FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

October 1980

THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877

16 Toxic spill

22 Computer assisted dispatch

28 Hazardous incident team

32 Gasohol blending

features

6 The Editor’s Opinion Page

16 Toxic Spill From Tank Car Causes Evacuation of Mile-Square Area.

21 New York State Chiefs Hold 76th Conference

22 Computer Assisted Dispatch Becomes $15 Million Reality in New York City

26 Sprinklers Vital in Water Moratoriums

28 Men Drop Other Duties to Respond as Denver Hazardous Incident Team

32 On-Site Gasohol Blending Breeds Widespread Extinguishing Problems

42 Volunteers Set Priorities for Help From USFA at National Workshop

46 County Chiefs, USAF Develop Plan for Rocket Material Transportation

48 Emergency Planning, EMS Roles Discussed at Metro Chiefs Meeting

52 Report Form Seeks Accident Cause

54 Toxic, Flammable Chemicals, Gases Breed Trouble in Electronics Plants

60 Hovercraft May Aid Future Size-Up of Hazardous Incidents

departments

12 The Book Shelf

13 Fire Schools and Seminars

14 Coming Events

58 The Round Table

62 Manufacturers’ Literature

63 Fire Equipment Digest

65 Names in the News

67 From the Publisher’s Desk

70 Advertisers’ Index

71 Reader Service Card

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.