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  • December 1996

    • December 1996

    Operations & Training

    The Winecoff Fire - 50 Years Later

    Dec. 1, 1996
    Dave E. Williams recounts the deadliest hotel fire to date, which claimed 119 lives and injured over 100 people in Atlanta.
    Leadership

    Remembering Rich Adams

    Dec. 1, 1996
    The fire-rescue service lost a great champion when Rich Adams passed away from a rare virus infection on Oct. 29, at the age of 53. Rarely are we privileged to know a person like...
    Rescue

    "Hot Zone" Rescue

    Dec. 1, 1996
    Kevin Johnson discusses some causes of responder collapses at hazmat scenes and techniques involved with rescuing incapacitated responders.
    Rescue

    Hazmat Triage

    Dec. 1, 1996
    Bob Harty explains how to categorize patients and what to do if they are involved in a hazmat emergency.
    Operations & Training

    The Battle Against The Castaic Wildfire

    Dec. 1, 1996
    Mike Meadows gives a first person account of a wildfire in Los Angeles that rapidly destroyed 22,500 acres in seven days.

    More content from December 1996

    Rescue

    Cryogenic Liquids

    Dec. 1, 1996
    Cryogenic liquefied gases are very cold liquids. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) defines a cryogenic liquid, sometimes referred to as a "refrigerated liquid," as any...
    Leadership

    Arson: The Crime And The Law

    Dec. 1, 1996
    We in the fire service have long recognized how serious is the problem of arson. Virtually any experienced firefighter or fire investigator can tell tragic stories that graphically...
    Rescue

    A Surprise Down The Chimney

    Dec. 1, 1996
    The end result of a civilian running along the rooftops of attached buildings on a winter night was the Philadelphia Fire Depart-ment Communications Center dispatching Ladder ...
    Operations & Training

    Systems Analysis/Size Up: Part 2

    Dec. 1, 1996
    By request of the author, this article is not available online
    Operations & Training

    Public Assembly Fires

    Dec. 1, 1996
    By request of the author, this article is not available online