News in Brief
It is time to act to control the devastation caused by wildfires, was the consensus among fire chiefs from across the nation who met at Wildfire Summit 2004.
FE Volume 157 Issue 3
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SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
Training must be the backbone of any fire department (and firefighter for that matter). Whether we like it or not, there is a direct relationship between how good we are at putting out fires and what we do on the fire training ground.
CARBON MONIXIDE: AN INSIDIOUS MENACE
Like most fire departments, Philadelphia faces many challenges in providing fire protection, emergency medical services, and technical rescue services.
The Spanner Belt
There is nothing new in the fire service. Firefighters with time "on the job" have seen tools and equipment go out of style, only to return as "new equipment" years later.
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Company / Association News
(IAFC) has developed "Model Procedures for Responding to a Package with Suspicion of a Biological Threat."
Preplanning Building Hazards
This church was pictured on page 72 of the first edition of BCFS to illustrate the hazard shingle roofs present to the neighborhood.
STOP COMPLAINING AND START LEADING
It could be argued that the fire service today is facing issues that are more challenging and complex than at any time in the past.
Safety Uncomplicated
Oh, no! Not another treatise on boring, old safety! Well, let's see just how boring it is. We start with a couple of points about the "job" as it relates to firefighting.
Products/Services/Media
Task Force Tips, Inc. introduces its newly redesigned 50- TO 350-GPM AUTOMATIC HANDLINE NOZZLES.
Preplanning MVAs
Every day, most fire compa- nies complete some kind of preplans of target hazards in their jurisdictions.
“It’s Just What We Do”
We left our department headquarters in New Jersey and headed south on the Garden State Parkway in a driving rainstorm on December 11, 2003.
“DO WE REALLY NEED TO DO THAT EVERY TIME?”
Ponder the question "Do we really need to do that every time?" as it relates to your daily operations.