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FIRE SERVICE HYDRAULICS AND WATER SUPPLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN PRINCIPLES OF PASSENGER VEHICLE EXTRICATION GROUND COVER FIRE FIGHTING FOR STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTERS
Hudiburg was a principal member of the committee. OSU Fire Protection and Safety students Wes Beitl, Ed Hawthorne, and Jim Weigle also served on sub-committees for this document. This became NFPA 1001, Standard on Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications , with the first edition being released in 1974. Mace realized that in order to do the training needed to meet the requirements and get certified to the new NFPA 1001 standard, instructors and students would be required to purchase at least 7 or 8 of the individual topic IFSTA manuals that derived from the original 10 “Red Books” and were still being used at the time. Even if someone purchased all of those books, it was likely that they would not contain all of the specific requirements of the new standard. He surmised that IFSTA needed to develop a manual that specifically covered all of the fire fighting requirements contained in NFPA 1001 in one manual. Although the initial standard contained medical requirements for firefighters, we would leave those for the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) to address. Mace took his idea to the IFSTA Executive Board, who agreed with the idea for this new manual and approved forming a committee to develop it. Before this could begin, they needed to decide on what to call it. Reportedly, the discussions were intense at times and there was difficulty gaining a consensus. Then, Carrol Herring, who was the Director of the fire training program at Louisiana State University (LSU) and also a member of the first NFPA 1001 committee, told the group that they already had a similar program at LSU and they called it Essentials of Fire Fighting . After a lengthy discussion, the board decided that this would be the best title for the new IFSTA manual. A validation committee was chosen and the first edition of the IFSTA Essentials of Fire Fighting was released in March of 1977 (Figure 22) . It quickly gained popularity in the fire service and during the course of this edition sold more than 121,000 copies. It was clear that this manual would be a mainstay in the IFSTA product line from this point on. It was decided that a new Essentials manual edition would be developed in conjunction with the release of each new version of NFPA 1001, which is updated every five (5) years. The second edition of Essentials was released in June of 1983 (Figure 23) . It became clear that the previous edition was becoming increasing popular with the fire service. Through its lifecycle, more than 495,000 copies were sold. IFSTA/FPP were not successful in meeting the 5-year release plan between the 2 nd and 3 rd editions. There were a variety of reason for this, including insufficient staffing to get it done and the other manuals that needed updating done in the same time frame. The 3 rd edition was finally released in November of 1992 and it would ultimately become the largest selling edition (in a 5-year cycle) of any edition of this manual. More than 504,000 copies were sold (Figure 24) .
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