July 1997

More content from July 1997

An important reference to chemical warfare agents and how to handle incidents involving them.
July 1, 1997
Firehouse® Magazine provides its latest statistics on U.S. career fire departments.
July 1, 1997
As we went to press for this issue, we learned that two New Bloomington, OH, firefighters and a paramedic were electrocuted as they worked at a motor vehicle accident. A few weeks...
July 1, 1997
If there was a significant fire or emergency that occurred 100 years ago in your department, or your department's 100th anniversary is coming up, please drop us a line for possible...
July 1, 1997
Community substance abuse trends have become all to common for the EMS responder to readily identify. As the front-line medical presence in the war on drugs, it seems like the...
July 1, 1997
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July 1, 1997
As some of our close professional buddies might know, we have adopted a new hobby. We have finally taken our own advice and began devoting time to something which has absolutely...
July 1, 1997
A concerted effort to reduce firefighter deaths over the past 20 years has seen some successes deaths have dropped from the highs of the 140 deaths per year during the 1970s to...
July 1, 1997
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state charity regulators across the country have embarked on a project called "Operation False Alarm" to crack down on frauds that involve...
July 1, 1997
Pete Piringer details efforts to rescue a child from a fast-moving house fire in Prince George’s County.
July 1, 1997
Jerry Knapp and Christian Delisio report the surprising results of live-burn tests.
July 1, 1997
Harvey Eisner describes programs that help to eliminate guesswork on the fireground.
July 1, 1997
John J. Salka explains the importance and the various duties of an engine company chauffeur.
July 1, 1997
Robert R. Morris describes the most important operation on the fireground - the saving of lives.
July 1, 1997
Wayne Messenger and Peter Novy describe a gas explosion in a Chicago suburb.
July 1, 1997
Baltimore County firefighters pull a 6-year-old boy from the deep shaft of a well.
July 1, 1997
Paul A. Wentworth and Rob Palmer report on a fire that gutted a five-story factory in Providence.
July 1, 1997