Determining the Fire’s Point of Origin: Beyond the Obvious
THE AVERAGE FIRE INVESTIGATOR WILL INVESTIGATE at a minimum hundreds of fires during his career.
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SCBA Use During Overhaul
QUESTION: SCBA policies define the required use of SCBAs at fires. During the overhaul phase, when, if at all, are your firefighters allowed to remove their SCBA protection?
JET-X Foam
BUILDING 100 IS A 104,000-square-foot aircraft hangar at Griffiss Air Park in Rome, New York.
Command Position
THE TACTICAL DECISIONS WE make and the operational actions we take must be based on sound and accurate information gathered and exchanged among the team members on the three basic organizational levels-task, tactical, and strategic.
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COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS
>> Bacou-Dalloz is changing its corporate name to SPERIAN, which reflects the firm’s international expansion and unifies its multiple brands and diverse safety product lines.
Remember Your “BRIEFCASE”
WHAT DOES RAPID INTERvention team (RIT) mean to you? Does its meaning differ depending on whether you are assigned to the function or working inside, possibly relying on it?
Today’s Recruits, Tomorrow’s Leaders
IHAVE SPENT A NUMBER OF enjoyable years as an officer in the Grand Island (NY) Fire Company and have always embraced the positions I have held.
Mentoring Upside Down
OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE been a variety of articles on the benefits of formal mentoring programs.
The Value of a Fire Protection Engineering Degree
TODAY’S CHIEFS MUST BE knowledgeable in many disciplines. They must be familiar with accounting practices and budgeting, personnel counseling, personnel issues, leadership, ethics, regulatory matters, and other legal aspects relating to the fire service, to name a few.
Fire Is the Real Terrorist
I STOOD THERE IN FULL UNIFORM, staring at flag-draped coffins, nine of them this time, hearing the solemn tunes of taps being played, listening to the sobs, watching countless tissues dab eyes-a sight akin to thousands of waving white flags.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES: The Santa Rosa, CA Fire Department operates five FERRARA pumpers
The Santa Rosa (CA) Fire Department operates five FERRARA pumpers and one rescue truck.
Procurement: Buyer Beware
PROCURING EQUIPMENT OF any type has many pitfalls. In the private sector, when a product is brought to market, the profit margin is based on a simple formula of the cost of goods sold vs. the dollar amount for which an item can be sold.
