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Fire Engineering Magazine, November 2008 Articles
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Features
What you don’t know could kill you when you respond to an emergency involving a railroad locomotive.
Every six months or so I read in either a newspaper clipping or trade journal about a petroleum product storage tank fire occurring in the United States or internationally.
On November 13, 2006, at 0611 hOUrs, Painesville Township (OH) Fire Department Station 1 was dispatched for a report of a “man with his clothes trapped in a machine” at Dyson and Sons, 55 Freedom Road.
Through the 1990s and into the first half of this decade, the self-storage business experienced tremendous growth.
Aortic weakness and rupture claimS the lives of more than 13,000 people each year, making it the 18th leading cause of death.
Understanding the hazards that await you at industrial sites is part of preincident preparedness.
While researching for a sound methodology to use for referencing known products on the scene of a hazardous materials or weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incident, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s (VDEM) Technological Hazards Division found a program that was reputable and backed by science.
Departments
Editor's Opinion
Former President Ronald Reagan once said that the most frightening words in the world are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.
Volunteers Corner
Many departments issue vehicles to members with chief rank designations, such as deputy chief or assistant chief.
Training Notebook
Overhaul and checking for extension are discussed at great lengths in classrooms and presentations.
Fire Service EMS
With concerns ranging from terrorism to coastal storms, many fire departments consider a pandemic a thing of the past.
Roundtable
Question: After salvage and overhaul are completed, do you conduct atmospheric monitoring before allowing property owners, fire investigators, and others to enter the structure? What gases do you monitor? What levels does your department consider permissible for entry without SCBA?
News In Brief
In August, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) demonstrated a prototype of a “breadcrumb communication system.
Letters to the Editor
Iwas very impressed with “Street Scenes” by Lieutenant Mike Ciampo (July 2008).
Chemical Warfare Agents for Firefighters
Chlorine is classified as a choking agent (or pulmonary agent). This class of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) incapacitates enemy combatants by attacking the respiratory system, causing the victims to cough violently, choke, and therefore become incapacitated.
Technology Today
Millions of Americans are exposed to some kind of danger or injury in the workplace.
Apparatus Deliveries
TheWatkins Glen (NY) Fire Departmentreplaced a rescue truck and a quick attack extrication vehicle with this CRIMSON rescue pumper.
Company / Association News
RESCUE AIR SYSTEMS, INC. appointed four inaugural members to its board of advisors.
Names in the News
Firefighter MICHAEL SMITH, Jr. of the Richmond (VA) Department of Fire and Emergency Services received the Commonwealth Public Safety Meritorious Service Medal from Governor Timothy M.
Rules of Engagement
In a recent conversation with a group of firefighters, we were talking about how critical the calm behavior of the incident commander (IC) is to effective and safe fireground operations.
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In what part of the school did the Our Lady of the Angels Fire (Chicago, 1958) begin?
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FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES
John C. Myers of the Union Chapel Volunteer Fire Department in Pittsburg, OK has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2009-01-03.
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