PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP: THE LOVE FOR THE JOB: MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN AND TAKING CARE OF NUMBER ONE
For the past 10 months through this Pride and Ownership series, we have discussed again and again just how great this profession of ours is.
FE Volume 158 Issue 3
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PREVENTING LINE-OF-DUTY DEATHS: THE CINCINNATI EXPERIENCE
On March 21, 2003, Cincinnati Firefighter Oscar Armstrong III tragically died in the line of duty.
Names in the News
The Elmsford (NY) Fire Department�s annual training seminar and exhibition has been renamed in memory of LIEUTENANT ANDY FREDERICKS, one of the 343 Fire Department of New York members who perished in the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
News
Figures released by the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) indicate that 107 firefighters died in the line of duty in the United States in 2004.
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Letters to the Editor
More on “controlling your helmet” Concerning “Controlling Your Helmet” (Training Notebook, December 2004), the authors seem to make an easy task difficult. I suggest the…
RUMORS OF OUR DEMISE “GREATLY EXAGGERATED,” PART 1
On February 24th, amid cries from various fire service corners alleging that the National Fire Academy (NFA) was about to sustain heavy budget cuts that would halt course development and possibly even force closing the Academy itself...
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Detroit (MI) Fire Department uses this SVI rescue truck (one of eight) to respond to fires and motor vehicle accidents in which lives are in danger...
IS A FUNERAL WITH FULL FIREFIGHTER’S HONORS ALWAYS PROPER?
Planning a funeral for a firefighter is a difficult and often heartbreaking task.
REMOVE THE IDLH, NOT THE VICTIMS
Staffing has always been an issue in the fire service. In the Toledo (OH) Department of Fire and Rescue, I am blessed to have adequate staffing-adequate from my perspective!
THE ART OF SPACE MAKING
Vehicle extrication rescue is a patient care-driven skill. We all know this and it is reiterated in the educational programs we teach and attend.
Size-up and operational concerns for fires in gothic-style churches
A church fire is one of the most challenging, resource-intensive, and dangerous responses.
Products/ServiceS/MediA
● Audiopack Technologies introduces the TRICOM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM offering three-in-one communication capability; provides voice amplification and push-to-talk radio/intercom interface when user is wearing a protective mask.