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FA Volume 29 Issue 5
FA Volume 29 Issue 5
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FA Volume 29 Issue 5
Read the features and news on fire trucks and fire equipment from the May 2024 issue of Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment magazine.
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Fire Apparatus Showcase: May 2024
Delivery of the Month: Pierce—Dwight (IL) Fire Protection District pumper.
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4 Guys Fire Trucks Builds Pumper to Fit 1949 Fire Station
East Litchfield Fire was faced with getting the new rig to fit in a station built in 1949 with low apparatus bay door heights and…
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Fire Chief Considerations: Drones
Compared with other public safety entities, the fire service, as a whole, has been much slower to embrace the use of drones.
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HURST Jaws of Life
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Rick Rainwater discusses important innovations in extrication tools and other tools beyond extrication equipment.
Equipment
Extrication Tools
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PRODUCT SHOWCASE
Check out these products: UTV, thermal imagers, hose, pumps, reels, light towers, double-sleeve gantry and more.
Equipment
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Thermal Imaging
Keeping It Safe: Protecting the PPE Technician
Just what is a PPE technician? This is the person who handles the dirty, contaminated PPE—i.e., who does the washing and drying.
Firefighter PPE
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Apparatus Purchasing: 2½-Inch Discharge Valve Controllers
The controllers used to operate 2½-inch discharges is the subject. No preference is made. The intent is to make purchasers aware.
Fire Apparatus
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Sutphen Pumper-Tanker Replaces 1989 Rig
Sutphen was chosen not only for meeting the fire company’s specs but because Sutphen East is not far from its response area.
Fire Apparatus
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Pumpers
The World’s First Adjustable Smooth Bore Nozzle
HEN’s patented technology represents a major innovation in fire suppression: the world’s first adjustable smooth bore nozzle.
Fire Apparatus
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FA Viewpoints | What’s the Most Important Apparatus Innovation in the Past 30 Years?
Bill Adams and Ricky Riley tackle the question, “In the past 30 years, what is the most important apparatus innovation?â€
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Fire Departments Lean Toward Greater Use of Electronic Monitors
Monitor manufacturers say that fire departments are turning to electronic monitors for their ease of use and ability to be operated remotely.
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Station News
The Fire Station
Using a Thermal Imager for Interior Searches
05.01.2024
Equipment
Magazine
Thermal Imaging
Equipment for Effective Rural Water Supply Operations, Part 2
05.01.2024
Equipment
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Editor’s Opinion | It’s Really Just Unacceptable
05.01.2024
Fire Apparatus
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Equipping Rigs to Fight Electric Vehicle Fires
05.01.2024
Equipment
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