FE Volume 131 Issue 8

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3 Factories, 5 Houses Destroyed By Fast-Spreading Incendiary Fire

A fast-spreading incendiary fire caused by two boys swept through two blocks of Paterson, N. J., on April 29, destroying three factories and five wood-frame houses. The blaze damaged three other factories, three houses and a lumberyard. The fire was the worst experienced in Paterson since the conflagration of 1902, when over 500 buildings were lost.
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1978 IAFC Officers and Directors

1978 IAFC Officers and Directors features IAFC Conference
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Sprinkler Standards

Sprinkler Standards

Proposed performance standards for a new, low-cost fire sprinkler system aimed at reducing fire deaths, injuries and property losses in homes are being considered by the sprinkler committee of the National Fire Protection Association. The proposed standards were developed by Factory Mutual Research Corporation of Norwood, Mass., under contract from the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration.
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JAMES F. CASEY Editor RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor BARBARA E. GOLDBERG Assistant Editor
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Fire Equipment Digest

Work Area Protection Corporation offers a 400,000 candlepower strobe warning light that flashes 60 to 80 times per minute. Housed in a leakproof, corrosion-resistant material, it has solid-state circuitry. The unit has a Lexan, fresnel lens that comes in amber, red, blue or clear, and it is available with a permanent or magnetic mount and a cigarette lighter plug.
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The Round Table

The Round Table

The Emergency telephone number 911 is no longer new and many fire departments have adopted it. However, there is still some criticism of this type reporting system. Accordingly, does your department use 911 and if so, are you tied into an answering point shared by other fire departments or agencies? Has the use of 911 proved beneficial to your department? If not, do you have any criticisms? Frank Deuble, Jr., Asst. Chief, Albuquerque, N.M.:
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From the Publishers Desk

Life Safety is the theme of the Fourth Annual Conference of the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration which will be held in Seattle, Wash., October 23-25.
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Names in the News

M. H. Estepp has been named chief of t he Prince George’s County, Md., Fire Department, succeeding Frank P. Briguglia, who died April 1. Estepp was formerly deputy fire chief for operations. That position, second in command of the department, headed the bureaus of fire suppression, fire prevention, fire communications, and the emergency medical services division.
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Apparatus Innovations And Deliveries

Apparatus Innovations And Deliveries departments Circle No. 57 on Reader Service Card Circle No. 60 on Reader Service Card Circle No. 61 on Reader Service…
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Change in Tactics Required To Preserve Arson Evidence

With the nationally reported increase in the number of incendiary fires, it is time to take a look at the changes in tactics that should be made when there is suspicion of arson. Obviously, the first objective remains to extinguish the fire, but added to this objective is the necessity to preserve and protect as much arson evidence as possible without endangering life or property.
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Recognition, Protection of Evidence Are Basic Steps to Arson Prosecution

There is a long established judicial requirement that the corpus delicti of the crime of arson must be established before prosecution can take place. It follows that if an arsonist is to be successfully prosecuted, it is necessary that an early identification of the incendiary origin of the fire be made, followed by step-by-step photographing of physical evidence and the preservation of that evidence for laboratory examination.
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Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Schools and Seminars

Arizona State Fire School, Sept. 28-Oct. 1. Emphasis will be placed on Public Education both at the general session and in the workshop presentations. Twelve workshops will be offered: Industrial Fire Brigades; Advanced Wildfire; Fire Prevention III; Arson Investigation; Recruit Fire Training; Tactics & Procedures I and II; Dynamics of Supervision; Volunteer Fire Service Organization & Management; Effective Training on A Limited Budget; Public Education in The Fire Service; Emergency Stabilization & Extrication; and Regional NFPCA Management Overview For The Fire Service Officer.
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Civil Libertarian Questions Chief’s Right to Ban Smoking

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AFFF Proportioner for Fireboat

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Fire Academy Is Microcosm Of Buildings In New York

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Pyrometer Answers Question—How Hot Is the Farmer’s Hay?

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EMS Award Winner

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‘All Pyros Are Psychos’—But They Split Into Three Types of Disorders

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Insulation Safety Voted

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Company News

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The Book Shelf

Fire Apparatus

Bilingual Instruction On S.F. Fire Boxes

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Coming Events

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Pumper Lands on Its Roof; Seat Belts Save Firemen

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