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By Jean Murphy The Chicago Daily Herald ITASCA, Ill. — Mention the name "Darley" to virtually any firefighter in the world and you will find at least some spark of ...
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By James E. Johannessen With the New Year came the release of the revised edition of "NFPA 1911, Standard for the Inspection, Maintenance, Testing, and Retirement of ...
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There has always been a big controversy about what type of pump to choose when you are writing specs for a new piece of apparatus. If price is a concern when buying your new ...
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Having a water source is essential to the fireground operation, but knowing and locating where the secondary source will be is usually an afterthought. ...
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When trying to decide what new fire apparatus to buy, it's a good idea to first look around your area and see what other fire departments have speced and what their likes and ...
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The Eureka Times StandardCROOKED PRAIRIE, Calif. — Equipment was stolen and given back to Crooked Prairie Fire Station within two days, after deputies arrested a Salinas man ...
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By Juley Harvey The Daily CameraESTES, Colo. — A brand-new fire truck for the Estes Park Volunteer Fire Department passed its final inspection in Nebraska, was delivered last ...
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Editor's note: There are numerous factors involved in selecting new fire trucks – and many of them are highlighted in Bob Vaccaro's Apparatus Essentials archive. In the ...
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By George Delozier Via InventorSpot.comUsing robots in hazardous situations is something that has saved countless lives and as our technology evolves will no doubt save many more. ...
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Photo Jamie Thompson Apparatus on display at the FDIC in Indianapolis in April. At the beginning of the year, the fire apparatus industry really seemed as if it would suffer ...
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Photo Bob Vaccaro Rear mounted pump and panel on a Rosenbauer vehicle. When I first became a firefighter some 33 years ago, there was no question about where a pump panel was ...
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Times-Picayune Copyright 2007 The Times-Picayune Publishing Company ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — St. Tammany Parish's Fire Protection District 11, which serves the Pearl River area, ...
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By Alexa Aguilar Chicago Tribune Copyright 2007 Chicago Tribune Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News PHOTO BY TIM OLK, FIRE DEPARTMENT PHOTO UNITCHICAGO — A woman ...
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If you are reading this article, you’re probably wondering, “Why did my grant get rejected and what are we doing wrong?” You’re not alone; in this year’s AFG program, about 9,000 ...
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By Ed Ballam PIERREVILLE, Quebec — In 1985 when C.E.T. Fire Pumps MFG opened for business, no one paid much attention to the ...
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Because of problems associated with hoses inadvertently being dropped on the street while responding—which in two cases resulted in deaths—the NFPA 1901 Technical Committee has ...
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