FE Volume 153 Issue 11

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HAZ MAT POINTS TO PONDER

HAZ MAT POINTS TO PONDER

Motor Carrier (MC)-306/ 406 transport tanker trailers, better known as gasoline tankers, are the most common types of large-capacity, hazardous materials transport trucks on the road. Although MC-306/406 tankers are used to transport products from sewage to poisons, they usually transport gasoline and diesel fuel.
HazmatTechnical Rescue
PROPOSED NFPA 1710

PROPOSED NFPA 1710

For the next several columns, we will examine key aspects of the proposed NFPA 1710, Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression, Emergency Medical Operations and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments, and NFPA 1720, Standard for Volunteer Fire Service. Both of these proposed standards set minimum guidelines or requirements for fire department organizations and deployment for fire, EMS, and special operations.
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems
MAINTAINING YOUR SAW BLADE INVENTORY

MAINTAINING YOUR SAW BLADE INVENTORY

Firefighter ingenuity has always been amazing, especially when considering all of the trades, occupations, and skills levels gathered in one fire station. Just about any problem is solvable, or an operation can be made to run more smoothly or to better advantage. The latter became evident when a fourth type of saw blade was introduced into our tools and appliance inventory.
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment
GUARDING YOUR WIZARD

GUARDING YOUR WIZARD

King Arthur enjoyed his partnership with Merlin the Magician. Harry Potter just finished his fourth adventure-packed year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So why should anyone act surprised when a genuine wizard walks through the fire station door and requests a job application?
Firefighting

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PRODUCTS/SERVICES/MEDIA

PRODUCTS/SERVICES/MEDIA

InforMed: Allows emergency personnel to keep track of up to nine patients at a time who are the victims of an MCI, a haz-mat disaster, or a multiple patient scene.
Firefighting
“HEY, WHERE DO YOU WANT THIS TRUCK?”

“HEY, WHERE DO YOU WANT THIS TRUCK?”

We have often discussed the positioning of ladder trucks on the fireground. Yet, it is the subject most commonly raised by those in the field-as recently as last month in Texas and Florida, for example. Here are some opinions I have formulated over the years.
Fire Apparatus
LEGISLATIVE MANDATE AND EMS

LEGISLATIVE MANDATE AND EMS

The U.S Fire Administration's legislative mandate is to work toward making a difference in the fire death and injury rate in the United States.
Fire EMSFirefighting
POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE BUILDING FIRE: UPDATE

POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE BUILDING FIRE: UPDATE

The construction magazine Engineering News Record tells the story of the demolition of a post-tensioned concrete building in Key Biscayne, Florida, that had been damaged by fire while under construction.1 I talked with Chief John Gilbert of the Key Biscayne Fire Department about the fire.
Building ConstructionFire Safety
APPARATUS DELIVERIES

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Woodstock (NH) Fire Department designed its EMERGENCY ONE pumper for firefighting in a small community that is 90 percent rural, according to Chief William R. Mellett.
Fire Apparatus
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

After reading "They Died for What?" (Editor's Opinion, July 2000), several things come to mind in regard to governing agencies' responsibilities relative to requirements as well as their response to the tragedies that have occurred. After some "politically correct incidents," for example, politicians were lining up before the last engine company had cleared the scene of the Seton Hall University dorm fire in New Jersey this winter.
Firefighting
NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS:LEARNING FROM JAPAN

NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS:LEARNING FROM JAPAN

September 30, 1999, at 10:35 a.m., three workers at the Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Company (JCO) uranium-processing facility in Tokaimura, Japan, received severe radiation doses in one of the worst criticality accidents in decades.
Firefighter Training
The Glass Is Half Full and Half Empty

The Glass Is Half Full and Half Empty

Until appropriation, we cannot claim full recognition and validation of the federal government's role in support of local fire departments.
FirefightingMagazine

NEWS IN BRIEF

Firefighting

NEW TRAINING REGIMENS NEEDED

Firefighting

HAZ MAT RESPONSE:HOW PREPARED ARE YOU FOR TODAY’S EMERGENCIES?

HazmatTechnical Rescue

PREPARING FOR RESPONSE TO FIXED PETROCHEMICAL FACILITIES

Firefighter Training

HOW TO AVOID REKINDLES

Firefighting

PREPLANNING CONSTRUCTION SITE HAZARDS

Building ConstructionFire Safety

FIRESTONE TIRE FAILURE: ARE YOU TEMPTING FATE?

Fire Apparatus

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