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  • Safety Considerations and Fire Department Operations at Construction Sites

    During the construction process, building and construction sites represent the highest potential for fire, injuries and large-scale operations than at any other time within the life cycle of a structure.

    Article • October 22nd, 2002

  • Rapid Intervention Teams

    We certainly can?t expect two firefighters to carry the full tool compliment that an entire RIT unit would. So what can they carry and what can they expect to accomplish?

    Article • October 18th, 2002

  • Engine Company Operations

    During my 32 years of doing battle with the ?Red Devil,? I have acquired a certain degree of respect for the enemy we fight. Many of the techniques and procedures that I have learn have been past down to me from one firefighter to another.

    Article • October 16th, 2002

  • RIT/FAST: The Rule Of Three

    If you wait for a fire officer or apparatus to arrive on the scene to "confirm" a working fire before you dispatch the initial RIT, you are wasting valuable time that this team could be using not to mention the amount of time the fireground is without...

    Article • October 16th, 2002

  • Learning Lessons – After Action Reports

    What would happen to your department’s initial response if all of the officers on scene were incapacitated by a secondary device or by the primary effects of the tornado?

    Article • October 16th, 2002

  • Newton's Laws of Gravity and Firefighters

    Think as you go in. Gravity is waiting to grab you at the first opportunity. The trick is don’t be above or below a failure.

    Article • October 16th, 2002

  • Higher Education For The Fire Service

    "A college degree does not put out a fire." "He has a lot of book knowledge, but no common sense." These are some of the refrains heard in fire houses nationwide when college degrees or college credit is required for entry into a fire department or...

    Article • October 15th, 2002

  • Introduction to Multi-Company Operations Training

    One of the most important components of any fire department's training and development program should be Multi-Company Operations. There are a host of topic's which may be applicable when conducting such drills; but for the purpose of this session, we...

    Article • October 15th, 2002

  • MA Town Tests Emergency Response

    How would Framingham’s public safety agencies respond if a passenger train collided with a cargo train transporting chemicals?

    Article • October 3rd, 2002

  • Live-Fire Training The New Reality

    Harry R. Carter, Ph.D., recounts the latest firefighter training fatalities and reviews standards and practices relating to the use of burn buildings.

    Article • September 1st, 2002

  • Live-Fire Training The New Reality Part 2

    Water Supply In order to conduct a safe firefighting evolution in an acquired structure, you must insure that sufficient water for firefighting is available. You will need water for attacking the fire, water for backup lines and water for safety...

    Article • September 1st, 2002

  • Practice Important, When Implementing Emergency Plans

    Virtual reality drill aims at preparing for train derailment.

    Article • August 12th, 2002

  • Baird Gets 5-Year Probation

    Alan G. Baird III must spend 75 days in jail and avoid contact with any fire department under a five-year term of probation in connection with last year’s death of firefighter trainee Bradley Golden, a judge said Monday.

    Article • July 8th, 2002

  • Baird Found Guilty of Criminally Negligent Homicide

    Jury levies lesser charge in decision.

    Article • May 22nd, 2002

  • What's Behind The Smoke

    It's three in the morning and you receive an automatic alarm for a commercial building.

    Article • May 1st, 2002

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