FE Volume 131 Issue 9

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Tragedy Jury Fails to Indict

Tragedy Jury Fails to Indict

No evidence of criminal negligence was found by a special Campbell County, Ky., grand jury that investigated the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire that took 165 lives May 28, 1977. The grand jury noted in its report made last August 2 that the instances of negligence it uncovered were “not criminal in nature.”
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Practical Test to Evaluate Capability of Pump Operators

One of the comforts of taking a line into a challenging fire situation is knowing that you have a first-rate operator back at the pump. One way or another—formally or informally—we test fire fighters before we trust them with operating a pump. Let’s look at a practical pump operation exam that ideally should be given only to those who have passed a written examination that has tested their knowledge of foreground hydraulics.
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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 in 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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Coming Events

Coming Events

Sept. 28-Oct. 1—The International Society of Fire Service Instructors: Fall conference to be held in Sioux Falls, S.D. For further information, contact Ed McCormack, Sec., ISFSI, Box 88, Hopkinton, Mass. 01748. Oct. 2-5—National Safety Council: 66th Annual National Safety Congress and Exposition, to be held at the Conrad Hilton and Palmer House Hotels, Chicago, Ill.
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From the Publishers Desk

We received a booklet recently from the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration that describes the fire prevention education program developed by the Chicago Fire Prevention Bureau starting in 1975.
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Names in the News

W. B. (Cotton) Dorman, assistant training specialist with the Fire Protection Training Division of Texas A&M University, received the Instructor of the Year Award of the Texas Society of Fire Service Instructors at the opening of the 49th annual Firemen’s Training School at College Station in July. Dorman’s fire service career started in the Meridian Fire Department in 1932.
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Fire Equipment Digest

Globe Manufacturing Company has announced a flame-resistant fire fighters hood of aluminized Nomex that is available in two styles, featuring a lift-front design that clasps the facepiece in position, model and protective cover, with replaceable parts. The new hood is held securely to the body by underarm elasticized bands and is designed to be worn with flame-resistant aluminized clothing.
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The Round Table

The Round Table

"Life safety is the most critical issue in fire protection today.” This according to the NFPCA which will theme its 4th Annual Conference in October to that issue. Conferences will be challenged then in a summary session to “Improve Life Safety Throughout the Nation.” This challenge has always existed, of course, but within the last four years, what has your fire department specifically done to improve life safety in the areas of human behavior (fire prevention), pushing for automatic detection and suppression (laws and codes), EMS, and protecting the fire fighter—in any way?
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Inspections, Drills Make Fire Safety a Way of Life In Dallas County Jails

The specter of jail and prison fires was dramatically brought to the attention of the general public by the deaths of 68 inmates in three fires last year. Fire is not a new problem to jail and prison officials—it is just new to the public. Penal institutions that have lost suits over inmate fire injuries and deaths are well aware of the problem.
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Cable TV System Detects, Reports Fires in Homes

A new technology, scarcely a halfdozen years old, is now providing lowcost, automatic fire detection and alarm transmission through the use of TV coaxial cable for thousands of homes in about a dozen communities in the United States. Coax cable is, of course, hardly new.
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staff

staff

JAMES F. CASEY Editor RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor BARBARA E. GOLDBERG Assistant Editor
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Tanker Explosions—Problem in Inspection

All the world was horrified when a highway tank truck carrying liquefied propylene exploded on a road in Spain adjacent to a crowded beach campsite. Within seconds 139 campers were incinerated while 152 others received massive burns (see page 39). Politicians here were doubly horrified to discover that the same type tankers, numbering in the thousands, were roaming the city streets, county roads and interstates of this country. Naturally, they made a big issue of this with much calling of news conferences and handing out of press releases.
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School Fire Drills Must Be Planned For All Probabilities to Save Lives

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Correction

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Prevention Seeks to Cut Alarm Rate

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Over 200 Fatally Burned In Propylene Tanker Blast

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Gasoline Can Blamed for Truck Blast Injuring 106 in Wall Street Area

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Station Visit Can Be Time To Teach Tots Fire Safety

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How to Track Down Smoke Source Through Systematic Investigation

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All-Year School Program For Promoting Fire Safety

Fire Safety

FIRE ENGINEERING

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Rubbish Fire Extends Into Store, Causes Heavy Loss

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Tipton Leaving NFPCA To Become City Manager

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Obtituaries

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