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Fit Testing

I was about to order some Isoamyl Acetate (Banana Oil) Ampoules for traditional qualitative fit testing. After doing some searches found "V…

Started by Keith Badler in Sample Title

1 Nov 2, 2010
Reply by Larry Lasich

Attack the Door

Not all doors are created equal. Take a look at this door and decide how you would attack it’s integrity to force it open. There is a lot t…

Started by Jason Hoevelmann in Sample Title

2 Nov 1, 2010
Reply by Jason Hoevelmann

Hose Bed Prop

I am interested in building a hose bed prop for my station. Anyone out there have plans or links to sites where I may find plans for hose b…

Started by John Maes in Sample Title

2 Oct 31, 2010
Reply by John Maes

Drive Time

Our fire department is trying to come up with a system for signing individuals off on apparatus. We currently have 3 different make/model o…

Started by Denise Everhart in Uncategorized

5 Oct 28, 2010
Reply by Steven Yunghans

Defective American LaFrance?

So I'm sure we have all heard how American LaFrance has gone under. Were so pleased to know that our brand new truck has SO many problems a…

Started by Roger Thorpe in Uncategorized

2 Oct 27, 2010
Reply by Peter J. Scarinzi

Lucky Stop

We recently had a fire in an apartment complex. The apartments all have exterior entrances independent of each other. They are two stories…

Started by Jason Hoevelmann in Sample Title

1 Oct 26, 2010

The Reason for the Denver Drill

I recently had the pleasure to spend some time with Chief Dave McGrail from the Denver Fire Department. Besides discussing high rise and st…

Started by Jason Hoevelmann in Sample Title

0 Oct 20, 2010

Mass area searches

It looks like we will be inheriting a LARGE vacant industrial building to use for training. I was thinking of doing mass-area searches and…

Started by Sean Gleason in Sample Title

3 Oct 19, 2010
Reply by Wes Hill

On Deck Concept

Our department currently utilizes the RIT concept during training and fireground operations. I am looking for information on the On Deck co…

Started by Joe Heim in Sample Title

0 Oct 19, 2010

Passing "It" On: Part 1

I recently taught an Instructor 1 class and one of the things that I really like to make a point to emphasize is that we need to pay attent…

Started by Jason Hoevelmann in Sample Title

3 Oct 19, 2010

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