The Right Thing and the Right Way
As a young man, I was taught that a gentleman never discusses religion or politics in polite company.
FE Volume 162 Issue 2
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Response Time
Response time is an important issue for fire departments. We are in a business where, on occasion, seconds count.
Offsetting Fuel Costs
I am so glad I retired! No, really! Don’t get me wrong. I miss “most” of the members of my department.
CAD: Is Your System Universal?
With phrases such as interoperability and data-sharing mentioned daily within public safety organizations, when is it justified to operate different dispatch systems for different incident types? Should one system be generic enough for law enforcement, fire, and EMS?
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Evolution of the Change Process
My fire service career occurred during the most active period of change in our business.
Stages of Coordinated Vehicle Rescue
The concept of coordinated vehicle rescue was recently put forward to the members of the World Rescue Organization as an evaluation tool for the various extrication challenges around the world.
COMPANY/ASSOCIATION NEWS
Four students graduated from the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN—OSHKOSH with bachelor’s degrees in fire and emergency response management (FERM).
Engine Company Skills Can Make or Break Your Department
We were second due as our engine pulled up to the scene. Heavy fire was showing from the fire building and was rapidly extending into the third exposure (B-2) of the attached row houses.
Belt Up!
This is not a touchy-feely article. It’s not about the great job we are doing as firefighters or about the lives we are saving.
APPARATUS DELIVERIES: The Park Ridge (NJ) Fire Department replaced an older rear-mounted platform with a PIERCE aerial ladder
The Park Ridge (NJ) Fire Department replaced an older rear-mounted platform with a PIERCE aerial ladder.
Pediatric Seizures: Routine or Danger in Disguise?
At 2:24 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon, paramedics and an engine company are dispatched to a “child not breathing.” Dispatch reports a hysterical female caller reporting her seven-year-old son unresponsive and possibly not breathing.
More than generation defines a “firefighter”
Thanks to Editor in Chief Robert Halton for “With the Deepest Respect” (Editor’s Opinion, October 2008).
