FE Volume 142 Issue 7

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MORE ON FIRE SERVICE MYTHS

MORE ON FIRE SERVICE MYTHS

LAST MONTH I tried to share with you some fire service beliefs that have hung around our necks by tradition. They have either long sincebeen disproved or were never truths to begin with. They are myths that can cloud our thinking and adversely affect our decisions or how we market ourselves.
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DIVE RESCUE SERIES: LOCATING YOUR OBJECTIVE

THE OBJECT of dive search is to find people and things missing or lost underwater. One of the things I often hear is, “We couldn’t find it. We looked everywhere and still could not find it.” Obviously, if they had looked everywhere, they would have found it.
Technical Rescue

THE DANGERS OF CONFINED-SPACE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

IT HAPPENS to every fire department at one time or another. A call comes in reporting a person trapped or “down" in a manhole or a storage tank, or perhaps a child is trapped in a sewer pipe or well. While the rescue of those who are helpless is one of the most noble undertakings of our profession, serious consideration must be given to the proper way in which to accomplish the rescue.
Confined Space RescueTechnical Rescue

FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT

POWER FOR INDUSTRIAL or commercial functions is developed by motors that are usually electric but can be gasoline-, liquified petroleum gas-, or diesel-operated. They may operate intermittently or continuously, attended or unattended, in various combinations.
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MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

Life Support Products, Inc. introduces literature on its lightweight, portable Automatic Ventilator 2000/3000. The literature includes information on the system’s control module and the patient valve assembly. Specifications and ordering information is provided for both models.
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DISPATCHES

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has issued special respirator users’ notices to all fire departments that warn of possible failure of clamps used to secure the breathing tube to the facepiece of selfcontained breathing apparatus.
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ORANGE COUNTY FATAL FIRE

IN THE AFTERNOON hours of a warm, dry, windy Friday, an alarm was received from many sources at the Orange County, Florida Fire and Rescue Division facilities. A lone engine company responded through the Lake Buena Vista shopping area toward the pluming smoke in the sky.
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GUEST EDITORIAL (ALMOST)

"Firefighters, both paid and volunteer, provide for us the definition of a successful life. Which, to my mind, lies in serving others. We are measured in this life by how we treat others. And our firefighters have been this nation’s neighbor since 1736. They are the backbone of America Herself. “The federal government feels that the fire service network deserves a valued place in the community.
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COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

JULY 27-29—The 39th annual ALABAMA FIRE CHIEF'S CONFERENCE will be held in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Topics will include NFPA 1500, fire department legality, and more. For more information, contact Mitchell L. Sims, Gulf Shores Fire Rescue, P.O. Box 299, Gulf Shores, AL 36542, or call (205) 968-7422. AUGUST 26-30-IAFC ANNUAL CONFERENCE—“The Spirit of Success” held in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Hoosier Dome and the Indiana Convention Center.
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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

A Life Support Products disposable bag mask resuscitator is available from Rockford Medical & Safety Co. This resuscitator is for single-patient use/manual resuscitation. It offers accurate, dependable operation, coupled with the economy of a disposable system.
Firefighting Equipment

CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #38 SODIUM CYANIDE

SODIUM CYANIDE, chemical formula NaCN, is a toxic, reactive, corrosive, deliquescent, nonflammable white solid (as granules, flakes, or lumps) with a faint odor of almonds. It is used in the electroplating of materials, metal treatment processes, gold and silver extraction, and in the manufacture of dyes, pigments, insecticides, fumigants, and various other chemicals.
HazmatTechnical Rescue
FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

EDITOR Thomas F. Brennan MANAGING EDITOR William A. Manning ASSISTANT EDITOR Diane Feldman CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Gene Carlson Paul McFadden Frank L. Fire Vincent Dunn Roy Downey CONSULTING EDITORS
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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

Fire Apparatus

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Fire Apparatus

DATA GATHERING at Haz-Mat Incidents

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THINKING ABOUT THE UNTHINKABLE

Structural CollapseTechnical Rescue

AIR BAGS PART 2

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FLASHOVER

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A ROUTINE CALL BECOMES A NIGHTMARE

Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

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