FE Volume 132 Issue 6

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The Round Table

The Round Table

A fire department budget is a plan prepared in anticipation of what the department will need (in resources) to operate for a definite future period in time. As chief, do you prepare your own budget? Do you have assistance in preparing this budget? Do you have to justify it? And finally, to whom do you have to justify it? E.H. Derr, Chief, McAllen, Tx.: The budget process begins almost right after the most recent budget is approved. All departments keep records of required equipment and materials so as to be placed in the next budget.
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Gasoline Traced to Abandoned Tanks

Gasoline Traced to Abandoned Tanks The discovery of gasoline rising through the pavement of a street brought immediate action by the Huntington, N.Y., Volunteer Fire…
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UL Wins Court Decision

UL Wins Court Decision

Underwriters Laboratories Inc., has won a court decision restraining United Laboratories Inc., from any use of its form of UL mark or code. The judgment further prohibits United Laboratories from any other mark or code which would simulate the certification mark UL, either on or in conjunction with the manufacture and sale of its products.
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Quick Drop of Hose in Crosslay Beds

Preconnected 1 ½ and 1 3/4-inch lines have proven themselves effective for quick attack and knockdown when their How is sufficient for the size of the fire. But what of those times when the fire upon arrival is of such magnitude to warrant master streams or 2 1/2-inch lines and your 1 ¼ or 1 3/4 -inch lines for overhaul are a block away on an engine hooked to a hydrant?
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USFA Jobs Available

USFA Jobs Available

The United States Fire Administration is looking for candidates to fill a number of positions. Specifically, the National Fire Data Center is looking for people with experience in statistical data analysis, operations, research, scientific programming, and research project management to work in the areas of fire protection management studies, national fire estimates, and data analysis assistance to local governments.
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NIOSH Urges Users to Test Scott II/IIA Pak Diaphragms

NIOSH Urges Users to Test Scott II/IIA Pak Diaphragms

Users of Scott Air-Pak II/IIA and Pressur-Pak II/IIA self-contained breathing apparatus were advised to check for split or ruptured regulator diaphragms in a statement issued May 2 by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). "NIOSH tests investigating the effect of such defects showed reduced respiratory protection on demand-mode apparatus,” NIOSH Director Anthony Robbins, M.D., reported.
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Fuel Crisis Spurs Choice of Diesel Engine Staff Car

Facing the reality that we might be subjected to another fuel crisis, the Tukwila, Wash., Fire Department started to seek alternatives to the use of gasoline in staff vehicles. We also realized that it would be beneficial for the department to show financial responsibility in long-range planning.
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JAMES F. CASEY Editor RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor LINDA R. KRAUS Assistant Editor
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Fire Hits Top 3 Floors Of Vacant Hotel Annex

Fire that raged through the upper three floors of a vacant, five-story hotel annex was the worst in downtown Orlando in 14 years. Engine 1 responded at 5:17 a.m. last January 2 to investigate a report of smoke at Central Boulevard and North Orange Avenue.
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Phone Number Hunt Delays Alarm and Dooms Building

Property owners sometimes complain that slow response by the fire department resulted in greater fire damage than necessary. Frequently this accusation arises from lack of knowledge of how to notify the fire department of the fire. I can recall a fire that got an unduly long start because the person reporting the fire did not know the phone number—or even the name—of the local fire department.
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Albany, N. Y. Mr. Maier’s article in the April issue of Fire Engineering titled “Sprinkler Tests Answer Heat Rating Questions” makes a very valid point regarding the selection of sprinkler operating temperature for light hazard occupancies such as motels, apartments, etc., where life safety is a prime consideration.
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Fire Equipment Digest

A series of patented lifting hags powered by compressed air has been introduced for rescue operations by Vetter Systems. The bags require an insertion space of one-inch and less and have a maximum lifting height of 35.4-inches when two of the largest sizes are used. A maximum load of 89,950 pounds can be lifted by the pair of bags.
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From the Publishers Desk

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Coming Events

Fire Apparatus

Standard Procedures Take Confusion Out of Operations

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Manufacturers’ Literature

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Fire Schools and Seminars

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Training Division Changes To Attract Staff Suggested

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Brush Trucks Have Engine for Pump, Panel Behind Cab, 1000-Gallon Tank

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Elderly Rescued as 3-Alarm Hotel Fire Spreads Through Concealed Spaces

Technical Rescue

How Financing Is Obtained By Volunteer Departments

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Pontoon Raft Aids Water, Ice Rescue

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Seniors Take Fire Fighting Course

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New Haven Gets $97,500 to Battle Arson

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