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  • Ice And Cold Water Rescue - Part II

    All personnel operating at the Awareness level should be provided with appropriate Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) or Anti-Exposure Coveralls to protect them from the elements and any unintentional entries into the cold water.

    Article • January 20th, 2003

  • We Have Permission To Use The Word Mayday

    "What do you mean we have permission to use the word Mayday- we have been using it all along! What's the big deal?"I can hear some readers now: "What do you mean we have permission to use the word Mayday- we have been using it all along! What's the...

    Article • January 17th, 2003

  • Miracle Oral Board Tool

    Everyone has butterflies in an oral board. The trick is getting all the butterfly's to fly in the same formation.

    Article • January 15th, 2003

  • Ice And Cold Water Rescue - Part I

    Public Safety and Rescue personnel should be appropriately trained and equipped in order to appropriately respond to an emergency on the ice or in the water.

    Article • January 14th, 2003

  • Firefighter Fitness: A Heart-Pounding Experience

    The shrill, rhythmic beep of the apparatus in reverse gear seems surreal at 3 AM, as a biting wind steals your breath away.

    Article • January 12th, 2003

  • Leadership Ethics In The Hiring Process

    Even if your department does background checks, you need to do more than just check for entry level test scores, work history and driving record.According to a recent NFPA report, "Regard for firefighters in the U.S. is at an all time high.

    Article • January 7th, 2003

  • Learn To Burn

    The average American gains five pounds a year every year over the age of thirty. Some estimate that 50 or even 60 percent of our society is overweight.

    Article • December 23rd, 2002

  • Conquer The Promotional Interview!

    Many candidates think that if they have it figured out in their head and have written it down, it is going to come out of their mouth the same way.You have fallen off the end of the earth for up to a year or more. You've been immersed in preparing for...

    Article • December 17th, 2002

  • The Street Chemist - Part 14

    The final flammable-liquid hydrocarbon derivative family is ester. In addition to being flammable, esters may polymerize.Esters

    Article • December 15th, 2002

  • Search & Rescue Skills With Your Thermal Imager

    Here it is: the emergency that you feared, the one that you dreaded, the one whose potential helped you justify funding your thermal imagers (TIs)."Engines 2, 7, 3, Ladder 2, Quint 11, Ambulance 16 and District 1: Respond to a residential fire, with...

    Article • December 13th, 2002

  • Oral Board Skills: First Impressions

    What's the first impression the job panel has of you? Your physical appearance, yes. What else? Your choice of words, what you're wearing, eye contact, and your hand shake are all important.

    Article • December 12th, 2002

  • Firefighting Becomes More Treacherous in Cold Weather

    There's no special training for cold-weather firefighting -- everyone learns by experience.

    Article • December 4th, 2002

  • A Call to Arms

    Ask anybody to make a "muscle" and he or she will inevitably roll up one sleeve and clench a fist. The flexed bicep (or upper arm) is without question the universally accepted symbol for a toned muscular physique. MUSCLE FATIGUE Muscle Fatigue is...

    Article • December 2nd, 2002

  • Fitness Initiative Pays Off, Professionally & Personally

    As an industry, firefighters always have been at the top of the list of dangerous occupations. It took, however, the tragic attack on America to bring the reality of how physically demanding firefighting is to the American public. In the aftermath...

    Article • November 30th, 2002

  • Your Greatest Risk

    As a working firefighter, the number one risk your faced with every day is the high level of physical exertion that might be necessary at any moment.

    Article • November 25th, 2002

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