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  • August 1997

    • August 1997

    Operations & Training

    Hoseline Placement At Structural Fires

    Aug. 1, 1997
    When and where a fireground commander orders the first attack hoseline to be stretched is a critical decision at a building fire.Most structural fires are extinguished by the ...
    Rescue

    Minivans: America's Family Station Wagons

    Aug. 1, 1997
    Article Available Online Soon!
    Leadership

    Career & Volunteer Firefighters: Toward A Common Ground

    Aug. 1, 1997
    A recent column on the volunteer fire service and its efforts to be included in the President's Summit on America's Future (Firehouse, June 1997) has brought several interesting...
    Careers & Education

    The 8 Secrets Of Getting Hired

    Aug. 1, 1997
    Michael J. Ward discusses some important suggestions to help you secure a job with a metropolitan fire department.Psst! Wanna know a secret? All of your fire college and state...
    Operations & Training

    Fighting Fires In Garden Apartments

    Aug. 1, 1997
    By request of the author, this article is not available online

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    Operations & Training

    The Deckpipe Nozzle

    Aug. 1, 1997
    Almost all engine company apparatus are equipped with some type of master stream device. These appliances are used to quickly deliver large volumes of water in short order from...
    Operations & Training

    When Maine Burned: Remembering 50 Years Ago

    Aug. 1, 1997
    This is the year that "downeasterners" (as residents of Maine are referred to) are commemorating the great forest and structural wildland interzone fires of October 1947.A lengthy...
    Leadership

    Accommodating Mental Disabilities

    Aug. 1, 1997
    Enforcement guidelines issued recently by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have stirred up a legal controversy that could be important to fire departments...