VALIDATION OF A PHYSICAL WORK PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR INCUMBENT FIREFIGHTERS
BY DARRELL MENDENHALL, MS; STEVEN MOFFATT, MD; TISCH WILLIAMS, MA; MIKE REEVES; JAMES GREESON; C.
FE Volume 158 Issue 12
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APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Kossuth Volunteer Fire Department in Corinth, Mississippi, designed this ROSENBAUER/CENTRAL STATES pumper with a water tank sized to limit the vehicle weight, according to Chief Adron Hodum.
FIRE IN A STRIP WAREHOUSE
The following photos document a fire that occurred in a strip warehouse in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
THE CELLAR NOZZLE DRILL
The cellar or distributor nozzle is a piece of specialized equipment often overlooked when drilling on engine company tactics.
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IMPACT OF PERFECT INFORMATION
“Perfect” information has a significant impact on effective incident management decisions fire department incident commanders make on-scene, but such information does not exist in a dynamically changing emergency.
ADVICE FOR NEW CHIEFS
This month’s question could actually fill a textbook. However, the intent is to be narrow in scope-kind of a “down and dirty” advice column.
THE RIT BAG
When a firefighter is trap- ped in a working fire, regardless of whether it is a residence, a taxpayer, or an office building, that is not the time to come up with a plan for getting that person air until he is rescued.
COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS
● STERLING ROPE has been awarded a contract with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) to provide all firefighters citywide with FireTech 32™, a personal escape rope for use in “bailout” situations.
WHAT IF YOU HAD A FIRE AND NOBODY CAME?
What if you had a fire and nobody came? Although that’s a little far-fetched, it could happen at any time.
RECRUIT ORIENTATION
Editor’s note: Here is “The Best of Brennan,” a column of Tom Brennan’s that appeared in the October 1988 issue and that still rings true today.
Writing Skills Needed
At no other time has the fire service had a greater need for literacy. All signs indicate a future in which reading and writing skills for firefighters will be essential to the survival of the fire service.
OCCUPATIONAL ATHLETES: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HUMAN FACTOR
There’s an old saying: You eat an elephant one bite at a time. The same logic applies to wooly mammoths, because that best describes the subject of physical fitness within the fire service.