FE Volume 131 Issue 1

The Latest

Fire Prevention Manual

Fire Prevention Manual

The Hartford Insurance Group has prepared a new fire prevention and fire safety manual for teachers participating in the Junior Fire Marshal program. The 64-page manual, “Teaching About Fire,” emphasizes practical information that can help prevent fires and save lives when fire occurs. The JFM program, which celebrated its 30th anniversary, is designed for children in kindergarten through third grade.
Fire PreventionFire Safety
Arson Task Force For San Francisco

Arson Task Force For San Francisco

About half of San Francisco’s annual fire loss total of $5.7 million is caused by arsonists—vandals, maniacs, fire-for-hire and revenge-seeking “torches.” Over the past 15 years, says Fire Chief Andrew Casper, arson has jumped 789 percent and at least 40 deaths have been caused by the crimes. “These are homicides, pure and simple,” Casper said.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Good Samaritan Deed Backfires

Good Samaritan Deed Backfires

No matter how much of a Good Samaritan you might be, helping your neighbor can backfire in some odd ways. -Just ask the Seattle Fire Department. Asked to assist in putting out a blaze on Vashon Island (not a part of the City of Seattle), the good-hearted fire department responded quickly. Vashon Island is a small, picturesque piece of land in Puget Sound with a small wintertime population and a much larger one during the summer months.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Ingenuity Keeps Tools in Their Place

The Western Salisbury, Pa., Fire Department has always made good use of talent found within the department. This article is an example of how this talent was put to good use. The Western Salisbury Fire Department is one of three located within Salisbury Township, a municipality bordering the City of Allentown, Pa.
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

More FE Volume 131 Issue 1

Statisticians Save Thousands of Lives By Switching Tactics

Statisticians Save Thousands of Lives By Switching Tactics

For years, fire departments have searched for a magic program that would drastically reduce the number of fire deaths in the nation when the key to success was to change the statistical methods. Administrator Howard D. Tipton of the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration reported to the New England Association of Fire Chiefs annual conference last June that the NFPCA’s National Fire Incident Reporting System had determined—on the basis of seven states participating in the system—that the national fire death toll was 7500—a drop of 4500 from the traditional 12,000, give or take a couple of hundred.
Fire PreventionFire Safety

Apparatus Maintenance School Held in Elmira

More than 70 foreign and domestic fire department personnel attended two weeklong schools on maintenance of fire apparatus at the American LaFrance plant in Elmira, N. Y., the weeks of October 17 and 24. Each school presented 30 hours of instruction of which 4 ½ hours were classroom, with the balance being hands-on training.
Fire Apparatus
Fire Prevention Clinic

Fire Prevention Clinic

The Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office is presenting a fire prevention clinic February 6-10 at the Donaldson Brown Center for Continuing Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. 24861. Registration fee, including a banquet, four lunches, coffee breaks and all instructional materials is $35.
Fire PreventionFire Safety
staff

staff

JAMES F. CASEY Editor RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor BARBARA E. GOLDBERG Assistant Editor
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Low Profile Station Shields Two Bays

Stretching a building budget and meeting tough zoning ordinances were obstacles that faced Rural/Metro Fire Department, Inc., planners when they built their Station No. 17 in Paradise Valley, Ariz. The station has a below-grade-level, two-bay, truck room and looks more like a house than a fire station. Since Rural/Metro is a private corporation, it had to conform to the strict zoning ordinances in the elite bedroom community of Paradise Valley.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Existence of Academy and NFPCA Threatened by President’s Budget

Existence of Academy and NFPCA Threatened by President’s Budget

News coming out of Washington during the week before Christmas indicated that President Carter’s budget would not recommend any funding for the renovation or operation of the National Fire Academy. On top of this, it was further learned that the President’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) would recommend that still another survey be undertaken to determine the need and purpose of a National Fire Academy.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
The Round Table

The Round Table

P.O. DePrang, Jr., Director of Fire Prevention, Bossier City, La.: Our community is like any other growing community, with the increase in population, arson fires have increased. In order to combat the increase in arson fires, the three men in the prevention bureau, have been sent to seminars and schools on arson investigation.
Fire PreventionFire Safety
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

We were pleased to read the article in the September issue of Fire Engineering about Washington State’s Arson Alarm program. We are, of course, very proud of the program and pleased with the enthusiastic support it has received from fire departments across the state. Virtually every city in Washington State stands to benefit from this program.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

From the Publishers Desk

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Names in the News

Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Coming Events

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Use of Chiefs to Improve Fireground Operations

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FIRE ENGINEERING

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FE Volume 131 Issue 1

Issues

Simulated Propane Leak Explodes Fallacies

HazmatTechnical Rescue

NFPCA Conference Brings Together Policy-Makers and Fire Leaders

Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

Obtituaries

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Instructors Take Barbs of Speakers, Hear What the Future Is Demanding

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Companies Fight Fires in Classroom

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
1 2