FE Volume 133 Issue 2

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Fire Service EMS Needs Evaluated At Rockville Workshop Held by USFA

“The fire service can provide emergency medical service better than any other group, and it is the aim of the United States Fire Administration to get every fire department in the United States involved in this necessary service.”
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Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Schools and Seminars

Arizona State University Arson Investigation Courses: Basic, March 24-April 4; Advanced, Feb. 4-8, April 7-11. For further information, write International Center for Safety Education, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 968, Tempe, Ariz. 85281. Central Iowa Emergency Medical Service Council, “EMS in Action, The Team Approach,” Seminar, May 23-25.
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Manufacturers’ Literature

Manufacturers’ Literature

80 Electrical Specialties—A line of heavy-duty, portable electrical products aimed at the fire and safety market has been introduced by Daniel Woodhead Company with the publication of a new 16-page catalog. Included are plugs, connectors, adapters, cord reels, emergency lighting and outlet boxes from the Woodhead Safety Yellow line of electrical specialties.
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Fire Engineering’s Mailing Labels

We often speak of the readers who save each issue of Fire Engineering for years and years. But there is another group which saves Fire Engineering front covers.
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Fire Equipment Digest

Direct Safety Company now offers 31 first aid kits and stations. Most supplies, treatments and medications, both in kits and in bulk, are pakcaged in individual applications and dosages for fast dispensing in order to keep inventory efforts at a minimum. A catalog is available listing first aid kits, supplies, medications, and emergency treatment materials.
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Coming Events

Coming Events

Mar. 24-27—Fire Department Instructor’s Conference. Annual meeting, Memphis, Tenn. For further information contact Ed McCormack, Executive Secretary, International Society of Fire Service Instructors, Box 88, Hopkinton, Mass. 01748. April 15-18, Southwestern Division, IAFC. Albuquerque, N.M.
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The Round Table

The Round Table

Norman R. Smith, Chief, Center Line, Mich.: The fire department is assigned to provide the citizens of our city free ambulance service to local hospitals. Non-residents are charged for this service. The cost of providing this service comes from taxes. No additional personnel are added to perform this service, however, we are doing less fire prevention work in order to accomodate the EMS service.
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Safety in Responding to Alarms Starts with Leaving Station

Traffic accidents are responsible for an intolerable number of deaths of fire fighters each year. The same thing is true of injuries. These two facts provide an obvious clue as to where fireground safety must start—with the response of the apparatus. I know of one fire department that has a leaving quarters drill in its required inservice company training, but I have never known of such a drill in a state training program.
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JAMES F. CASEY Editor RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor ELIZABETH CRIDLAND Assistant Editor
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Jumbo, Being Rejuvenated, Called Oldest of Rare Make

After completion of restoration work in a couple of years, a 1911 Robinson pumper, believed to be the oldest survivor of a rare line of fire apparatus, will return to Staunton, Va. Purchased in 1911 for $8500 by the Staunton Fire Department, it was one of the first triple combination pumpers built by the Robinson Fire Apparatus Manufacturing Company of St. Louis.
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Riders Rescued From Skyride Cars After 2 Others Fall From High Cable

At 4:42 p.m. on the last day of the Texas State Fair, a police sergeant stepped through the door dividing the Dallas Fire Department’s fire alarm office from the police dispatch office and notified the duty officer, “The Skyride at Fair Park has fallen.” This notification was the first step in what was to be an involved rescue operation.
Technical Rescue

Quality of Compressed Breathing Air —How It is Maintained and Tested

“Safety Equipment May Not Be So Safe,” ran a national headline last July when a government study disclosed that at least 10 percent of all self-contained breathing apparatus was in some way defective. As the fire service encounters mask problems and searches for solutions, what may be overlooked is this basic concern: the quality of the breathing air itself.
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Ventless Gas Heater CO Safety Device Proposed by CPSC

Fire Safety

3-Alarm Fire Hits Abandoned Pier With 600-Foot Shed in Jersey City

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Driver Hits House, Loses Life Trying to Escape Fire

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Fire Fighters See Plane Go Down, Respond to Blaze

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Trailer, Pumper United as Foam Unit

Firefighting EquipmentHoselines

U.S. Fire Fighters Rebuild Pumper and Save $40,000

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Mask Maintenance Can Save Lives

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