ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYEES

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

FIRE SERVICE EMS: THE CHALLENGE AND THE PROMISE

Fire EMSFirefighting

THE BATTLE FOR FUNDING

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

HOW DO WE TREAT OUR HEROES?

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

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