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  • July 1997

    • July 1997

    Leadership

    New Crackdown On Fundraising Frauds

    July 1, 1997
    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state charity regulators across the country have embarked on a project called "Operation False Alarm" to crack down on frauds that involve...
    Operations & Training

    Firefighter Survival

    July 1, 1997
    A concerted effort to reduce firefighter deaths over the past 20 years has seen some successes deaths have dropped from the highs of the 140 deaths per year during the 1970s to...
    Operations & Training

    Truck Company Operations - Rescue: The First Priority

    July 1, 1997
    Robert R. Morris describes the most important operation on the fireground - the saving of lives.
    Rescue

    Well Rescue

    July 1, 1997
    Baltimore County firefighters pull a 6-year-old boy from the deep shaft of a well.
    Operations & Training

    Riding Positions & FAST Team Signs

    July 1, 1997
    Harvey Eisner describes programs that help to eliminate guesswork on the fireground.

    More content from July 1997

    Run Surveys

    The National Run Survey: Part 2

    July 1, 1997
    Firehouse® Magazine provides its latest statistics on U.S. career fire departments.
    Community Risk

    Smoke Detector, Safety Programs Pay Off In Baltimore

    July 1, 1997
    Baltimore, like most Northeast cities, has suffered large numbers of fire fatalities throughout its history. Record keeping of fatality statistics formally began in the city in...
    Operations & Training

    Let's Lighten Up: Personal Protection In The Interzone

    July 1, 1997
    I'll preface this column by stating that it is NOT criticism for the sake of criticizing. On the contrary. This is about a health and safety concern germane to the fire service...
    Apparatus

    Top 10 List

    July 1, 1997
    The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has just released preliminary firefighter fatality statistics for 1996. The news is not good for emergency vehicle operators. Ninety...
    Rescue

    "Street Chemistry" Part 2

    July 1, 1997
    Each symbol for an element on the Periodic Table of Elements represents one atom of that particular element. The atom is the smallest part that any element can be divided into...
    Rescue

    Building Collapse Operations Training

    July 1, 1997
    At a large-scale training exercise, the Philadelphia Fire Department, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Housing Authority and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, ...
    Rescue

    Kia Motors' Knee Airbag System

    July 1, 1997
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