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  • April 1996

    • April 1996

    Operations & Training

    Benefits Of Training

    April 1, 1996
    Training is the backbone of a fire department. lt produces a well-prepared force that through repetition increases the speed of an operation and enhances proper execution while...
    Safety & Health

    Duty And Sacrifice: A Firefighter's Legacy

    April 1, 1996
    By request of the author, this article is not available online
    Apparatus

    Engine Work, Chicago Style

    April 1, 1996
    John J. Salka Jr. describes how one big-city fire department has been using an innovative three-in-one hoseline stretch to maximize its efficiency on the fireground.
    Operations & Training

    Hands-On Training

    April 1, 1996
    James B. Straseske outlines a four-step approach to teaching firefighting skills.
    Leadership

    Budget Cutters Playing A Dangerous Game

    April 1, 1996
    You have to travel around the country to fully understand what tough times mean for the fire-rescue service. If you measured the nation's economic health by what has happened ...

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    Operations & Training

    Training Academy

    April 1, 1996
    When it comes to learning how to fight a fire, there's nothing like the real thing. So when the Baltimore County Fire Department learned that the Ramada Inn in Woodlawn, MD, was...
    Rescue

    Building Collapse Traps Workers In Concrete

    April 1, 1996
    Editor's note: Fred Broccolo, a 15-year veteran of the fire service, is a firefighter assigned to Squad Company 1 of the City of Norfolk, VA, Department of Fire & Paramedical ...