Vent-enter-search (VES) is an extremely aggressive and potentially dangerous tactic that only well-trained and experienced outside vent teams should use when the risk vs. reward is deemed appropriate.
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The U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE has purchased 350 SAINT-GOBAIN ONESuit® protective hazmat suits for use at key military sites as part of its Installation Protection Program (IPP).
Are you an exhausted volunteer chief or assistant chief? Why are you exhausting yourself with the relentless influx of administrative demands when there are skilled people in your community who can complete them for you? That’s right, regardless of your community’s size, hundreds of skilled civilians are eager, capable, and willing to assist you in a wide range of administrative tasks; your only challenge is to find them.
BENNIE CRANE passed away on July 4, 2009, after a long illness. A popular speaker and certified facilitator, Crane’s fire service career started with the Chicago (IL) Fire Department in 1961; he retired as district chief in 1995.
The St. Cloud (MN) Fire Department designed this ROSENBAUER rescue pumper with a curbside/rear pump panel for operator safety, says Assistant Chief Gary Fletcher.
While discussing the collapse hazards truss-constructed buildings create for firefighting crews, especially those engaged in interior operations, a civilian inquired as to whether any fire service organization or the survivors of a firefighter killed or seriously injured in the line of duty in a truss-constructed building had ever taken legal action against the manufacturer of these engineered products.