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  • March 1999

    • March 1999

    Leadership

    Sprinklers Save Lives: It's That Simple

    March 1, 1999
    Automatic sprinkler systems have been used in this country for almost 125 years, but there still is a cloud of mythology that hampers fire departments in their efforts to protect...
    Safety & Health

    Defining The Fireground

    March 1, 1999
    By request of the author, this article is not available online
    Operations & Training

    The Engine Company Chauffeur - Part 2

    March 1, 1999
    John J. Salka Jr. outlines the critical tactics every engine company chauffeur should master.
    Rescue

    On The Job - Alabama: Trench Collapse

    March 1, 1999
    150 Rescue Workers From 14 Agencies Work For 11 Hours At Dothan Trench Collapse Dennis L. Rubin gives a detailed account of an unusual trench rescue and discusses the problems...
    Tech & Comm

    The Art & Science Of Atmospheric Monitoring

    March 1, 1999
    Everyday contaminants are on the surfaces that we touch and in the air we breathe. Brian L. Parsley discusses different types of atmospheric monitors and how they can be of benefit...

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    Rescue

    Worker Trapped At Construction Site

    March 1, 1999
    "HazMat 17. Show this unit responding to the confined space rescue." Captain Jeff Strickland, officer-in-charge of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's Technical Rescue Bureau, overheard ...
    Operations & Training

    New Jersey's Forest Fire Service

    March 1, 1999
    New Jersey is called, "The Garden State." It is the most densely populated state in the country with over 1,000 people per square mile. Many who travel through the northeast portion...
    Rescue

    Plastics & Polymerization: What Firefighters Need To Know

    March 1, 1999
    Plastics have been around for more than 100 years. The first plastic developed was cellulose nitrate, which was a replacement for ivory in billiard balls. Since World War II, ...
    Rescue

    Stabilization: Part 1

    March 1, 1999
    Article Available Online Soon!
    Apparatus

    Insurance: Are You Really Covered? Part 3

    March 1, 1999
    This is the final installment of a series on buying insurance for fire apparatus and other emergency vehicles. The previous installments covered topics that included "totaling...