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February 2009
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Ferrara Sets Sales Record As Others Get New CEOs According to Paul Christiansen, marketing director at Ferrara Fire Apparatus, the company exceeded its own sales goals and expectations in 2008, posting a nearly 40 percent increase in revenue – and in fire trucks sold... More... |
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| Sterling Rope Saves FDNY Firefighter by Alan M. Petrillo. A New York City firefighter who was forced to bail out of a burning building is alive today because he was equipped with a Personal Escape Rope (PER) made by a Maine company – Sterling Rope... More... |
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| Extrication Requires Effective Tools, Training and Thinking by Scott Baltic. The war has been going on for years. On one side are the automakers, who want to build the safest, strongest vehicles they can, and on the other are fire and rescue personnel, who sometimes have to cut and pry those cars open in a hurry...More... |
Pinable Waterway Failures Prompt Action From NFPA Most of you have seen or heard about the May 8, 2008 safety advisory by NIOSH indicating that some pinable waterways and monitors have been ejected....More... |
Rail Responses Provide Extrication Challenges A good number of us have rail lines, light rail transit systems and even tourist railroad operations in our communities that we serve and protect.... More... |
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Effective Extrication Is A Systematic Process |
Maintenance Prepares Rescuers for Action Rescue is the art and science of combining talents, techniques, tools and tricks in a safe and expedient manner to solve scenario challenges. A successful rescue...More...
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Important Considerations For Overhaul And Salvage Among the least glamorous tasks on the fireground are salvage and overhaul.... More.. |
Driver Training Programs Can Help Reduce Accidents Much has been written in this column and in other places about apparatus accident prevention, with the focus on improved apparatus design and... More... |
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Special Delivery By Tony Lolli |
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