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  • Vehicle Rescue Scene Safety

    SUBJECT: Vehicle Rescue Scene Safety TOPIC: Patient Protection Guidelines OBJECTIVE: Review practices and procedures for patient protection at vehicle rescue scenes. TASK: The rescue team shall review the department's standard...

    Article • February 29th, 2008

  • Hazmat Response In Kansas City, MO

    Kansas City is the largest city in Missouri and is in the northwest corner of the state at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers. The city encompasses 319 square miles with parts in four counties. Population estimates show 447,306 within...

    Article • February 29th, 2008

  • Remember the 'Old School' Techniques
    Remember the 'Old School' Techniques

    As we look to a new year filled where technology continues to impact our equipment, I would like to remind readers to remember the basics and less-advanced means of rescue.

    Article • February 11th, 2008

  • Charleston Fire Discussed at Firehouse World
    Charleston Fire Discussed at Firehouse World

    J. Gordon Routley, Project Team Leader spoke to a packed ballroom at the San Diego Convention Center. The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire in Charleston, SC on June 18, 2007 saw nine firefighters killed. J.

    Article • February 5th, 2008

  • Hazmat Team Spotlight: Omaha, NE, Fire-Rescue Department
    Hazmat Team Spotlight: Omaha, NE, Fire-Rescue Department

    Located on the banks of the Missouri River at the Eastern end of Nebraska, Omaha is the largest city in the state.Slideshow Images: Omaha, NE, Fire-Rescue Department Located on the banks of the Missouri River at the Eastern end of Nebraska, Omaha is...

    Article • February 1st, 2008

  • Safe Parking: 2008 Update

    SUBJECT: Safe Parking TOPIC: 2008 Update OBJECTIVE: Update of Safe Parking Protocols for Responders Working In or Near Moving Traffic TASK: Highway incident scene responders shall explain how department protocols for highway incident...

    Article • January 31st, 2008

  • Seattle Fire Department's Hazardous Materials Response

    Seattle, WA, is the largest city in the Northwest and 22nd largest in the United States. Situated between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, the city is 96 miles south of the Canadian border in King County. Seattle covers an area of 83.6 square...

    Article • January 31st, 2008

  • Trics Of The Trade: The Rescue/Pumper and the FDNY Squad Concept - Part 2
    Trics Of The Trade: The Rescue/Pumper and the FDNY Squad Concept - Part 2

    At a trench operation in New York City, the squad company will operate as a rescue company.Technical incidents cover an enormous variation in response tactics compared to those on the fireground. While on the fireground we tend to do things in a more...

    Article • January 31st, 2008

  • Ethanol: It's Not What You Think it is, or is it? - Part 1

    Does ethanol burn the same as a gasoline fire or; does it burn more like a propane fire? How many E85 fueling stations are in your response area, if any at all?

    Article • January 8th, 2008

  • Airbag Supplemental Restraint Systems

    SUBJECT: Airbag Supplemental Restraint Systems TOPIC: Understanding airbag deployment criteria OBJECTIVE: The responder will list and explain the conditions that must be met to deploy airbags in vehicle collisions TASK: Given a scenario...

    Article • December 31st, 2007

  • Pennsylvania: Large Fire Load At Bern Township Chemical Plant

    Sixteen fire departments battled a fire that involved a large inventory of flammable, caustic and acidic chemicals and a large fire load of cardboard.

    Article • November 30th, 2007

  • Alabama: Freight Train Vs. Propane Tanker Outside Falkville

    A truck driver was trapped in his vehicle, fire impinged on its 3,000-gallon tank of propane and hazardous materials were five railcars away from the fire.

    Article • November 30th, 2007

  • Kentucky: Railcars Carrying Hazmats Derail, Burn for 36 Hours

    In one of the nationâ??s biggest railroad hazmat incidents, 25 cars of an 80-car freight train derailed and burned in the community of Brooks.

    Article • November 30th, 2007

  • Hazardous Materials Response For "The Biggest Little City in the World"

    Reno — promoted as "The Biggest Little City in the World" — is in western Nevada near the California border, 26 miles north of the capital of Carson City and 22 miles northeast of Lake Tahoe, CA, in the high desert. The county seat of Washoe...

    Article • November 30th, 2007

  • Ohio: 16 Alarms for Explosion & Fire At Pandora Chemical Company

    Despite a well-advanced fire upon arrival and known hazmats, an aggressive interior attack saved 80% of the building. (With "CSB Safety Videos: A Training Tool for the Emergency Response Community")

    Article • November 30th, 2007

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