Avenue of Egress
Whenever you receive a call for an “unconscious” person, numerous scenarios run through your mind; you’re never quite sure what you’re going to encounter.
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Tunnel Vision: Responding to Road Tunnel Fires
Fighting a fire in a roadway tunnel can be extremely challenging in terms of access; water supply; ventilation; sprinklers; and, most importantly, collapse potential. Learn these tips and tactics. JARROD M. SERGI
Fuel Spill Response in the Marine Environment
Scenario: Your engine is dispatched to a motor vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer and a passenger car.
Industrial/Municipal Emergency Response: Mutual Aid, Mutual Benefit
Bristol-Myer Squibb provides emergency response not only for its facilities but also for the many communities in which those facilities are located. Here’s a look at the evolution of this progressive fire brigade. JOHN A. WELLING III
Will Firefighters Be Any Safer Under the New Hazardous Materials Code?
NFPA 400, Hazardous Materials Code, was revised to incorporate lessons learned from the ammonium nitrate explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in West, Texas. Will the new code do enough for the safety of firefighters and their citizens? VYTO BABRAUSKAS
Shipboard Firefighting Training from Scratch
When a shrinking budget didn’t allow these northwest agencies to send personnel to shipboard fire training around the country, they devised their own training program that they could tailor to their needs. DON DOYLE
Four-Gas Air Monitors: A Survey of First Responders’ Competencies
A study of volunteer and career departments tests whether the typical first responder has the knowledge and competency to react as needed based on air monitor readings. With the sidebar by BRIAN CRIMMINS “How to Mitigate Human and Mechanical Errors Using Gas Detectors.” ROD HANDY, DAVID NEWELL, BRYANN DUNN, AND WENXU YANG
Propane Gas Barbecue Grill Fire: Expect a BLEVE
In fire school you may have been taught that BLEVEs are dangerous and rare occurrences. Well, that’s half right: They are dangerous but, as this incident shows, they can happen at a barbecue grill fire when you least expect an explosion with flying shrapnel. SCOTT JOERGER
Fracking and the Fire Service
This new “gold rush” is impacting the fire service in a big way—overpopulation resulting in unconventional living spaces, additional vehicles clogging roadways, soaring prices, industrial accidents, and local brigades with varying levels of training and education are just some of the new concerns. MICHAEL M. DUGAN