Letters to the Editor
Regarding Bobby Halton’s Opinion “Educating Our Own” (October 2006), “Right on, Brother.
FE Volume 159 Issue 12
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Heavy Security
What is your department doing to assist your firefighters in addressing high-impact wallboard, hurricane glass, armored doors, and heavier and heavier security?
BODYTEMP™ THERMOSTRIPS
Although exposure to extreme heat is a common occurrence in the life of a firefighter, not everybody is aware of some of the less obvious, yet equally lethal, ways in which heat can quickly create a life-threatening situation.
WEBBING PROVIDES AN “EXTRA HAND”
It’s amazing how many little “tricks” firefighters from across the country have created.
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COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS
ADASHI, a provider of software decision support tools for firefighters, police, and medical responders, and a unit of Optimetrics, Inc.
ESTABLISHING A RIT FROM THE GROUND UP BY DAVID MILEN
Man-made or natural disasters often overwhelm emergency workers, resources, and the ability of other organizations to respond from different locations.
ON THE “INDISPENSABILITY” OF FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEFS
During a recent conversation with a fire department chief, he was describing how important he was to his department.
Battalion ‘Assignment’ System
Personnel, people working on-shift, could not be unbalanced within the neighborhood (battalion) in which you were assigned.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
ANTHONY STRAVINO has been appointed chief for the Deerfield Beach (FL) Fire/Rescue Department.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Isleta Pueblo (NM) Fire Department protects an Indian reservation with this DARLEY mini-CAFS pumper.
FIRE DEPARTMENT-BASED EMS: A PROUD TRADITION
It was 1973 when I first witnessed a Phoenix (AZ) paramedic at an emergency scene delivering advanced life support (ALS) treatment in a fire department-based emergency medical services (EMS) system.
FIREFIGHTERS AND HEART DISEASE: BEYOND THE STATISTICS
One finding stands out when analyzing research related to the factors that have been contributing to firefighter cardiovascular-related line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) over the past decade: Members of the fire service may have more control over their health and these LODD statistics than they realize.