PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP: THE LOVE FOR THE JOB THE FIREFIGHTER
What's amazing about the fire service is that when you look around, you see about the widest variety of people imaginable.
FE Volume 157 Issue 6
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FROM INANE TO INSANE, COAST TO COAST
The wildfire season has begun in the western United States, and it's evident that at least one of the critical lessons from last year's catastrophic fires in the Southern California wildland-interface has yet to be learned, or employed.
RAPID INTERVENTION TEAMS
Rapid intervention teams (RIT), rapid intervention companies (RIC), firefighter assist and search teams (FAST), or whatever you call them—all serve the same purpose.
RECOIL LED TECHNOLOGY ™ FOCUSES ON IMPROVING FIRE SERVICE SAFETY
Nothing tests a firefight-er like fire rescue in a smoke-filled building—haz-mat disposal, medical calls, auto extraction, and other emergencies not withstanding, The many obstacles may include an unknown floor plan; limited visibility, noise, and breathing; and a rapidly closing window of opportunity to find trapped or unconscious residents or firefighters in a smoke-filled room.
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Company / Association News
TELE ATLAS and FIRST RESPONDER SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY (FIRST) announced a joint strategic initiative to deliver navigation, mapping, and data sharing products to the public safety agencies in the United States.
Extrication of a Downed Firefighter Using An Attic Ladder
On December 17, 2003, crews from the Cardinal Joint Fire District in Canfield, Ohio, were dispatched to a basement fire in a two-story structure.
Rural Fire Department Tours
Fire departments in rural areas should spend time touring the roads in their districts.
MORE SAFETY ON THE UNSAFE FIREGROUND
We have been discussing injuries on the fireground and their direct relationship to the performance or nonperformance of a vital tactic needed to support the interior firefight in a structure on fire.
Products/Services/Media
The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) reviewed and purchased multiple copies of FiRST™ Responder Systems & Technology, LLC's HAZ-GUIDE™ HAZMAT RESOURCE SOFTWARE and will use it as part of a citywide haz-mat response.
Why Is Safety Such a Problem?
I read an editorial the other day concerning safety. It basically addressed the issue of safety and how we seem to have such disregard for the matter in our daily operations, yet it is a topic in our face every minute of every day.
PARTY WALLS AND FIRE LIMITS: UPDATE
President George Washington was ex officio mayor of the City of Washington, one of three cities in the 10-mile-square District of Columbia donated to the Federal Government by the states of Maryland and Virginia.
Apparatus Deliveries
Hastings (NE) Fire Rescue replaced a smaller truck with this RESCUE 1 unit, which responds to medical calls, extrications, and rope rescues.