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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
Introduction This publication was developed to provide an overview of the history of International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) and Fire Protection Publications (FPP) at Oklahoma State University (OSU) on the occasion of their 90 th anniversary. These organizations have a dynamic history of providing firefighters and fire departments with the most current and reliable information on providing fire protection services to their communities. No other organization has had the same level of influence in preparing firefighters and other first responders in performing their jobs effectively, efficiently, and safely than IFSTA/FPP. We hope that you enjoy this report. The Evolution of IFSTA/FPP In the year 2023, IFSTA will mark the 90 th year since a few people saw a need and got together to fill a need for quality fire training materials as best they could. Former Managing Editor Everett Hudiburg remembers what it was like then on those hot July days in the mid-1930s when a group of firefighters first began writing down how to be a firefighter:
We met in a steaming hot upstairs recreation room of the downtown fire station in Stillwater, OK. A heavy haze of fetid cigar and cigarette smoke hung suspended over the heads of a mere dozen delegates. Most of their shirts displayed great stains of sweat as badges of discomfort. Mostly, ties were undone and collars open. Jackets were a “no-no,” displaying an assortment of suspenders and bellies hanging over non-existing belts. This marked the beginning to validate someone’s concept of a draft for a fire service training manual.
These first meetings were part of a growing movement in the fire service. Firefighters wanted to know how to do their jobs better, whether they were career or volunteer firefighters. Though some were content to go on throwing water on a fire as they had in the past, others had recognized that the times were changing.
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