August 1998

A long-running dispute between the fire service and the agriculture-business industry has become a semi-monthly skirmish on Capitol Hill. The issue is hazardous materials regulations...

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When the city of Tucson, AZ, decided to costruct a Regional Public Safety Academy, it consulted the most important people of all: the rank and file. Bryn Bailer examines the results...

Jay K. Bradish provides a 1998 national overview of the number-one cause of fires across the country and outlines ideas for curbing this life-threatening crime.

Michael M. Dugan explores what a size-up is and how it should be done in order to avoid making potentially fatal mistakes.