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    Jay K. Bradish reviews an early-morning arson fire in that destroyed a one-story strip mall containing five businesses.
    Feb. 1, 2005
    Photo By Peter Matthews
    Firefighters work to ventilate second-floor windows while operating on the roof of a portion of the mattress factory. Heavy smoke was being fanned by high winds.
    Coverage of a six-alarm fire in a Brooklyn, NY, mattress warehouse.
    Feb. 1, 2005
    Photo By Bill May
    Upon impact, burning fuel was strewn across the parking lot as well as the front of the body shop.
    Coverage of the crash of a twin-engine four-passenger plane in Atlanta, GA; plus the latest "Hot Spots on the Web."
    Feb. 1, 2005
    Photo by Barry Furey
    The cost to construct and outfit a transmitter site can equal that of several emergency apparatus, placing dispatch centers in direct competition for funds with the departments they serve.
    Barry Furey discusses the fight for dollars that many fire administrators are dealing with, but emphasizes how the problem of adequate funding is more visible than in communities...
    Feb. 1, 2005
    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Firefighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program continues to present its investigations of firefighter line...
    Feb. 1, 2005
    The nomination of Judge Michael Chertoff to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may offer a rare opportunity for the fire-rescue service to increase its influence ...
    Feb. 1, 2005
    By request of the author, this article is not available online
    Feb. 1, 2005
    Photo by Joseph Louderback
    Holla Hose Company No. 5 responds first due at the massive Sing Sing Correctional Facility, “up the river” in Ossining, NY.
    Fighting fire is dangerous enough but the members of Ossining, New York’s Holla Hose Company No. 5 have a bit more to contend with – they’re first due at Sing Sing, one of America...
    Feb. 1, 2005
    If you watched any episode of “Emergency!” you saw that Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto contacted the hospital base station on virtually all patients who required some type of advanced...
    Feb. 1, 2005
    Just a car fire...then an explosion with a firefighter injured! “I heard a loud bang, sending a jolt through my body.” As we continue with part 2, we are looking at some smaller...
    Feb. 1, 2005
    Photos by Battalion Chief Russell Accardi/Delray Beach Fire-Rescue On Dec. 2, 2004 Delray Beach, FL, Fire-Rescue firefighters were extinguishing a fire involving a Jeep Cherokee...
    Feb. 1, 2005
    SUBJECT:NFPA 1670 Vehicle Rescue, Technician-level Skills and CompetenciesTOPIC:Advanced Hands-on Training Skill: Floorboard Opening of a Side-resting VehicleOBJECTIVE:Make an...
    Feb. 1, 2005