FE Volume 132 Issue 2

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LSU Fire Training Gets 2nd Pumper Under Lease Plan

The Louisiana State University Firemen Training Program in June 1975, entered into a lease agreement with FMC Corporation for a 750-gpm pumper, complete with all equipment to be used in training, not only at the training center, but in programs where needed throughout the state.
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First-In Officer’s Decisions Set Pattern for Fire Attack

Decisions made by the first-in officer at fire are extremely important because they establish a pattern for the development of the fire attack by later arriving chief officers. If the first-in officer makes the proper decisions, the incoming chief can expand on those decisions as he issues orders to implement the appropriate strategy. Conversely, if the initial decisions are inadequate—or just plain bad—then the chief officer must issue new orders to working companies and in some cases even call in additional companies to alter the pattern of attack to fit the strategy he has selected.
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Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Schools and Seminars

Arkansas Fire Training Academy—Weekday Courses: Multimedia First Aid: Basic, Mar. 5; Multimedia First Aid: Instructor, Mar. 6; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Basic, Mar. 6; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Instructor, Mar. 8; Basic Fire Fighting Practices, Mar. 12-16; Advanced Fire Pump Operations, Mar. 26-30. Weekend Courses: Basic Fire Fighting Practices, Mar. 10—11; Advanced Fire Pump Operations, Mar. 31Apr. 1.
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Manufacturers’ Literature

Manufacturers’ Literature

80 Safety Belt—Wydra Manufacturing Co. has a two-page data sheet on the Wydra Safety belt which allows fire fighters to work safely on a roof and still have freedom of movement. Other uses for the belt are for ladder pipe operation and as a rear step belt. A specification sheet is also available.
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Coming Events

Coming Events

March 20-23—Fire Department Instructors Conference: Annual meeting, Memphis, Tenn. For further information, contact Edward McCormack, International Association of Fire Service Instructors, P.O. Box 88, Hopkinton, Mass. 01748. April 11—12—Greater Philadelphia Safety Council: 46th annual regional safety and fire conference and exhibit to be held at the Sheraton Hotel.
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The Book Shelf

The Book Shelf

FLAMMABLE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, 2nd Edition, James H. Meidle; Glencoe Publishing Company, Inc., 17337 Ventura Boulevard, Encino, Calif. 91316; 313 pages, $14.95. Aimed at the fire service, this book has the virtue of providing pertinent information on the production and uses of hazardous materials that gives the fire fighter a more comprehensive understanding of the problems posed by the characteristics of various hazardous materials.
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Apparatus Innovations And Deliveries

Apparatus Innovations And Deliveries departments Circle No. 40 on Reader Service Card Circle No. 41 on Reader Service Card Circle No. 42 on Reader Service…
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Names in the News

Howard Boyd Retires Howard Boyd, Nashville, Term., fire marshal, retired on January 1. He plans to continue his interest in the fire field by doing consulting work out of his home at 4018 Leland Lane, Nashville, Tenn. 37204. John Collins, assistant fire marshal, has been named by the mayor to be acting fire marshal.
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From the Publishers Desk

We have been involved with Fire Engineering in one capacity or another for some 20 years now, and, of course, have enjoyed every minute of it. And we have been putting down our monthly thoughts in this column for nine years, come next December.
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Fire Equipment Digest

BioMarine Industries has announced the development of a positive-pres sure, NIOSH approved, closed-circuit, self-contained breathing apparatus. Called the BioPak 60P, its breathing resistance is less than 2 inches of water column. The BioPak 60 has a 60-minute rating.
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The Round Table

The Round Table

No matter what scientific mumbo-jumbo was used to justify it, the manning level for a fire company has traditionally been arrived at “by guess and by God.” More recently the manning level has been arrived at by the amount of money available to pay the fire fighters. Neither method is, of course, satisfactory. With this in mind, what in your opinion, and for your department, is the proper manning level for a ladder company and an engine company?
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Emergency Door Stop

A device to prevent self-locking doors from closing and possibly trapping fire fighters during search and rescue operations has been developed by members of the Orlando, Fla., Fire Department, reports W. Lamar Smith, engineer in the department’s training division. The Big-O safety door block, shown above, is made of bent pieces of metal, riveted together and faced with carpeting to prevent marring door surfaces.
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Fire Fighting Based On Cold Facts in Barrow, Alaska

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Inspectors List Safety Tips for Wood Stoves

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Loss Lesson Kit

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Computerized Alarm System Recalls Occupancy Data

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McCormack Resigns, Perry Called ‘Prime Candidate’ to Head Academy

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Fire Department Shares Public Safety Building

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Postal Fraud Statute Used To Cancel Arson Scheme

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Maryland Van Designed For Hazardous Incidents

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FIRE ENGINEERING

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7 1/2-Hour Tank Farm Fire Confined To 2 Tanks Burning Upon Arrival

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Proposition 13 to Affect All Fire Departments

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