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August 1998

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St. Petersburg, FL, firefighters from Station 1 begin an aggressive attack on an arson fire involving one unit of a duplex apartment building in February, 1998.

Dedication

Fire Department Operations

Conducting A Proper Size-Up

Michael M. Dugan explores what a size-up is and how it should be done in order to avoid making potentially fatal mistakes.

Incident Report

Arson in America

Jay K. Bradish provides a 1998 national overview of the number-one cause of fires across the country and outlines ideas for curbing this life-threatening crime.

Higher Education for the Fire Service

Drilling In The Desert

When the city of Tucson, AZ, decided to costruct a Regional Public Safety Academy, it consulted the most important people of all: the rank and file. Bryn Bailer examines the results and discusses how the $14.3 million cutting-edge facility meets the training needs of working firefighters.