Training Every Day Is the Answer
Because the fireground is a very dangerous work environment, we are continuously focused on how to reduce its dangers and the deaths and injuries associated with them.
FE Volume 160 Issue 3
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Actions of First-In Officer
Question: In your department, what are the actions of the first-in officer at a fire? What should the officer do? Where should he be?
Mandating Emergency Access to Gated Communities
It happens all too often. An engine company pulls up to an electronic gate and fumbles through myriad pass code lists, keys, cards, fobs, and transmitters to gain emergency access to a gated property.
The “Information into Intelligence” Routine, Part 1
Last month we presented a cheerful description of the confusing, rapidly changing, dangerous conditions that typically await us when we show up at a working fire.
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COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS
FIRE ENGINEERING offers William C. Peters’ Final Farewell to a Fallen Firefighter: A Basic Fire Department Funeral Protocol.
Rapid Intervention Team: Are You Ready?
If you were assigned to be a member of a rapid intervention team (RIT) during your next structure fire-or had to command a fireground rescue as a chief officer-are you confident that you would be up to the task of successfully responding to a firefighter Mayday?
Partnerships Help Create Joint Training/Prevention Facility
On September 13, 2006, the Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View (MN) Fire Department (SBM) dedicated its $7.1 million, 34,000-square-foot fire station with state-of-the-art training and prevention facilities.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
GREGORY NOLL has been named chair of the National Fire Protection Association’s Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel, on which he has served since its inception 1986.
Starting the Shift Off Right
This month, we are introducing “Roll Call,” a new column dedicated to the spirit and intent of the roll call.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Lewisburg (WV) Fire Department wanted the versatility of a pumper and a ladder truck in one vehicle.
Interagency Cooperation Expedites Treatment and Transport
On October 17, 2006, at 1945 hours, the Libertyville (IL) Fire Department was dispatched to a rollover crash in the north suburbs on Interstate 94.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
This refers to “Rampart, This Is Squad 51” (Editor’s Opinion, December 2006).