FIRE ENGINEERING
November 1987
Volume 140
Number 11
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL 6
Ayes in Seattle
VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8
Nonfire emergencies
TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10
Team search
DISPATCHES 16
FEMA will reorganize but leave USFA Building code gets low-rise sprinklers Agreement on firefighter memorials Civilian fire deaths decline in 1986 “Smokeless” cigarette: verdict still out Ambulance retrofit is taking longer
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 15
READER SERVICE CARD 19
APPARATUS DELIVERIES 61
COMING EVENTS 62
MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE 63 EQUIPMENT DIGEST 65
NAMES IN THE NEWS 68
CLASSIFIEDS 70
FEATURES
FIRE REPORTS
When they burned last April, the familiar halls of a high school alma mater taught one last lesson—about false ceilings. BY ROBERT O. LEIPER
At this residential fire rescue in Philadelphia, the problems were routine, the tactics basic, and the success satisfying. BY WILLIAM SHOULDIS
FIREGROUND OPERATIONS
To leave the incident commander free to concentrate on the unique problems of a specific fire, a department needs standard operating procedures that cover the problems common to all fires, BY HARRY R. CARTER
EMS
Faced with difficult circumstances and frightened patients, first responders need good techniques to gather and convey medical information.
BY OSCAR WILTSE
MANAGEMENT
Company officers can motivate their subordinates by helping them see the link between performance and departmental objectives.
BY JANET J. DASKALOS
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Ventilation and the operations it supports are a whole different story when new construction leaves two void spaces on the top of a building.
BY T. DAVID HARLOW
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
An easily liquefiable gas, butadiene has a repertoire of ways to produce
violent reactions. BY FRANK L. FIRE
