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“Designing Fire Protection for Steel Beams,” a 28-page guide from American Iron and Steel Institute, is intended to supplement specifications for fire resistance ratings issued by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. The guide includes the UL/AISI beam substitution equation and 18 figures and tables that illustrate and provide data on achieving optimum fire resistance in protected steel beams. Single copies of the booklet are available from the American Iron and Steel Institute, 1000 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
“Feel the Door,” an eight-page fire prevention month folder, contains charts for planning two fire exits, recording dates for smoke alarm battery changes, and fire drills. Other fire campaign materials include a life-size firefighter poster and an elementary school program to promote home fire escape planning. Free samples and quantity price lists are available from Dray Publications Inc., Route 5, Deerfield, MA 01342. Telephone: (413)773-5491.
A new bulletin featuring pump “winterizing” tips and procedures is available free of charge from The Gorman-Rupp Company, Productive Sales Corp., 563 Mayfield Road, Lyndhurst, OH 44124. Telephone: (419) 755-1222.
A brochure describing product testing and material analysis services is available from the California Division of United States Testing Company Inc. The six-page brochure details the activities of the California division’s engineering, chemistry, materials-textiles, and fire technology departments. For a copy of the brochure write: United States Testing Company Inc., California Division, 5555 Telegraph Road, Los Angeles, CA 90040.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Fire Academy released two instructional packages designed to introduce fire service managers and supervisors to basic supervision skills and techniques. The two 16-hour courses are “Fire Service Supervision: Increasing Personal Effectiveness” and “Fire Service Supervision: Increasing Team Effectiveness.” The courses were developed to improve supervisors’ personal effectiveness and their ability to relate to others in the work environment. These training packages are available at a nominal charge from the National Audiovisual Center, 8700 Edgeworth Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. Telephone: (301)736-1986.
The 1985-86 BNAC Safety Catalog, which lists over 90 safety films, videos, packaged training programs, and sound/slide modules, is available free of charge from BNA Communications Inc., 9439 Key West Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850. Telephone: (301)948-0540.
