FIRE ENGINEERING
October 1987
Volume 140, Number 10
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL 6
Remember
VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8
Training resources
TRAINING NOTEBOOK 12
I watched a friend die
DISPATCHES 18
NIOSH warns against training smoke New Hampshire benefits law Antiquated gear on the U.S.S Stark
READER SERVICE CARD 13
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 16
COMING EVENTS 51
APPARATUS DELIVERIES 52
EQUIPMENT DIGEST 53
MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE 61 TRAINING AIDS 63
NAMES IN THE NEWS 63
CLASSIFIEDS 65
FEATURES
MANAGEMENT
WILDFIRE’S ELITE 20
Fire commanders from around the country spend weeks trying out and training for the U.S. Forest Service’s national and regional fire teams.
BY BILL CLAYTON
FIRE PREVENTION
FIRE ON DISPLAY 28
Schoolkids saw this live training burn from ignition to aftermath.
BY RICHARD A. MARINUCCI, MICHAEL R. GARR, ANO WALTER M. KURZEJA
FIRE SAFETY FEEDBACK 33
Fire prevention on TV gets reinforcement from checklists, prizes, and the cooperation of local business. BY JIM CRAWFORD
FIRE REPORT
WOLF TRAP REPRISE 41
With a history of major fires, an outdoor concert hall has seen the difference fixed protection systems make. BY GORDON M. SACHS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE 47
One exposure to TDI can make other haz-mat encounters all the more dangerous. BY FRANK L. FIRE