Little Drops of Water: 50 Years Later, Part 2
The second part of Andy Fredericks's long-sought-after engine company operations article.
FE Volume 153 Issue 3
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I am concerned that many rural volunteer departments tend to ignore Occupational Safety and Health Administration, National Fire Protection Association, and other related regulations and standards.
First Due!
The alarm comes by a knock at the fire station door. Excited civilians tell the firefighter on house watch of a fire on the block behind the fire station.
From the NFAAA
A NATIONAL TREASURE
I started writing this article in my dormitory room, Building "C," at the National Fire Academy (NFA) on December 14, 1999. I get inspired when I'm there and found it only fitting to start to put my thoughts on paper while at the NFA.
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ESTABLISHING OFFICER CREDIBILITY
One of the ongoing strug-gles within the volunteer fire service is establishing the credibility of its officers among other volunteers; paid firefighters; and, at times, the community.
COMPANYASSOCIATION NEWS
LAERDAL MEDICAL CORPORATION has acquired MEDICAL PLASTICS LABORATORY, (MPL) INC. Laerdal manufactures basic and advanced life support training products and emergency medical equipment. MPL makes three-dimensional models for anatomical study and medical education training.
SYNERGISTIC SAFETY STUFF
For the past few months, we have been concentrating on truck position at combustible structure fires.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
JOHN M. MALECKY was promoted to the rank of battalion chief with the Bayonne (NJ) Fire Department. He has been writing the Apparatus Deliveries column for Fire Engineering since 1984.
THE FINAL FRONTIER
"What? How many a-larms?" asked Fire Marshal George Earnest as he walked into his office. He made himself a cup of coffee, a necessary evil to get him going so early in the morning.
THE TEAM CHALLENGE
Since October 1997, when a meeting took place among the United States Fire Administration (USFA) staff to discuss organization concerns relating to core mission issues, things have been happening at the USFA.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Emergency Medical ServiceS! These three words have changed the face of many "fire" departments across the United States over the past 50 years.
PREPARING RECRUITS FOR SERVICE
The fire service offers us many avenues to express our professional energies.