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Fire and Rescue International Heritage articles per issue (PDF)

• History of the Heimlich manoeuvre (Vol 6 No 4)
  
• A history of quarantine and the lessons learnt from the small village of Eyam in the English countryside (Vol 6 No 3)
• Helicopter rescue: First performed by the US Army Air Forces in April 1944 during World War II in Burma (Vol 6 No 2)
• The evolution of face masks (Vol 6 No 1)
• The Stokes basket (Vol 5 No 2)
• The humble stretcher (Vol 4 No 11)
• The history of the flathead axe (Vol 4 No 10)
• Smokejumpers (Vol 4 No 9)
• Fire buckets (Vol 4 No 8)
• A history of horses in the US fire service (Vol 4 No 7)
• The story behind the ‘Fireman’s Prayer’ (Vol 4 No 6)
• William Pett Medal (Vol 4 No 5)
• The fireman’s ‘Ringing of the Bell’ tradition (Vol 4 No 4)
• ‘Saved’, by Charles Vigour (Vol 4 No 3)
• Fire fighting helmets, a protection tradition (Vol 4 No 2)
• The history of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (Vol 4 No 1)
• Fireboats (Vol 3 No 12)
• History of the fire extinguishers (Vol 3 No 9)
• History of the bagpipes in the fire service (Vol 3 No 6)
• Saint Florian: The patron saint of fire fighters (Vol 3 No 5)
• History of the fire pole (Vol 3 No 4)
• The Maltese Cross (Vol 3 No 2)