SO YOU HAVE TO INSPECT…. A HOTEL
For many years, the way-ward traveler assumed a great deal of risk when signing the guest register at a hotel to spend the night.
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Lessons Learned From Mask Confidence Training
Not all openings are at floor level. Firefighters must be taught to feel all areas when searching. Blinds placed in the opening further entangle and frustrate efforts.
Just Another Warehouse Fire? No Such Thing!
On Thursday, December 2, 1999, at approximately 2245 hours, the Hayden Lake (ID) Fire Protection District responded to an incident that changed our way of thinking about fires in warehouse storage facilities. We responded to a 911 dispatch of an automatic alarm at the Louisiana Pacific Corporation warehouse, 13455 N. Government Way.
FLAME SPREAD HAS BEEN CALLED THE UNKNOWN HAZARD
How many of the conditions in the following photographs would you recognize as extremely hazardous to occupants and firefighters? (See BCFS3, Chapter 9, "Fire Growth.")
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TRADITIONAL THINKING IN NONTRADITIONAL TIMES
"Tradition ... Tradition ... TRADITION ... TRADITION!" So starts an outstanding song from the musical "Fiddler on the Roof." For you Generation Xers, a musical is a real-time, three-hour rap in street-gang strength with harmony and full visual effects. In this story, a father whose whole life, ideals, and values are based on traditional values has to choose between tradition and the reality of the times.
COMPANY ASSOCIATION NEWS
3M announced that it would be phasing out the manufacture of products based on perfluorooctanyl chemistry by the end of this year. This includes all the company's Class B firefighting foams sold under the 3M and Light Water brands.
HUMOR IN “THE BAG” (THE UNIFORM)
This has got to be the great-est job in the world! It is so rewarding, filled with so many potential friends, international transcendence, adventure, sorrow, self-gratification, and-of course-humor.
Products/SERVICES/Media
KME Fire Apparatus: Built on new Panther custom chassis. Standard features include tilt-cab chassis with 10-inch raised roof, driver's air seat with 911 SCBA for officer, and air brakes with ABS and exhaust brake.
I SAY “TO BAIL”
"To Bail or Not To Bail?" was the question Bill Manning asked in his Editor's Opinion (Fire Engineering, April 2000). Bailing out always seems to be a negative term-like standing up a friend or quitting on an obligation.
A Radical Approach To A Serious Problem
Letters to the Editor (Fire Engineering, June 2000) contains a lengthy letter from Jim Crawford, fire marshal of Portland, Oregon, explaining the NFPA consensus system of developing standards in response to Bill Manning's Editor's Opinion "Rockets on the Rooftop" (Fire Engineering, March 2000).
THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS
Within a few weeks of this article's publication, I will have been at the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) for one year. That's right, one year! My, how time flies when you are having fun! Fun may not always describe the experience; however, serving as the COO of the Fire Administration has been and continues to be the greatest experience of my fire service career.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The West Lebanon (IN) Volunteer Firemen, Inc. placed two apparatus in service within a year. Chief John Goodrick states that the organization needed to replace a 30-year-old pumper with one that had a larger pumping capacity and ample storage space.
