FIRE ENGINEERING®
February 1980 Volume 133 No. 2
THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877
features
8 The Editor’s Opinion Page
18 Driver Hits House, Loses Life Trying to Escape Fire
19 U.S. Fire Fighters Rebuild Pumper and Save $40,000
20 Fire Service EMS Needs Evaluated at Rockville Workshop Held by USFA
27 The Cover Story: Riders Rescued From Skyride Cars
31 Quality of Compressed Breathing Air—How It Is Maintained and Tested
38 3-Alarm Fire Hits Abandoned Pier With 600-Foot Shed in Jersey City
40 Fire Fighters See Plane Go Down, Respond to Blaze
42 Trailer, Pumper United as Foam Unit
44 Jumbo, Being Rejuvenated, Called Oldest of Rare Make
The cover photo was taken by the Dallas Fire Department
18 Driver hits house
27 Skyride rescue
31 Breathing air quality
40 Plane crash
departments
10 The Volunteers Corner Safety leaving Quarters
12 The Round Table Funding EMS
14 Fire Schools and Seminars
16 Coming Events
46 Fire Equipment Digest
49 Manufacturers’ Literature
51 From the Publisher’s Desk
52 Advertisers’ Index
53 Reader Service Card
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