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    Timothy S. Wall discusses assistance and educational opportunities to enhance your retention and recruiting efforts.
    Oct. 1, 2005
    Rich Meyer continues his series on fitness, fat loss and function by exploring fat-loss issues and the five parts to a program.
    Oct. 1, 2005
    Photo by Tom Shand
    The body interior is equipped with a bench seat for six personnel with an enclosed storage area for folding, roof and extension ladders together with several Clemens and halligan hooks.
    Michael Wilbur and Tom Shand detail one of the most important items for your apparatus committee to consider: developing a comprehensive tool and equipment list.
    Oct. 1, 2005
    The debacle of the response to Hurricane Katrina has resulted in the appointment of Chief R. David Paulison to be acting director of the battered Federal Emergency Management...
    Oct. 1, 2005
    By request of the author, this article is not available online
    Oct. 1, 2005
    Photos by Keith D. Cullom/IFPA
    Whether there is a plane crash, train wreck, storm or other large-scale disaster, a large incident command team will be needed to handle the situation.
    In a departure from our normal Close Calls format, we want to provide some thoughts on the Hurricane Katrina situation from a fire standpoint, as it in many respects relates ...
    Oct. 1, 2005
    Photo By Ron Moore
    Author holds the two components of the frontal airbag unit that exploded in the McKinney, TX, incident. Note that the stored-gas inflator cylinder has ruptured in a fashion similar to a BLEVE. The inflator and the backing plate landed just over 120 feet away from the burning vehicle after the explosion.
    Subject: Pressurized Vessels on Vehicles - Part 3 Topic: Airbag System Stored-Gas Inflators: Catastrophic Failure of Airbag System Stored-Gas Inflators During Vehicle Fires Objective...
    Oct. 1, 2005
    In the 1953 and 2005 films "War of the Worlds," aliens from another planet invade Earth with the purpose of destroying the human race. Nothing our military throws at the creatures...
    Oct. 1, 2005
    Photo Courtesy of Author
    Prior to ladder or hose deployment, the first-in officer can see that heavy heat is building up underneath the truss roof of this Type III building. If there is no life-safety threat, this could dramatically alter the officer's strategy and tactics.
    It has been nearly two years since this column examined the foundation of any successful incident: good size-up. The thermal imager (TI) is frequently purchased with the promise...
    Oct. 1, 2005
    Even before 9/11, emergency response officials were asking such questions as: Who among state and federal resources will respond to a large-scale disaster? How long will it take...
    Oct. 1, 2005
    Oct. 1, 1905: ST. PAUL, MN - A passenger-line train heading west collided with a freight train while traveling on the Fourth Street viaduct. Five of the passenger cars derailed...
    Oct. 1, 2005