FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

March 1978 Volume 131 No. 3

22 $25-Million brush fire

26 Solar fire station

33 Women in the fire service

36 Split-pipe simulator

THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877

features

5 The Editor’s Opinion Page

22 Fighting $25-Million Brush Fire

26 Sun Helps Heat, Cool Dallas Station

29 More Women Entering Fire Service

33 Hiring Women Fire Fighters Opposed

34 Army Veteran Joins the Fire Line

36 Split-Pipe Simulator Aids LPG Training

39 Fireground Noise Levels Give Sound Reason for Hearing Protection

41 Hose Pack for Apartments

42 How to Estimate Value of Department Rating in Insurance Sayings

44 Supermarket Doomed by Delayed Alarm

47 Fire Academy Head Tells Why It Took 3 Years to Put Courses Into Field

departments

10 The Volunteers Corner Knots must be learned

12 Coming Events

14 The Round Table

Fire prevention benefits

21 Fire Schools and Seminars

56 Letters to the Editor

58 Fire Equipment Digest

63 From the Publisher’s Desk

64 Advertisers’ Index

65 Readers’ Service Card

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