FE Volume 133 Issue 6

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New Zealand Fire Service Reflects Both British and American Influence

I do not travel anywhere without trying to stop in at the local fire department, not even, or especially in an overseas area. In New Zealand, 3rd Officer Baille was my host and assigned Station Officer S. O. Mills and a car to me. Mills showed me both the Auckland Fire Brigade and several suburban volunteer brigades.
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Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Schools and Seminars

Academy of Fire Science, State of New York, Breathing Apparatus Maintenance Course, July 19-20. For information contact the Office of Fire Prevention and Control, Academy of Fire Science, State of New York, P.O. Box K, Montour Falls, N.Y. 14865. Arkansas Fire Training Academy, Weekday Courses Fire Prevention or Codes and Laws, June 30 July 3; KMT Refresher, July 21-25; Pesticides, July 28-Aug. 1; Water Movement, Aug. 4-7; EMT (4 weeks), Aug. 18-Sept. 12; Advanced Pump Operations, Aug. 25-29; Weekend Courses, Pump Maintenance, July 12-13; Pump Repair, July 19-20; Instructor Refresher, July 26-27; Hazardous Materials, Aug. 2-3; Advanced Protective Equipment, Aug. 9-10; Introduction to Fire Protection, Aug. 23-24.
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Manufacturers’ Literature

Manufacturers’ Literature

80 Badges—Everson Ross Co. has issued Catalog 180 describing its line of fire badges. Also included in the catalog are uniform accessories, badge cases, collar and lapel accessories, name plates, vehicle symbols, tie clasps and plaques. A price list accompanies the catalog.
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Company News

Richard J. Gergelwas appointed manager of fire apparatus sales and David E. Miller was promoted to assistant to the manager, announced Garner L. Davis, senior vice president-sales of Mack Trucks, Inc. Gergel has 28 years experience in the fire apparatus and special purpose vehicle industry.
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Apparatus Innovations And Deliveries

The Belle, West Va., Fire Department recently accepted delivery of a pumper from Allegheny Fire Equipment. Built on a Ford C-800 chassis, the unit is equipped with a 1000-gpm Darley-Champion 2-stage pump, 750-gallon water tank, top-mounted controls, full-height storage compartments on the left side and ladders mounted on right. Circle No. 40 on Reader Service Card
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Coming Events

Coming Events

July 9-10—Blue Ribbon Conference on EMT and Paramedic Training, Orlando Hyatt House, Orlando, Fla. For further information, contact Registrar, Blue Ribbon Conference, 600 Courtland St., Suite 420, Orlando, Fla. 32804. July 11-13—Clinical Conference on Pre-Hospital Emergency Care, Orlando Hyatt House, Orlando, Fla.
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From the Publishers Desk

In the good old days, dumps usually contained garbage and ashes (from coal stoves and furnaces). But today, dumps can contain anything from nuclear wastes to exotic chemicals. And on occasion they blow up and burn, as witness the one in Elizabeth, N.J., which blotted out parts of New York City and threatened the health of thousands of citizens in the metropolitan area.
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Fire Equipment Digest

Waterous Company has improved its PB11 series of portable pumps by adding a spark arresting muffler and liquid-filled gage as standard equipment. These pumps are powered by a 4-cycle, 11-hp engine. The series offers a choice of mounting bases, and some pumps have capacities to 310 gpm.
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Arson Training Schools

Arson Training Schools

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is providing a one week training school to combat arson-for-profit in 18 selected cities throughout the United States. Ten cities have been chosen, including: New Orleans, Los Angeles, Union, N.J., and Chicago.
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

The members of the New York Fire Department deserve a large thank you for the research and background that went into the recent article on residential fire rescues (Fire Engineering, March 1980, “2-Team System Puts Maximum Effort Into Rescue Work at Residential Fires”). Without their help,the piece would not have been possible.
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Obtituaries

Clarence T. McGraw, founder and president of the Circul-Air Corporation, died suddenly on April 13 in South Macomb Hospital in Warren, Mich. He was 84 years of age. McGraw became interested in fire apparatus while working as a young man in his father’s hardware business in Jackson, Mich.
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N. Y. State Fire Academy Stresses Need for Pure Air

The New York State Academy of Fire Science was founded nine years ago to provide advanced training for both paid and volunteer fire fighters from throughout the state. Between 2500 and 3000 students attend the 50 courses held at the academy each year. Along with advanced fire fighting techniques, the courses stress the maintenance and operation of fire fighting equipment.
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Part-Paid Department Provides EMS That Avoids Burdening Taxpayers

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Don’t Believe Those Crusty Old-Timers

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Using Aerial Beyond Safety Limits Saves 3 Trapped in Car by Flood

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NFIRS Users Look to Data Analysis For Practical Applications of Facts

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Air Truck Carries Compressor, Cascade System and Bottles

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Dump Fire Complicated by Generation Of Chlorine Gas, Hydrochloric Acid

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Old Pumper Altered For Use by Squad Awaiting New Truck

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Volunteers Put Dispatch Data on Computer

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High-Rise Training Aided By Command Center Model

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Management Flexibility Seen as Key To Meeting Challenges of the ’80s

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Excess Body Fat—Not Age—Viewed As Greater Culprit in Fitness Decline

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