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  • August 1998

    • August 1998

    Leadership

    Fire Service Fights Agri-Business Over Hazmat Transport Rules

    Aug. 1, 1998
    A long-running dispute between the fire service and the agriculture-business industry has become a semi-monthly skirmish on Capitol Hill. The issue is hazardous materials regulations...
    Safety & Health

    Managing And Controlling Fireground Risks And Dangers - Part 1

    Aug. 1, 1998
    By request of the author, this article is not available online
    Operations & Training

    Drilling In The Desert

    Aug. 1, 1998
    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...
    Community Risk

    Arson in America

    Aug. 1, 1998
    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.
    Operations & Training

    Conducting A Proper Size-Up

    Aug. 1, 1998
    Michael M. Dugan explores what a size-up is and how it should be done in order to avoid making potentially fatal mistakes.

    More content from August 1998

    Rescue

    Acid Cargo Tank Overturns On Highway

    Aug. 1, 1998
    An estimated 3,500 gallons of sulfuric acid was safely unloaded from a highway acid cargo tank, with no injuries, after it overturned on a central Arizona highway enroute to a...
    Operations & Training

    Flagstaff FD Proactive On Wildland Fire Threat

    Aug. 1, 1998
    Flagstaff, AZ, a modest-sized city 80 miles south of the Grand Canyon and 120 miles north of Phoenix, is situated within the largest ponderosa pine forest in the world. Wildfires...
    Rescue

    Concept Vehicles: The 2000 Model Year

    Aug. 1, 1998
    Article Available Online Soon!
    Leadership

    Volunteer Fire Departments And Political Activities

    Aug. 1, 1998
    In my April 1998 column describing the legal limits on political campaign activities, I focused on individual firefighters, especially those employed by local governments. I urged...