FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

I. HERBERT CASE

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DONALD M. O’BRIEN

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FRED SHEPPERD

Advisory Editor

ALFRED J. HOUGHTON

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ROI B. WOOLLEY

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FRANK HANIFIN

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D. P. FERGUSON

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ROLLIN NELSON

Presentation Editor

EDWARD R. CLARK

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L. C. WEISSLEDER

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E. B. HAPPE

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RAY. M. CARACHER

Presentation Assistant

FIRE ENGINEERING is published the fifteenth of each month by the Case-Shepperd-Mann Dept.

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