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    America is known as the land of opportunity. Each year, many young men and women work hard for a chance to become an emergency responder. Frequently, this conscious choice represents...
    June 1, 2005
    The Emergency Email Wireless Network (EEWN) alerts first responders and/or civilians quickly via text messaging to e-mail and other wireless devices.
    Interoperability and technology solutions in general have inundated the public safety market. With so many solutions available, there must be some easy method to help guide first...
    June 1, 2005
    Adequate staffing has long been a fire service concern. Whether it involves the number of career firefighters assigned to ladder and engine companies, or the ability of suburban...
    June 1, 2005
    Courtesy of Author
    The trapped fire officer did not transmit a Mayday – he later explained that it was “too hot” inside and that he just wanted to get out as quickly as he could. He was pulled to safety by his fellow firefighters and spent 18 days in the hospital recovering from his burn injuries.
    This month, you will read an account of a fire that occurred at a single-family dwelling. It came in as a mattress fire, but when firefighters arrived, they had a house fire....
    June 1, 2005
    Courtesy of Author
    The house sustained major structural damage in the fire and was demolished later that night.
    I was a firefighter with the City of New Haven, CT, from 1987 to 2004. I had been a captain since 1998 and was assigned to Engine Company 17 on the day of this fire. At 2:32 ...
    June 1, 2005
    Photo by Ron Moore
    With the decision made to slide the roof out of the driver’s side once it was free, the passenger’s-side pillars were cut at the roofline and the driver’s-side pillars at door level. This gave the team the maximum amount of space to slide the roof out from under the vehicle.
    Subject: NFPA 1670 Vehicle Rescue, Technician-level Skills and Competencies Topic: Advanced Hands-on Training Skill: Total Roof Removal, Roof-resting Vehicle Objective: Given...
    June 1, 2005
    Photo by Robert Burke
    Hooking this emergency decontamination device directly to a hydrant frees apparatus for other operations.
    Whether you are a member of a hazardous materials response team or a first responder, decontamination is one of the most important actions taken by emergency personnel during...
    June 1, 2005
    Photo courtesy of Bullard
    The Gamewell Fire Department in Lenoir, NC (population 6,000), focused on personal appeals, direct mail and media relations to raise money for a thermal imager within just six months. The campaign was led by Gamewell Chief Keith Owens.
    In 1999, the Thorn Township Fire Department, in Thornville, OH (population 3,500), purchased a thermal imager (TI) with money donated largely from local fundraising. Last fall...
    June 1, 2005
    Goleta, CA, April 6, 2005 – Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to the Engineering Building on the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) campus after a gas-detection...
    June 1, 2005
    Courtesy of Woodinville, WA, Fire and Life Safety District
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    Question: While there is always so much discussion in the business community about customer service, why is it also so important for a public service such as a fire department...
    June 1, 2005
    You never know where a simple telephone call may lead. In February 2004, I received a very interesting and, at the time, somewhat vague call. As I answered the telephone with...
    June 1, 2005
    Photo courtesy of Greensboro FD
    The newly wrapped city bus in front of the new Greensboro Fire Department Station 11.
    The Greensboro, NC, Fire Department, in collaboration with the Greensboro Transit Authority (GTA), has “wrapped” a GTA city bus as part of a new initiative aimed at educating...
    June 1, 2005