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Paul Combs

Snake In The Grass

No explanation is needed for this month's editorial illustration, and I'm sure we've all had to deal with bad attitudes before. The quest...

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Paul Shapiro

The required flow.

I hear alot of talk about smooth bore VS fog and hose diameter but not much about flow. Ask yourselves" do you really know what your weap...

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Mike Walker

Video Proof of the differences of 1 3/4", 2 1/2" , fog nozzle vs. Smoothbore. This should settle any arguement!

The brothers who made these video's should be given a medal. Its fantastic!. Check out the High-Rise Group discussion by the same name as...

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17 19 minutes ago
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Dave Stacy

Manafactured Homes

Writing a paper for a product liability class on fire safety in manafactured homes. Looking for fire experiences in such structures and t...

Started by Dave Stacy

5 1 hour ago
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Gregory Banks

Lockouts

What method of entry does your department use to gain entry on Residental Lockouts?

Started by Gregory Banks

5 1 hour ago
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Bean504

How many rigs?

My city is 54 square miles.Mostly 2 story residential, strip malls and 3-4 13 story buildings. The population is around 120,000. I'm wond...

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6 21 hours ago
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Frank Ricci

Leaders take positions

The IAFF, IAFC, Fire House Mag, Fire Rescue Mag and Close Calls sercect list have all done great things for firefighter safety, but where...

Started by Frank Ricci

4 1 day ago
Reply by Jason Hoevelmann
Dewey Schmidt

Residential Sprinkler Systems

The International Code Council is looking to require fire sprinkler systems in new construction for one- and two-family dwellings. How m...

Started by Dewey Schmidt

1 1 day ago
Reply by Brent Sanger
Alan Jones

SCBA Straps

I was just wondering the opinions on SCBA straps inside the cab. We are looking at purchasing new ones and we would like to go away from ...

Started by Alan Jones

1 1 day ago
Reply by Adam Miceli
Raúl de la Jara M.

core v/s streamline

Hi guys, this is my first post in this forums, i am from Chile, and I apologize because my English is very basic, ok?... Time a go, sear...

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1 Jul 1
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Eric Myers

Dwelling fires with attached front porches

Just scratching the surface of this topic. Bungalow style homes with large front porches pose a problem with fire attack. We have been di...

Started by Eric Myers

9 Jul 1
Reply by Don Wilkinson

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