由黛安·feldman
有些事情永远不会改变
In the April 1944 issue of Fire Engineering, the Roundtable column topic was “prevention of accidents to fire apparatus and personnel.” So many chiefs responded that the topic was covered for two issues of the magazine. In the January and February 2003 issues of Fire Engineering, the Roundtable column topic was “how to reduce firefighter injuries and deaths once and for all.” Participants concurred that one of the top causes of injuries and deaths was accidents involving apparatus and personal vehicles while members go to and from calls.
Lesson: Some things never change—but should!
Ice cream soup, anyone?
来自FDIC副顾问委员会成员Ron Kanterman和Fireengineer.com专栏作家：几年前，来自纽约布鲁克林的最受欢迎的FDNY中尉，Firehouse参加了船长的考试，并通过了考验。他很难过，但他的士兵很高兴，因为如果他通过了测试并获得了晋升，他就会被运送到另一所房子。因此，在跑步的途中，这些人停下来了，得到了一个冰淇淋蛋糕，并在上面写了“我们是F - 很高兴。”当他们回到消防屋时，他们告诉探险，“嘿，这蛋糕就像一块岩石一样困难。将其放在微波炉中五分钟，以便我们将其切割。”好吧，五分钟太长了。蛋糕变成了冰淇淋汤。成员们拍了拍探险的头，让他去买另一个冰淇淋蛋糕。
课程：小心你告诉新人要做的事情 - 他可能会做到！
那不是窗口！
来自卡尔·威斯布鲁克（Carl Westbrook）：我在德克萨斯州的一个小型组合部门工作。一天早晨，我们为有效的结构大火而感到沮丧。在前往现场的路上，我们有许多可见火焰的报道。我们的发动机上有两名付费人员和一个新的热区清除了消防员。我们到达现场，我的船长把我带到了新家伙。穿过门，我们遇到了几乎落入地板的烟雾。我们爬了很短的时间，我告诉他找到一个窗户并清理出来。他立即摔断了玻璃。弄清楚烟雾很快就会升起，我们继续前进。
当我攻击大火时，烟雾条件没有改变。我向伴侣重复订单以清理窗户，然后在短时间内再次听到了玻璃休息。在几乎同时，屋顶团队打开了屋顶。当烟雾清除时，我看到了新秀打开的两个窗户。第一个是32英寸的电视机，另一台是一个空的鱼缸。几年后，我可以说我比世界上任何人都更喜欢与这个人一起工作。
一周的报价
A quote from Battalion Chief William Goldfeder, Loveland-Symmes (OH) Fire Department: “As is true in sports, I’d say that you can have the best ball team (fire department) in the world with the best-trained players (firefighters), but without excellent, informed, and courageous coaches (chiefs), we will continue to lose.”
Yenta
黛安·费尔德曼,一个22岁的老兵PennWell集团。, is executive editor of Fire Engineering and conference director of FDIC. She has a B.A. in English communications. She has been a yenta (look it up) for most of her life. If you have a story for the Yenta, e-maildianef@pennwell.com。
