DRILLS FOR A RAINY DAY
Steve Prziborowski provides numerous quick firefighter training drills you can use for training during inclement weather.
FE Volume 159 Issue 7
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“BIG BOX” STRUCTURES
I have good news and bad news. The bad news first: The current trend is to build a 100,000-plus-square-foot building constructed mostly out of steel that houses excessive amounts of combustibles.
LIGHTING THE SCENE WITHOUT TYING UP THE TRUCK
Fire and rescue units arriveat a nighttime emergency scene; police are already there to assist.
INTERIOR SPACE MAKING
In previous columns, I have discussed the concepts of space making (Fire Engineering, March 2005) and strategic cutting (Fire Engineering, January and March 2006).
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THE LEADER-FOLLOWER RELATIONSHIP
Much has been written on the definition, attributes, and qualities of good and bad leadership.
COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS
The FIRE DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTORS CONFERENCE (FDIC) has been ranked the 54th largest tradeshow in the United States and Canada, according to the April 2006 edition of the Tradeshow Week 200.
TALES FROM TRUCK 111
111 Truck. One-Eleven in the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) was another truly unique place in which I was fortunate to have worked and skippered during my too-short career.
TILT-SLAB CONCRETE
Below is my response to a question about concrete building fires from Lieutenant Mike Froelich of the Sylvania Township (OH) Fire Department.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Washington Fire Company Community Ambulance Association in Ashland, Pennsylvania, uses this MARION rescue truck for rescues, fireground support, and as a command center, explains Assistant Chief Paul Hardnock.
Letters to the Editor
I commend Mike Gagliano, Casey Phillips, Phil Jose, and Steve Bernocco on their excellent article (“The Breath from Hell,” March 2006) on the modern smoke environment.
FIRE CORPS program
Fire safety fun? You bet! Take 19 firefighters and more than 60 college students, and you get the perfect ingredients for a great fire safety program.
GET HELP WRITING about SAFETY for YOUR COMMUNITY
Taking the fire truck out to deliver fire safety information to a group of school children is a lot of fun.