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FE Volume 155 Issue 5
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CARBON MONOXIDE: NOT JUST A COLD-WEATHER PROBLEM
On Sunday, March 3, 2002, mem-bers of the B-shift assigned to Fairfax County (VA) Fire Station One in McLean had finished a full day of training in unseasonably warm, spring-like weather when they received a telephone call from a nearby garden apartment complex.
Buddy Breathing
Maybe I'm making this more complicated than I should. Or maybe I'm really onto something that we as a fire service must look at. I don't know.
A GUIDE TO IN-VEHICLE COMPUTERS
Your grant money is coming next year and your firefighters cannot wait to get those old radios, map books, and mobile data terminals (MDTs) out of their vehicles.
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Preplanning Building Hazards
This new window has been cut into an existing wall. No steel lintel was installed. The window frame is now a structural element supporting the brick wall.
Burning Issues:
NFIRS 5 PROGRESS: STOP THE STANDARDS MADNESS!
Is NFIRS 5 reaching its full potential? According to Michael Fay, publisher of FirePoint® software, NFIRS 5 cannot begin to succeed until it is finally defined. Lack of a final NFIRS 5 standard is diminishing the efforts of many to make NFIRS 5 a success.
Company/Association News
ACTION TRAINING SYSTEMS, INC., a U.S. producer and distributor of visual and interactive firefighter training products, is now the worldwide distributor for ESIS (EMERGENCY SERVICES INTERACTIVE SIMULATORS).
SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers often assume people love them, but hostile takeover attempts against volunteer fire departments are all too common. Learn to recognize the warning signs; become familiar with long-term defense strategies; and develop strategies for immediate survival, including legal strategies.
THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL THOUGHT PROCESS: STRUCTURE FIRE SIZE-UP, PART 2
The firefighter who can think logically for the longest period of time on the structure fireground is the one who will be the most successful, the safest, and the most efficient. He is also the one in all probability who is on his way to being a defined leader-to Command!
Products / Services / Media
The new Hale TORRENT SVS VALVES feature durable stainless-steel balls and fittings and are designed for demanding fire service severe-duty applications.
Names in the News
PENNY RAU retired as deputy fire chief of the Nassau County (FL) Department of Emergency Service after 21 years with the department.
IN SEARCH OF THE REAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
How often have you heard the term "real fire department"? It seems to be a common phrase, usually indicating that someone is unhappy with something or everything about the fire department for which they work or volunteer.
