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FE Volume 156 Issue 8
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Injuries prompt review of fireground operations
On December 17, 2001, at 02:46 hours, the Fairfax County (VA) Fire and Rescue Department responded to a reported fire on the third-floor balcony of a residential apartment building at 13849 Braddock Springs Road.
DOES A PROMOTION MEAN A TRANSFER?
I'll buy almost any procedure or process, once the logic behind it (if there is any) is explained to me, although I may not always agree with it.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A RAPID INTERVENTION OFFICER
During the past few years, a large amount of information on rapid intervention teams has been published: How do you establish a rapid intervention team (RIT)?
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READY! FIRE! AIM!
As fire chiefs, we are all faced with having to make some really tough decisions under some really difficult conditions.
Company / Association News
The FIRE DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTORS CONFERENCE was ranked 76th in a list of the 200 largest trade shows of 2002, according to Tradeshow Week, an industry magazine.
NEGLECTED RULES OF TACTICS
Every month we share some of my thoughts on this page. Most of the time we are positive and try to shoot the breeze about basics and, what's even more fun, variations to basics that are rarely considered.
Products/Services/Media
National Foam, part of the Kidde Fire Fighting organization, offers UL-approved CENTURION AR-AFFF and RESPONDER CLASS A FOAM CONCENTRATES, which are cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and efficient.
WHEN THE SMOKE IS GONE, WHAT WILL WE DO?
The fire service is getting favorable press as never before. A recent article I read alluded to this but, more importantly, stressed that we just can't ride this wave of popularity; it will simply drift away like smoke and dust in the wind.
A GREAT INNOVATION IN THE FIRE SERVICE
Many good answers were given to the question posed in the May 2003 Roundtable relative to the greatest innovation in the fire service.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The City of Kings Mountain (NC) Fire Department purchased its PIERCE quint to address the need for an aerial ladder to reach taller buildings being developed in the jurisdiction, explains Captain Bobby King.
Fire service “on the menu”
Congratulations to Bill Manning for his Editor's Opinion regarding the fire service being on the "menu" ("Fire Service on the Menu at DHS," May 2003).