FA Volume 16 Issue 9

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Apparatus Purchasing: Abusing Specifications

Apparatus Purchasing: Abusing Specifications

Fire apparatus vendors and purchasers who misuse fire apparatus specifications negate the intent of writing technical purchasing specifications, impede the public bidding process, complicate fire apparatus purchasing, and generally do a disservice to fire departments.
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EMS and the Fire Service

EMS and the Fire Service

Emergency medical services (EMS) have been a significant part of most fire departments for as long as most current members have been in the service. Although relatively new considering the origins of the fire service, EMS has been part of the responsibilities of many firefighters since they signed on.
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Gus’s Boy, the Resilient One

Gus’s Boy, the Resilient One

Did you ever wonder why our political leadership seems to be so ... lacking? It might be because the importance of leadership has been dismissed by the very intellectual elites responsible for educating our youth.
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Project Clears the Way for Alternative Response Vehicles

Project Clears the Way for Alternative Response Vehicles

In 2009, Deputy Director Michael Putt, of Memphis (TN) Fire Services, presented an idea to Director Alvin Benson he believed would help reduce apparatus repairs and maintain the current life expectancy of the department's trucks and engines.
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Rolling Out Storage Innovations

Rolling Out Storage Innovations

Hose and rescue tool trays that slide out, tool boards that swing out, electrical equipment shelves that roll out, and fittings trays that drop down are only some of the many compartment configurations that fire departments are requesting in their new apparatus.
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Apparatus/Equipment News

Apparatus/Equipment News

BullEx vehicle fire training and helicopter live training props feature multiple burn zones that create engine, passenger compartment, and fuel spill fires. The Maine ANG…
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Refurbishing Remains a Viable Option

Refurbishing Remains a Viable Option

Designing, specifying, accepting bids on, and finally building a new piece of apparatus can be a daunting task for any department, large or small. Figuring out how to do so while remaining within budgets that tighten almost daily adds an additional level of complexity.
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Apparatus Manufacturers Configure Rigs for More Equipment

Apparatus Manufacturers Configure Rigs for More Equipment

On any given piece of fire apparatus, the vehicle's size matters because there's a finite amount of real estate available to hold all the equipment a fire department wants to carry.
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In the News…

In the News…

• SPARTAN CHASSIS, Inc. is supplying 25 Metro Star® emergency response cabs and chassis to the Beijing, Shenyang, Suzhou, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, and Wuhan Fire Departments…
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Apparatus Fire Pumps: More GPM Are Not Always Better

Apparatus Fire Pumps: More GPM Are Not Always Better

In terms of fire pumps on apparatus, the question is often asked, "Are bigger pumps necessarily better?" The answer depends on a number of factors, including how the apparatus will be used, the types of fires it will be called on to fight, and the size of the chassis on which the pump will be mounted.
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Special Delivery: Oxford (MA) Fire-EMS Turns to PL Custom to Replace Damaged Ambulance

Special Delivery: Oxford (MA) Fire-EMS Turns to PL Custom to Replace Damaged Ambulance

When Oxford (MA) Fire-EMS Department's 2000 Freightliner ambulance suffered significant damage, Chief Sheri Bemis knew she'd have to act quickly to get a new rig into the department's fleet.
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A Knowledge Resource Center for the Wildland Fire Community

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Heat Puts Extrication Tools and Firefighters to the Test

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Fire Apparatus

Selecting Personal Harness and Escape Systems

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Heavy Rescue Designs Reflect the Times

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Rescue-Pumpers Show Strength vs. Heavy Rescues

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Apparatus Purchasing: Evaluating the Presenters

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Alternative Lift System Proposed for Rescue Aerials

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Support Vehicles Feed Hungry Wildland Firefighters

Fire Apparatus

B.O.L.D.: The Future of Forcible Entry and Auto Extrication?

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The Industry of Fire Protection

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