Killing firefighters with “Business as usual”
Six weeks after the September 11 murders, the incessant talk of getting back to "business as usual" is beyond fantasy.
FE Volume 154 Issue 11
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Digital vs. Analog Radio Systems
Communications for the Toledo (OH) Fire and Rescue De-partment have been part of my responsibilities for more than four years
September 11 Company Donations
The following is a list of some of the manufacturers, suppliers, and others who contributed equipment, personnel, or other assistance to the rescue/recovery efforts at the sites of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Some of those listed set up funds to benefit families of victims.
Driver entrapped in tractor-trailer
On January 29, 2001, at 0942 hours, the Elmsford (NY) Fire Department was dispatched to the intersection of Routes 287 and 87 for a reported overturned tractor-trailer truck with entrapment.
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Hurst Jaws of Life® introduces CENTAUR RESCUE TOOLS, a new line of extrication tools designed to work at higher psi and with mineral oil systems
Tragedy at the Towers
The three of us were supposed to be in Dallas, Texas: the old-timer, me; my retired-too-young, dynamo friend, Den, from FDNY's Rescue 1; and "Mojica," a lieutenant presently assigned to Rescue 1 who was my newest friend from the last fringes of my career as he was just starting his
Laminated Beams and Arches
Fairfax County, Virginia, had a fire that started on a rear deck of a townhouse and communicated to exposures on both sides.
Apparatus Deliveries
The Squankum Fire Company in Howell Township, New Jersey, purchased this SEAGRAVE "Mean Stick" quint, the company's first aerial apparatus
Organophosphate Pesticide Exposures
You arrive on scene to find a 38-year-old female complaining of mild abdominal pain. She states that she vomited several times, starting 45 minutes after eating a cheeseburger at a local restaurant
September 11 tragedy
Has there ever been a time when so many firefighters were lost? There probably has been: Dresden, Germany; the sacking of Rome; or maybe the first day the chief said, "Just put on this new self-contained breathing device and you can spend 30 minutes inside the fire."
Public Education: Its time has come, again!
It's time to get down to the real root cause of fire in America. The United States has the worst civilian fire death record of all industrialized nations despite technological improvements in protective gear and equipment and progress in code development
Getting Better, Not Bitter
Though the horror of the past weeks is still unthinkable, now is the time for firefighters to accept responsibility for the call to action placed on us by the sacrifice of our brothers and sisters from the New York City area