CONDUCTING REALISTIC CHLORINE LEAK TRAINING
Chlorine is a widely used chemical with many practical applications and a variety of life safety hazards.
FE Volume 158 Issue 6
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FIRE TRAINING
When I first started out in this job, I expected to fight fires. I knew that I would occasionally spend some time treating ill and injured people but, for the most part, I’d be fighting fires.
FAST ENGINE
As the day tour reported to work on the morning of January 23, 2005, word was filtering down that the Fire Department of New York had lost two brothers in the line of duty.
COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS
● The CHICAGO (IL) FIRE DEPARTMENT (CFD) received the 2004 MSA Fireslayer of the Year (FOTY) Award, presented to Chicago Fire Commissioner Cortez Trotter during the annual Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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“NOZZLES SCHMOZZLES!”
Recently (in writing on a Web site), someone asked me a question that is becoming trite, “Chief, what do you prefer in extinguishing structure fire in an offensive mode-the super automatic nozzles or the ole smooth bore?” I thought for a second and then started in .
LIVE-FIRE TRAINING EXERCISE
The Upper Makefield Fire Company (UMFC) is the primary fire/rescue agency for Upper Makefield Township, situated in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
FIRST COMBUSTIBLE METAL-DECK ROOF FATALITIES
I have been writing on the subject of firefighter safety in building fires since 1966 and have come to realize that some in the fire service are so hung up on experience that they dismiss analysis of the hazard.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
● The Goshen (IN) Fire Department replaced an articulated platform with this KME telescoping platform for added length and better reach, according to Chief John Alheim.
Letters to the Editor
In ”Answers from the Ashes” February 2005), Chief Michael S. Terwilliger referenced the line-of-duty death of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) Firefighter Eva Schike. I agree with Terwilliger that there are always lessons to be learned from these tragic events that occur on a regular basis in today’s fire service, but I’m having some heartache with “how” the article was written.
A VOICE OF LEADERSHIP IN TRYING TIMES
For the largest American fire department in our largest city, these are, to use the famous Thomas Paine passage, “the times that try men’s souls.
News in Brief
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released, in April, its analysis of the World Trade Center (WTC) tower collapses on Sept. 11, 2001.
FIREGROUND STRATEGIES: OLD- AND NEW-LAW MULTIPLE DWELLINGS
You arrive at the scene of a below-grade fire in a multiple dwelling. Heavy smoke is showing.