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    Operations & Training

    Baby, It's Cold Outside

    Nov. 4, 2009
    Holes in the ozone, energy conservation, global warming, rising sea levels, green living, green building, global calamity on a scale never before seen by man. Depending on which...
    Rescue

    Intracoastal Waterway Accident Challenges Florida Rescuers

    Nov. 4, 2009
    St. Johns County, FL, Fire Rescue (SJCFR) was presented with challenges it never faced before. An overloaded 22-foot Crownline Bowrider with 14 people on board rammed a moored...
    Safety & Health

    Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighters: Protecting Our Own

    Nov. 4, 2009
    July 26, 2006: A 43-year-old male firefighter suffers symptoms of heat strain while fighting a structure fire in Illinois. He cools down in rehab and his crew finds him dead at...
    Rescue

    Extrication Tactics For "Energized" Vehicles

    Nov. 4, 2009
    SUBJECT: Electrical System Shutdown TOPIC: Extrication Tactics for "Energized" Vehicles OBJECTIVE: Given a scenario involving a person trapped in a vehicle that has its battery...
    Leadership

    An Absence of Politics

    Nov. 4, 2009
    Writing a column on "Fire Service Politics" each month gives the author a full run at the total workings of our industry because almost everything that happens has political aspects...