Many standards are used to measure a fire department's performance and most are fairly obvious. They include the number of companies for the area, population and fire load a department...
The Winecoff Fire: The Untold Story of America's Deadliest Hotel Fire by Sam Heys and Allen B. Goodwin (234 pages, published by Longstreet Press, 2140 Newmarket Parkway, Suite...
(Editor's note: In his May 1996 "EMS" column, contributing editor Rich Adams outlined "do not resuscitate" (DNR) protocols for EMS crews. The following column looks at DNR orders...
"Dispatch to Quint and Ambulance 14. This patient is reported to have been stabbed several times in the chest. Police have been dispatched and should arrive about the same time...
At 9:30 on a cold and windy morning in February 1996, the Farmingdale, NY, Fire Department received a call reporting that a worker was injured at the Farmingdale Water Tower. ...
Heavy fire was pushing from a few windows of the one-story factory. During the initial size-up, the chief recognized that conditions were not favorable. A strong wind was blowing...
A plane plunges into the Florida Everglades. Two passenger trains collide in Maryland. A tour bus runs off the road in Colorado. All of these events are "the big one" for the ...