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Book, magazine and video reviews
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Home Repair . . . September 1984
New Shelter (magazine) . . . November 1984
"Firefighter": The Movie. . . November 1986
You Just Don't Understand . . . May 1992
Talking from 9 to 5 . . . September 1995
Our Girls . . . December 1995
New Edition of Streetsense Released . . . December 1996
Real Heat . . . August 1997
When Sparks Fly (video) . . . September 1997
Fighting Fire: A Personal Story . . . July 1998
Ms. Murphy Fights Fires . . . September 1998 |
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Education and training
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Fluorescent Lights . . . March 1986
Why Fire Training is So Boring . . . January 1987
Putting it in Writing . . . April 1987
A Senseless Death . . . April 1987
Sprinkler Systems . . . April 1987
Technology & Human Values (2-part article) . . . June, July 1987
Fear and Fighting Back . . . July 1987
Effective Study . . . August 1988
A Training Experience . . . November 1988
Health & Fitness Seminar . . . June 1992
A Training Experience . . . November 1988
Cultural Diversity Training . . . December 1992
Bibliography . . . May 1993
Rethinking EMS Attitudesv . . . July 1993
Changes to EFO Program . . . November 1994
Interview: The Harvard Program . . . October 1995
Recommendations for the NFA . . . March 1996
Survey Results: Firefighter Training . . . April 1996
Fire on the 'Net . . . January 1998
Firefighter/Fire Service Author . . . August 1998 |
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EMS stories and issues
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Ignoring One Half (EMS & firefighting) . . . May 1985
EMS With a Human Face (2-part article) . . . Feb., March 1989
Lieutenant's Log (EMS scene mgmt.) . . . May 1989
Strange Things to Remember . . . May 1991
Rethinking EMS Attitudes . . . July 1993
Taking Time Out . . . September 1993
Chaos Takes the Field . . . November 1993
A Normal Day . . . October 1994
The Human Touch . . . September 1995
Compassion at Work . . . January 1996
Taking Time Out . . . November 1997
Sudden Death: The Other Victims . . . March/April 1998
Not Forgotten . . . June 1998 |
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Fire and disaster incidents
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A Simple "Textbook" Case . . . December 1982
Miamisburg Derailment . . . September 1986
The Disaster That Wasn't . . . October 1986
A Senseless Death . . . April 1987
"Where Were You?": Cal. Earthquake . . . December 1989
Cold-Weather Operations . . . February 1990
After the Fire . . . April 1990
At the Edge of the War . . . February 1991
The Oakland Hills Fire . . . November 1991
In the Wake of a Hurricane . . . November 1995
Oklahoma City - One Year Later . . . July 1996
Task Force Responds to Hurricane Fran . . . October 1996
"Angels" in Dirty Tyvek . . . May 1997 |
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Firefighter/EMT deaths and injuries
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Lisa Long . . . August 1983
Molly Matthews . . . February 1984
Lisa Long death (letter) . . . March 1984
Cindy Galloway . . . January 1985
Marsha Baczynski . . . November 1987
Say It Now . . . March 1990
"...and one of them was Ann." . . . February 1992
Heather Dzioba . . . September 1992
The Death of a Friend . . . February 1993
L.A. County Firefighter Injured . . . April 1993
Pamela Kelly . . . November 1993
Wildland Firefighter Deaths . . . July 1994
Patricia Conroy . . . March 1995
In Memory of a Friend . . . April 1995
Fleur Lombard . . . February 1996
Paula Duncan Anderson . . . April 1996
Catherine Green . . . May 1996
Michelle Smith . . . June 1996
Rita Yvonne Thrower . . . July 1996
Pittsburgh Firefighters Injured . . . Jan/Feb 1997
Back from Death's Door (Mel Stapper) . . . September 1997
Amy Armstrong . . . September 1997
Anne C. Holst . . . October 1997
Kathy Mayfield . . . November 1997
Tracey Allen Lee . . . December 1997
Wendy Lynn Wagner . . . February 1998
Line-of-Duty Deaths (2-part article) . . . June, July 1998
Deborah Hall . . . July 1998
Sheila Tarr-Smith . . . August 1998
Lightning Injures Firefighter, Paramedics . . . August 1998 |
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Firefighter recruitment and hiring
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FDNY Update . . . January 1983
Recruitment . . . April 1983
SFFD Testing . . . April 1983
L. A. Women's Training Program . . . August 1983
Emotional Preparation . . . August 1985
New Hires, Old Problems . . . March 1988
How Not to Hire Women (2-part article) . . . April, May 1989
Physical Agility Testing . . . September 1989
The Image You Present . . . June 1990
"I Think I'd Like to Be a Firefighter" . . . October 1990
Women's Training Program . . . March 1991
Interviewer/Interviewee . . . February 1992
Before Recruitment Begins . . . May 1992
Developing a Recruitment Effort . . . June 1992
Recruitment Publicity . . . July 1992
Recruiting in Person . . . August 1992
Recruiting Women Volunteers . . . August 1992
Toronto Decision Weakens EEO . . . May 1993
Rethinking Recruitment (2-part article) . . . March, April 1994
Starting Out as a Firefighter (2-part article) . . . May, June 1994
A Radical Take on Recruitment . . . May 1997
Message from the Frontline . . . October 1997 |
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Firefighters and the media
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"Women Under Fire" . . . December 1982
Handling the Press . . . May 1983
Handling the Press in Chinese . . . July 1983
Letters on dealing with the media . . . April 1985
Firefighter: The Movie . . . November 1986
Newspaper Interviews . . . September 1987
Shunning the Limelight . . . December 1987
Bad Press . . . April 1989
The Letter of Complaint . . . May 1991
Moving Backwards with "Backdraft" . . . June 1991
"Backdraft" Still Burning . . . July 1991
Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey . . . August 1991
LAFD Committee Tackles Problems . . . January 1995
Firefighter Barbie . . . December 1995
"L.A. Firefighters": How Bad Can it Get? . . . June 1996 |
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Gender issues and workplace culture
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Isolation: The Invisible Barrier . . . February 1983
Asking for Help . . . April 1983
Credibility on the Job . . . October 1983
Morale and the Slow-Moving Station . . . February 1984
Together on the Job (2-part article) . . . March, April 1984
Fighting a Bad Evaluation . . . April 1984
"Look, Mommy, A Fireman!" . . . May 1984
For Strong Women (poem) . . . June 1984
Overcoming Sex-Role Stereotypes . . . June 1984
On Making Mistakes . . . June 1984
How Do You Handle It? . . . September 1984
The Perils of Protection . . . October 1984
Ego and Worry . . . December 1984
Tradition and Change . . . January 1985
Downward Mobility: Middle-Class Daughters in
Working-Class Jobs . . . February 1985
Equality of Expression . . . March 1985
First Impressions . . . June 1985
The Dangerous Habit (gossip) . . . July 1985
Emotional Preparation . . . August 1985
"Where is Everybody?" (small departments) . . . August 1985
Lesbian Firefighters . . . September 1985
Fear of Feminism . . . November 1985
Positive Leadership . . . February 1986
The Power of Femininity . . . February 1986
But Seriously, Folks . . . March 1986
Alone Together: Group Living and the Need
for Solitude . . . April 1986
"Choosing" Solitude . . . April 1986
Job Attitudes . . . August 1986
The Diversity Among Us . . . December 1986
The Friendship Revolution . . . January 1987
What Are Those Guys Up To? . . . March 1987
Sex Roles in Society . . . May 1987
Privacy vs. Isolation (facilities) . . . July 1987
Making Waves . . . August 1987
Inappropriate Hostility . . . August 1987
Shop Talk . . . September 1987
Fitting In . . . December 1987
Shunning the Limelight . . . December 1987
Knowing it by Heart . . . January 1988
New Hires, Old Problems . . . March 1988
The Lieutenant & the Rookie . . . March 1988
Into the Mainstream . . . May 1988
A Costly Alliance . . . June 1988
The Boys' Club . . . July 1988
House Rules . . . July 1988
Gambling & Starting Over . . . August 1988
More Than Words . . . September 1988
Bedrooms & Bathrooms (2-part article) . . . Dec. '88, Jan '89
The Limits of Power . . . February 1989
Rising Above Condescension . . . March 1989
Who & How to Be . . . May 1989
Questions of Competence . . . August 1989
Teach the Children . . . October 1989
Weaving Our Integrity . . . November 1989
Unwelcome Guests . . . December 1989
First Woman/Second Woman Syndrome . . . February 1990
Fire Service Mismanagement . . . February 1990
The Weight of Tradition . . . May 1990
"I Think I'd Like to be a Firefighter" . . . October 1990
Guys and Cars . . . October 1990
Working Against Racism . . . November 1990
The Cost of Fitting In . . . January 1991
Jealousy . . . February 1991
Somebody Else's Shoes . . . May 1991
Seeing the Whole Job . . . August 1991
Firelady, Female Firefighter . . . March 1992
No Joke . . . June 1992
When Things Are Good . . . July 1992
Hero Worship . . . September 1992
Hiding Behind "Standards" . . . October 1992
Teach the Children . . . November 1992
Successes and More Challenges . . . February 1993
Hazing . . . October 1993
A Humbling Experience . . . October 1993
A Change of Attitude . . . October 1993
The Need for Enemies . . . November 1993
Turning the Fire Service Upside Down . . . November 1993
Making Progress by Increments . . . November 1993
Taking Stock . . . December 1993
When She "Can't Do The Job" . . . January 1994
Consider the Source . . . March 1994
A Stacked Deck . . . May 1994
Public Enemies . . . June 1994
Kids These Days . . . January 1995
The Benefit of Hindsight . . . April 1995
Christmas Memories . . . December 1995
Dealing With Dinosaurs . . . March 1996
Why Don't Officers Listen to My Ideas? . . . July 1996
Supporting Workforce Diversity . . . October 1996
A letter and two replies . . . November 1996
Speaking the Language . . . December 1996
Women and Girls . . . Jan/Feb 1997
What Goes Around . . . March 1997
Survivors . . . August 1997
The Next Generation . . . November 1997
Downward Mobility (revised version) . . . November 1997
Living in Shifts . . . December 1997
Just As Good as the Guys . . . February 1998
The Bitter with the Sweet . . . February 1998
Restless Nights . . . March/April 1998
In Defense of Political Correctness . . . August 1998 |
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Health and fitness
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Weight Training (3-part article) . . . Dec. 1983-Feb. 1984
Notes on weight training . . . March 1984
The Myth of the Perfect Body . . . December 1985
It's How You Play the Game . . . October 1991
Health Problems for NYC EMT's . . . April 1993
Fighting Fire in Our Fifties . . . November 1994
Breast Cancer: A National Epidemic . . . October 1995
OSHA Monitoring CO Exposures . . . Jan/Feb 1997
Breast Cancer: Taking Care of Ourselves . . . March/April 1998 |
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Humor
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The Job Interview (2-part article) . . . Jan. & Feb. 1986
But Seriously, Folks... (workplace humor) . . . March 1986
Hard Times in the Material World . . . November 1987
Nicknames . . . June 1989
College Un-Educated . . . July 1989
PMS . . . August 1989
No Joke (workplace humor) . . . June 1992
A Night from Heck . . . May 1998 |