News in Brief
Prevent Cooking Fires: Watch What You Heat” will be the theme for Fire Prevention Week 2006, October 8-14.
FE Volume 159 Issue 8
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“I DON’T LIKE MY BOSS!”
I work for a great boss. He treats me very well, provides direction, lets me do my job, calls me on issues when necessary, allows debate, and even tells me when I am wrong.
“SAVING OUR OWN” TRAINING AND REINFORCEMENT
Back in the “Ohio State Fire Instructor” course I took in 1984, I was taught, “Statistically, 75 percent of what you learn is lost (forgotten) if you don’t reinforce it within two weeks.
WHY AND HOW the GFCI PROTECTs FIREFIGHTERS
The ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) is used at fire incidents, construction sites, dive stations, marinas, and anywhere else where there is a need to protect a power tool or light user.
More FE Volume 159 Issue 8
THE FIRST TWO SECONDS
In his book Blink (Little, Brown and Company, 2005), author Malcolm Gladwell discusses a new theory incident commanders (ICs) can use.
HYDRANTS, NOZZLES, SEARCH LINES, AND MORE
Here are more clever “TRICKS of the trade” developed and submitted by dedicated firefighters.
IN THE BEGINNING
My father and my grandfather were firefighters. Both were a product of old traditional Irish heritage when it came to family.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
ALAN BRUNACINI has retired as the chief of the Phoenix (AZ) Fire Department, where he has served since 1958, and as chief since 1978.
EVERYONE’S A TEACHER
I call retired Phoenix (AZ) Fire Chief Alan Brunacini “America’s Fire Chief” because he has done so much for the national fire service.
FIRE CHIEF 1A
When I wrote this, my Fire department was looking for a new fire chief to replace me because I had planned to retire at the end of 2005.
CAST IRON AND STEEL
Nate de Marse of 68 Engine, Fire Department of New York (FDNY), asked, “Does cast iron elongate as steel does in a fire?”
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Monroe Township (NJ) Fire Department operates this EMERGENCY ONE quint.