FIRE ENGINEERING®
June 1980 Volume 133 No. 6
THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877
24 Computer-aided dispatch
33 Fitness decline
50 Dump fire
52 Emergency medical service
features
6 The Editor’s Opinion Page
24 Computer-Aided Dispatch for Fire, Police, EMS Operating in Minneapolis
29 Using Aerial Beyond Safety Limits Saves 3 Trapped in Car by Flood
30 Work by Fire Fighters Cuts Cost of Station Construction
33 Excess Body Fat—Not Age—Viewed as Greater Culprit in Fitness Decline
39 Old Pumper Altered for Use By Squad Awaiting New Truck
41 90 Volunteers Protect 60,000 in State College, Pa.
44 New Zealand Fire Service Reflects Both British and American Influence
45 Volunteers Put Dispatch Data on Computer
47 High-Rise Training Aided by Command Center Model
50 Dump Fire Complicated by Generation of Chlorine Gas, Hydrochloric Acid
52 Part-Paid Department Provides EMS That Avoids Burdening Taxpayers
54 Management Flexibility Seen as Key to Meeting Challenge of the ’80s
56 Air Truck Carries Compressor, Cascade System and Bottles
58 NFIRS Users Look to Data Analysis for Practical Applications of Facts
60 Psychological First Aid Officer Eases Emotional Stress of Death and Fire
departments
8 The Volunteers Corner
10 Letters to the Editor
18 Coming Events
62 Fire Equipment Digest
64 Fire Schools and Seminars
67 Apparatus Deliveries
70 Manufacturers’ Literature
73 From the Publisher’s Desk
74 Advertisers’ Index
75 Reader Service Card
