Learning from Experience
Working alongside ma- jor expressways has made for some very interesting motor vehicle accident experiences.
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Glass and the Hidden Terrorist Threat
The threat of terror—real or imagined—has focused the minds of facilities management professionals, building owners, architects, engineers, technologists, and planners to better design buildings that can withstand a new array of risks.
Names in the News
Charleston (SC) Fire Department Chief THOMAS CARR JR. announced his retirement effective March 1, 2012.
Training Pays Off at Gas Explosion
What was dispatched as another routine call could have turned deadly for the Scarsdale (NY) Fire Department (SFD) and several construction workers if not for ongoing cooperation and training the SFD received from Consolidated Edison (ConEd), the region's gas and electric utility company, and placing that training into action.
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Tips for Safely Responding to Chemical-Assisted Suicides in Vehicles
People have used a variety of chemicals to commit suicide. Some of the more common chemicals include carbon monoxide, pharmaceutical overdoses, cyanides, inert gases (helium, nitrogen, argon, and carbon dioxide), and pesticides.
Company/Association News
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY will offer 13 fire departments a total of $130,000 in grant package funding designed to help make communities safer.
PRODUCTS
The BUTTERFLY SMOKE SEAL® KIT uniquely blocks deadly smoke. It is a safety "must-have" for hotels, offices, dorm rooms, bedrooms, patient rooms—anywhere a fire can arise.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Wilbur (NE) Fire Department designed this DANKO tanker with a short wheelbase for more maneuverability when driven off-road and when using the spray bars.
Decontamination: Is Water King?
In 1981, I was sworn into the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) and left my career in the chemical industry behind, or so I thought.
Excellence Through Leadership and Commitment
Excellence, like tradition, is the result of time-honored practices that officers reinforce daily in providing a good example through their leadership and by firefighters who demonstrate their pride in their organization by their commitment.
Small Plane Crash Response in Illinois
Since assuming responsibility for fire and EMS protection of Lewis University Airport (KLOT) in 2003, the Lockport Township (IL) Fire Protection District (LTFPD) has provided the best possible protection for Illinois' fourth busiest airport for takeoffs and landings (2008 Illinois Department of Transportation statistics)
USAR Response to Japan Earthquake and Tsunamis, Part 2
Part 2 continues our review of the Japan tsunami of March 10, 2011, which killed nearly 30,000 people.