FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

October 1979 Volume 132 No. 10

THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877

24 Wooden hotel

28 Peoples Republic of China

33 Arsonist

44 Volunteers

features

6 The Editor’s Opinion Page

24 Fire Sweeps Through Wooden Hotel, Exposures Saved With Mutual Aid

26 USFA Eyes Code Use to Save Lives

28 Red China Puts Stress on Prevention of Fires

33 Arsonist Is Paying for Crime—Billed for Fire Fighting, Investigation Costs

38 Mobile Station Solves Needs of Expansion

40 Relay From Lake Battles School Fire

41 Fire Fighters Convert New Van to Aid Unit

42 N. Y. State Chiefs Celebrate 75th Year

44 Volunteers Spell Out Needs to USFA at Three-Day National Conference

50 Campus Gives Life to Academy Dream

52 NIOSH Approves Scott Plan to End Air-Pak Problems

61 Fire Training for Nuclear Power Plants

departments

10 The Volunteers Corner

Handling flammable liquid fires

12 Coming Events

17 Names in the News

54 Fire Equipment Digest

59 Manufacturers’ Literature

63 From the Publisher’s Desk

64 Advertisers’ Index

65 Reader Service Card

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.