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A New Way to Train ® www.fireengineeringbooks.com to a bookshelf near you! Long known as the leader in advanced fire service training materials, Fire Engineering Books & Videos is proud to announce a new way to train the next generation of firefighters: Fire Engineering’s Handbook for Firefighter I and II. Fire Engineering Magazine’s technical editor, Glenn Corbett, has assembled the top names in firefighting to compile what will be the most authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date basics book for Firefighter I and II classes. Contributing authors include: John Best Jerry Knapp Alan Brunacini Rick Lasky Don Cannon Dennis LeGear Mike Ciampo Doug Leihbacher Larry Collins Jim McCormack Jay Comella Jack Miller Dave Dalrymple John Mittendorf Paul Dansbach Jack Murphy Steve De Lisi Mike Nasta Frank Fire Tim Pillsworth Chris Flatley Dan Sheridan Rick Fritz Jeff Shupe Mike Gagliano Mark Sulcov Charles Jennings Bob Till Inside these Phil Jose Christine Wagner pages our Ron Kanterman Rich Wolfson contributing authors Tom Kiurski Alan Young share words of wisdom that have served them PRODUCT SPECS: well during their careers. Hardcover, 8 1/2 x 11, full-color throughout Estimated 800+ pages List price: $80.00 USD Delivery date: Summer 2008 Ancillary products to include instructor guide and student workbook initially Visit www.FirefighterIandII.com today to learn more! Basic fireground training from the best names in the United States. ARIZONA OHIO NEW JERSEY NEW YORK TEXAS Alan Brunacini Frank Fire Don Cannon Mike Ciampo Rick Lasky Mark Sulcov Dan Sheridan OREGON Paul Dansbach Jerry Knapp VIRGINIA CALIFORNIA John Mittendorf Rich Wolfson Bob Till Christine Wagner Jay Comella Jack Murphy Tim Pillsworth Steve De Lisi Dennis LeGear MARYLAND Dave Dalrymple Doug Leihbacher Larry Collins John Best Jack Miller Art Smith WasHINGTON Alan Young Ron Kanterman Charles Jennings Mike Gagliano MICHIGAN Mike Nasta Chris Flatley Phil Jose Tom Kiurski INDIANA NORTH CAROLINA Jim McCormack Rick Fritz “The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.” Chief Rick Lasky Traditions & Mission of the Fire Service www.fireengineeringbooks.com Photo by Bill Tompkins Significant Dates in Fire History 1 – First practical fire engine is 20 – Phillips refinery fire, loss tested, Cincinnati (OH), 1853 worth $78 million (2003 2 – Meat processing plant fire dollars), Borger (TX), 1980 SUNDAY MOnday TUEsday WEDNEsday THursday FRIday Saturday kills 16, Terre Haute (IN), 1963 20 – Nursing home fire kills 5, 3 – Marlborough Hotel fire kills Maryville (TN), 2004 19, Minneapolis (MN), 1940 21 – Gargantu bar fire kills 13, 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 4 – SS Atlantique passenger liner Montreal (QB), 1975 fire kills 18, English Channel, 22 – US Maritime warehouse fire, 1933 loss worth $14 million (2003 5 – Texaco gas plant fire, loss dollars), Kearny (NJ), 1961 New Year’s Day worth $51 million (2003 23 – Shell Oil refinery fire, dollars), Erath (LA), 1985 loss worth $49 million (2003 6 – Thomas Hotel fire kills 20, dollars), Roxana (IL), 1985 San Francisco (CA), 1961 24 – M. Baer Dress Company 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 – Mercy Hospital fire kills 41, factory fire kills 15, Davenport (IA), 1950 New Haven (CT), 1957 8 – M/V Erling Jarl passenger ship 25 – Harwick coal mine explosion fire kills 14, Bodo, Norway, kills 179, Cheswick (PA), 1958 1904 9 – Laurier Palace movie theater 26 – Victoria Hotel fire kills 13, fire kills 78, Montreal (QB), Dunnville (ON), 1969 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1927 27 – Apollo launchpad fire kills 3 10 – Pathfinder Hotel fire kills 20, and loss worth $413 million Fremont (NE), 1976 (2003 dollars), Cape Kennedy, 1967 11 – Fire damages 463 houses, Savannah (GA), 1820 28 – Challenger spacecraft explosion kills 7, 1986 12 – Rhodes Opera House fire kills 170, Boyertown (PA), 1908 29 – Coal mine explosion kills 84, Stuart (WV), 1907 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 13 – Coal mine fire kills 91, Wilburton (OK), 1926 30 – Pan American B-707 post- crash fire kills 95, Pago Pago, Martin Luther 14 – USS Enterprise carrier fire American Samoa, 1974 King, Jr. Day kills 24, Pearl Harbor (HI), 1969 31 – Lacoste Babies Home orphanage fire kills 17, 15 – NFPA launches Fire Journal Auburn (ME), 1945 this month, 1965 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 16 – McCormack Place hall fire, loss worth $289 million (2003 dollars), Chicago (IL), 1967 17 – Salem Maritime tanker fire kills 2, Lake Charles (LA), 1956 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 18 – Sacred Heart College fire kills 46, St. Hyacinthe (PQ), 1938 19 – Dance hall fire kills 31, Taipei, Taiwan, 1966 “While on www.fireengineeringbooks.com probation, keep your mouth shut and your ears open. But don’t believe anything that you hear and only half of what you see.” Assistant Chief Doug Leihbacher Vehicle Fires Photo by Bill Tompkins Significant Dates in Fire History 1 – Joelma office fire kills 179, 17 – Katie Jane Nursing Home São Paulo, Brazil, 1974 fire kills 72, Warrenton (MO), 1 – Power plant (auto 1957 SUNDAY MOnday TUEsday WEDNEsday THursday FRIday Saturday manufacturing complex) fire, 18 – Manhattan State Hospital loss worth $717 million (2003 fire kills 25, Ward’s Island dollars), Dearborn (MI), 1999 (NY), 1923 2 – Coast to Coast Hardware store 19 – Spencer Mine explosion kills 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 fire kills 13, Eagle Grove (IA), 7, Pottsville (PA), 1846 1973 20 – First US chartered fire 3 – Thiokol Chemical Co. fire kills insurance company, 29, Woodbine (GA), 1971 Philadelphia (PA), 1768 Groundhog Day 4 – Fire Technology begins 20 – The Station nightclub fire publication this month, 1965 kills 100, West Warwick (RI), 5 – Banko Paradise Hotel fire kills 2003 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30, Tokyo, Japan, 1969 21 – NY Bronze Powders Co. 6 – “Black Thursday” forest fires warehouse, loss worth $210 damage 50,000 square miles, million (2003 dollars), Australia, 1851 Elizabeth (NJ), 1985 Ash Wednesday 7 – Great Baltimore Fire loss 22 – Madrid Spectacle Frame worth $1,019 million (2003 Company fire kills 24, Madrid, dollars), 1904 Spain, 1961 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 8 – Loebel’s Restaurant fire kills 23 – One Meridian Plaza fire, loss 89, Berlin, Germany, 1946 worth $439 million (2003 dollars), Philadelphia (PA), St. Valentine’s 9 – USS Lafayette fire, loss worth 1991 Day $598 million (2003 dollars), New York (NY), 1942 24 – Gai Sejour home for the aged fire kills 16, St. Gilles, 10 – First fire extinguisher patent Belgium, 1965 issued to Alanson Crane, 1863 25 – Oil pipeline explosion kills 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 508, Cubatão, Brazil, 1984 11 – Madrid-Barcelona Express train fire kills 34, Zaragoza, 26 – World Trade Center bombing Spain, 1965 & fire kills 6 and injures Presidents Day 1,165, New York (NY), 1993 12 – Knitting factory under apartments fire kills 19, 26 – Nursing home fire kills 16, Hong Kong, 1968 Hartford (CT), 2003 13 – First state-level insurance 27 – Telephone exchange fire, loss 24 25 26 27 28 29 1 regulatory act passes, worth $205 million (2003 Massachusetts, 1799 dollars), New York (NY), 1975 14 – Stardust Cabaret 28 – First joint stock fire discotheque fire kills 44, insurance company, Dublin, Ireland, 1981 Philadelphia (PA), 1810 15 – First US graduate FPE 29 – Army plant under program, Worcester construction, loss worth $17 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Polytechnic Institute, 1979 million (2003 dollars), Livonia (MI), 1952 16 – “Ash Wednesday” forest fires kill 76, Australia, 1983 www.fireengineeringbooks.com “Two small words in the fire service that will guide you through out a career are ‘IN’ and ‘ON’ the job. You will hear them a lot: ‘ON’ suggests very little substance, not in the mix; ‘IN’ signifies one who seeks not only the job training but beyond to become a well-rounded firefighter. These words will dictate how effective a firefighter and fire officer you will become.” Fire Marshal Jack J. Murphy Pre-Planning Photo by Bill Tompkins Significant Dates in Fire History 1 – Weeks Law authorizes federal- 17 – First fire prevention state cooperation in forest fire legislation passed, Cambridge protection, 1911 (MA), 1631 SUNDAY MOnday TUEsday WEDNEsday THursday FRIday Saturday 2 – US Food and Drug Admin. 18 – Consolidated school gas bans carbon tetrachloride fire explosion kills 294, New extinguishers, 1970 London (TX), 1937 3 – Explosion kills 31, filling 18 – Sparky® the Fire Dog is born, 24 25 26 27 28 29 1 gasoline cans from leaking 1951 truck, Syria, 1962 19 – Insurance groups form 4 – Lakeview Grammar School committee to design what fire kills 175, Collinwood (OH), will be NFPA, New York (NY), 1908 1896 5 – False alarm leads to 20 – San Bois #2 coal mine confrontations that result in explosion kills 73, McCurtin 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 the Boston Massacre, 1770 (OK), 1912 6 – Psychiatric hospital fire kills 20 – Subway Sarin gas attack kills 28, Burghoezli, Switzerland, 12 and injures 6,000, Tokyo, 1971 Japan, 1995 7 – Harbor dynamite explosion 21 – Conflagration kills 2,018, kills 55, Baltimore (MD), 1913 Hakodate, Japan, 1934 7 – Prison fire kills 133, Higuey, 22 – Brown’s Ferry reactor fire, loss 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Dominican Republic, 2005 worth $342 million (2003 8 – Castle Gate #2 coal mine fire dollars), Decatur (AL), 1975 kills 171, Castle Gate (UT), 1924 23 – Caboose Barfire kills 9, Daylight Savings 9 – Missouri Athletic Club & bank Allentown (PA), 1974 TIme Begins bldg. fire kills 37, St. Louis 24 – Hasaka Prison fire kills 57, (MO), 1914 Damascus, Syria, 1993 10 – Strand Theater fire roof 25 – Triangle Shirtwaist fire kills 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 collapse kills 13 firefighters, 145, New York, 1911 Brockton (MA), 1941 25 – Happy Land Social Club fire 11 – Ski resort fire kills 31, kills 87, New York, 1990 First Day of Numata, Japan, 1966 26 – Jed coal minefire kills 83, Jed Palm Sunday St.
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