June 2008
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Fire Industry Today
Monthly column by the publisher
Cover Stories
Headline stories from the front page
Columns
Articles by our regular columnists
Industry Innovations
The newest innovations in fire and rescue products and technology
Stories
Articles of interest
In The News
People and companies making news in the industry
Significant New Ideas Change. That seems to be the political buzzword this year, but it is something we see every year in the fire service industry. . More... |
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17 3,000-Gallon Tankers Used At 11-Hour S.C. Fire by Barry McRoy. When fire struck the Southland Restaurant in Walterboro, S.C., water was a major concern... More... |
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Mobile Fire Pump Tester Uncovers Maintenance Issues By Lyn Bixby. How long has it been since your fire department’s pumpers were tested? A year? A few years? You don’t know?...More |
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| Rosenbauer Leads A Parade of European Innovators To America by Ed Ballam. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Rosenbauer America, a partnership of the Austrian builder and three smaller high-quality manufacturers in the United States. More... |
TLC Needs For In-Service Rigs |
Fire-Based EMS: A Foreign Approach Fire-based emergency medical services (EMS) faces challenges daily. Challenges like maintaining staffing levels and the availability More... |
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Ignoring Standards Can Be Dangerous |
Special Delivery By Tony Lolli
CustomFIRE Full Response Cab Going Strong For 25 Years Morristown (Minn.) Fire-Rescue accepted the higher of two bids and took delivery this spring of a 2008 CustomFIRE Full Response Pumper that had its design genesis in 1982. More... |
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Accountability Necessary For Safety Of Firefighters |
Managing Mass Casuality Incidents Requires Planning For many fire departments and EMS providers, summer means an increase in community events and activities in our coverage areas, people traveling and... More... |
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Encouraging Fitness For Firefighter Safety |
Pump Intakes Deserve Careful Consideration
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| American LaFrance Emerges From Chapter 11 Bankruptcy By Lyn Bixby. American LaFrance pulled itself out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 23 when Delaware U.S. ... More.. | Dräger’s PSS 7000 SCBA Receives NFPA CertificationDräger Safety has cleared the final hurdle for full National Fire Protection Association certification of its new PSS 7000 self-contained... More... | ||
| Purchasing Equipment For A New Apparatus Requires Care By Doug Cleveringa. When outfitting a new apparatus, you may decide to use equipment off ... More... | Knoxville Gets 3 Ferrara Apparatus The Knoxville (Tenn.) Fire Department recently took delivery of three additional Ferrara Fire Apparatus custom emergency vehicles... More... |
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| Pierce Stock Units For Sale On The Internet Pierce Manufacturing has launched an online portal giving fire departments access to stock apparatus it has for sale on the... More... |
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New Stanley Tools Forcible Entry FUBAR |
New Kochek Lightweight Floating Strainer |
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| Hurst Markets QuickStrut For Stabilization Hurst Jaws of Life is marketing a new imported product, a vehicle stabilization kit called the QuickStrut...More.. |
E-ONE Introduces Cab With RollTek |
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| Carson Sirens Makes Hand-Held Controller Carson Sirens exhibited its hand-held mech-anical tone siren at this year’s Fire Department Instructors’ Conference in Indianapolis..More... |
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