FE Volume 154 Issue 9

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News In Brief

News In Brief

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) has revised UL 199, Standard for Safety for Automatic Sprinklers for Fire Protection Service, to prohibit the use of O-ring water seal constructions in sprinklers after January 2003. The revision was published July 9.
Firefighting
Recruit training

Recruit training

It's ironic that this month's roundtable concerns recruit training. Since last month's issue, I have been reassigned as deputy chief of training and EMS. This is not an assignment unfamiliar to me
Firefighter Training
Carbon monoxide detection for engine companies

Carbon monoxide detection for engine companies

A gas detector is a "flashlight" that lets people "see" gases they would not normally be able to see. In recent years, the fire service has increasingly relied on engine companies to respond to carbon monoxide (CO) detection calls
Firefighting
Company Association News

Company Association News

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC., manufacturer of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Heartstream FR2 AED for use on children
Firefighting

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“MUTT OF THE YEAR” AWARDS

“MUTT OF THE YEAR” AWARDS

This award goes to the "school" that trained our arsonists to booby trap the fire escapes on the buildings they were planning to ignite.
Firefighting
Resolving conflict

Resolving conflict

The members of a fire depart-ment constitute a team of individuals who have come together for the common goals of protecting and serving the citizens. Despite the commonality of goals, however, conflict can arise in any organization
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Products/Services/Media

Products/Services/Media

Mifflin Valley Reflective Apparel's CATALOG includes reflective public safety clothing such as vests, fire coats, bunker pants, and jumpsuits. Badges, shoes, uniforms, and other emergency service items are also featured
Firefighting
Catastrophic hidden hazard

Catastrophic hidden hazard

Well, it's not really hidden, but it might as well be unless all your firefighters can recognize the hazard immediately and operate defensively.
Firefighting
Apparatus Deliveries

Apparatus Deliveries

Berwyn Heights (MD) Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad President James V. Ward says the department uses this SAULSBURY rescue truck for water and other rescue work and boat service in the area's lakes and streams
Technical RescueWater Rescue
Ladder bail

Ladder bail

Reading Tom Brennan's response to the Roundtable question on ladder bail out in the March issue was deja vu. Thanks-someone does know what is happening out there.
Firefighting
“Almost” is not good enough for sprinklers

“Almost” is not good enough for sprinklers

Hopefully in two years or so, fire protec-tion specialists and many others will breathe a collective sigh of relief as Central Sprinkler's rubber O-ring debacle comes to a close.
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems
Gasoline tanker fire threatens townhouses

Gasoline tanker fire threatens townhouses

On Tuesday, April 3, 2001, Eden Fire Company No. 1 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, encountered an incident personnel had feared would occur for more than a decade. A gasoline tanker overturned on a limited-access highway interchange ramp and burst into flames
Fire Apparatus

When to break the windows

Firefighting

Managing the probationary firefighter

Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Pneumatic struts as a raker shore system

Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

Protecting exposures

FirefightingMagazine

Low-tech teaching in a high-tech world

Firefighter Training

Effects of live fire training on recruits

Firefighting

Alternative sources of fire department funding

Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Training Officer 101

Firefighter Training

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