FA Volume 20 Issue 1

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Complicated Simplicity: PPE Care

In June 2014, the Fire Industry Equipment Research Organization (F.I.E.R.O.) held its inaugural Fire PPE Workshop, dedicated to PPE care and maintenance and NFPA 1851, Standard on Selection, Care and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural Firefighting and Proximity Firefighting.

Firefighter PPE

RIT Stabilization Solution

An unmanned, automatic stabilizing tool helps rapid intervention teams in high-heat, poor-visibility situations when they need cribbing to effect a rescue. RAUL A. ANGULO

Equipment

The Value of Special Rescue Teams

If you look at the number of events requiring technical rescue-whether a hazmat response, search and rescue, trench rescue, or any other special incidents-and compare this to the cost of preparing for such incidents, it does not make much sense.

Fire Apparatus Hazmat Trucks

Apparatus Purchasing: Make It Simple, Part 2

You can make your next written apparatus purchasing specification less confusing and easier to read without compromising the quality or the workmanship of the finished product. BILL ADAMS

Fire Apparatus

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More FA Volume 20 Issue 1

Maine Fire Department First to Take Delivery of New Ice and Cold Water Rescue Apparatus

These amphibious vehicles can carry multiple people—victims and rescuers—across ice and cold water, making rescues in harsh winter conditions safer for responders. DEBBIE BOLDUC

Fire Apparatus Rescue Trucks

Combating Extreme Winter Weather Effects on Hydraulic Rescue Tools

For those of you who may not know, I presently live and serve in the Northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho, where winter temperatures are known to regularly dip into the -20 to -30°F range.

Equipment

Emergency Response Vehicles and Failure Analysis

I think some failures are too easily relegated at face value to normal wear and tear when the actual problem may go much deeper.

Fire Apparatus

Not So Fast

There was also an unfortunate coincidence in that this was the second time in several months a rig from this station was involved in a rollover.

Equipment

Custom Cabs: Future

For the past two months, this column has been about the cramped seating conditions inside most custom cabs.

Fire Apparatus

Apparatus Purchasing: Pump Discharges

Some consider pump discharges a mundane topic during the spec writing process, but not spelling out details on discharge quantities, locations, and sizes can cause problems down the road. BILL ADAMS

Fire Apparatus Pumpers

The 3 Es to Protect Firefighters

Engineering, education, and enforcement have been staples in the fire prevention world for a long time.

Fire Apparatus

Do Our Firefighters Need Body Armor?

According to a survey conducted by the Peoria (AZ) Fire Department in 2006, 80 percent of the firefighters questioned claimed they had been assaulted while on duty.

Firefighter PPE