FIRE ENGINEERING
May 1986
Volume 139 No. 5
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL 6
VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8
Hand tools
TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10
Gearing up for wildfires
DISPATCHES 16
Protective clothing saves firefighters Retrofit of SCBA cylinders
COMPANY NEWS 61
NAMES IN THE NEWS 61
EQUIPMENT DIGEST 62
COURSES/COMING EVENTS 63
APPARATUS DELIVERIES 64
CLASSIFIEDS 66
READER SERVICE CARD 67
FEATURES
GEAR UP FOR IN-WATER RESCUE 18
In this second article in the dive/rescue series, the author discusses the most efficient ways of gearing up for both wet and dry suit dive/rescue operations.
BY WALT HENDRICK
INDUSTRY/FD COOPERATION 23
By seeking the help and cooperation of the local fire department in improving its plant emergency organization, a small manufacturing firm not only enhanced its relationship with the municipal fire department, but bettered its emergency operations as well.
BY RICHARD J. EDWARDS
TIME-MANAGEMENT CURVE 28
Based on the standard time-temperature curve, this new management concept may help us better direct our department’s resources and operations.
BY ALLEN CLARK
HIGH-RACK STORAGE 32
If a high-rack storage fire is attacked with the same tactics used to successfully mitigate an ordinary dwelling fire, a terrible life loss may result—usually involving firefighter Casualities.
FRANCIS L. BRANNIGAN
INITIATE PLANT/FIRE SERVICE UAISON 38
It behooves industrial fire brigades and municipal fire departments and agencies to establish a good rapport and working relationship.
BY JOHN P. O’GORMAN
POLLUTED WATER DIVING 44
Just as a firefighter’s turnout gear is his first line of defense against burns and injuries, so too is a diver’s gear his first line of defense against the myriad organisms polluting the waters.
BY STEVEN M. BARSKY
CHEMICAL RESISTANT ENVIRONMENTAL SUITS 47
Before investing in specialized protective clothing, learn the answers to these important questions and concerns. BY ROGER A. McGARY
BY ROGER A. McGARY
TRAINING: IS IT ALWAYS NECESSARY? 52
Proper training is critical for handling many of the problems we encounter. But sometimes we overlook a concept as simple as familiarization.
BY GEORGE S. PRIBYL
RECONSTRUCTED MARINA MADE FIRE SAFE 54
Addressing the problems that led to the complete destruction of the Bay Pines Marina in 1980, the marina’s owner and the county fire marshal combined forces to reconstruct the building so that it is much more fire safe.
BY DONALD L. COX and ROBERT A. GENHOLD
MONITOR CARBON MONOXIDE 58
Because of the deadly effects of CO, it’s important that an air cylinder filling system at a fire scene be equipped with a reliable CO monitor.
