SEARCHING FOR AN ACTIVATED PASS ALARM
The ability to rapidly locate an activated PASS alarm is an individual skill that all of your firefighters can acquire through realistic scenario-based drills completed in the station.
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STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
Everybody has a boss. Fire chiefs sometimes forget this because they are often left to operate their organization with minimal supervision.
NOZZLE SETTINGS
We recently had an officer’s meeting. During the meeting, we asked, “What do you have your nozzles set at?” The answer was surprising.
CHRONIC CO POISONING IN FIREFIGHTERS
“If you were able to choose the kind of brain injury you were to incur, it would be better in terms of the potential for recovery to have a stroke or a concussion in a motor vehicle accident than carbon monoxide poisoning.
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SAFE ROOF OPERATIONS
With all the talk around the fire service today about the knowledge and expertise the “old-heads” take with them when they retire, we thought it might be a good idea to pick their brains about little “tricks of the trade” they have learned throughout their careers.
NOT YOUR FATHER’S FLASHLIGHT
Lethal black smoke was rapidly filling an apartment last July when a firefighting RIT team arrived on the scene to extinguish the flames.
COMPANY NEWS
MSA awarded the 2006 Fireslayer of the Year award to Lieutenant Jeff Kraft of the Calumet (IL) Fire Department.
KEEPING FINANCIAL FRAUD OUT OF THE FIREHOUSE
Money: The word on its own grabs your attention. Utter the word money in a crowd, and I guarantee somebody will turn his head your way.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
ALAN SAULSBURY, of Fire Spec Services and formerly of Saulsbury Fire Apparatus, received the 2006 Joe Fishelson Award, presented annually for excellence in customer service to the fire protection industry.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Fort Campbell (KY) Fire Department uses this DANKO unit as an ARFF vehicle at the local airport and to protect a wooded area at the rear used for helicopter response, according to Chief Michael R. Boyd.
Letters to the Editor
This refers to “Speak Up! Tradeoffs Are Jeopardizing Your Safety on the Fireground” (Jack J. Murphy Jr., Fire Commentary, November 2005).
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
I hope you don’t mind that I began this tribute editorial to Tom Brennan here on his page.