FE Volume 134 Issue 6

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The Round Table

The Round Table

As one of the first students to attend the National Fire Academy: (1) How did the course you took there compare to other courses you have taken in your fire service career?, (2) Were you able to apply this knowledge to your own work?, (3) Did you impart this knowledge to members of your department or others?, and (4) How did you find the accommodations? Richard A. Marinucci, Fire Fighter, Farmington Hills, Mich.: I have attended two courses at the National Fire Academy and have found both classes to be as good or better than the classes in the fire science program at a local college.
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New Air Supply Unit For Philadelphia F.D.

Philadelphia fire fighters won’t have to carry numerous replacement SCBA cylinders back and forth anymore during extended operations in high-rise buildings, subway tunnels or other hard-to-reach areas. Even on the 34th floor of a fire building, the air cylinders can be refilled on the spot through a 400-foot high-pressure line connected to the department’s new portable compressor—Air Unit 1—placed in service on Jan. 26 by Fire Commissioner Joseph R. Rizzo.
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IAFF Media Contest

IAFF Media Contest

The winners of the 1981 International Association of Fire Fighters media contest were recently announced by John A. Gannon, IAFF President. Designed to recognize excellence in Fire service coverage through the media, this annual contest is open to reporters, photographers, and both radio and network broadcasters.
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Carbonized Wood Ignition Determined in 4-Alarm Fire

“Pyrophoric” literally means “air burning.” It refers to the tendency of certain materials to take fire spontaneously upon exposure to air without any other specific ignition source. This isn’t quite the same way that spontaneous combustion takes place in hay, rags, or metal turnings, with which most fire fighters are familiar.
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More FE Volume 134 Issue 6

Large Spill Ignites After Unattended Tank Overflows

More than 18,000 gallons of gasoline overflowed a storage tank and ignited during a pipeline transfer in Stockton, Calif. Fire fighting operations lasted over 15 hours. The tank’s capacity had been miscalculated.
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Copyright Reminder

Copyright Reminder

A list of 12 points that speakers should observe to improve their communications abilities appeared in an article, “SpeakerTraining Program of Ventura County F.D.,” in the February issue of Fire Engineering. Wynn Allen, president of Interpersonal Communications Associates developed this list of 12 points and has a copyright on the list. Because of the deadline for the February issue, Fire Engineering was unable to make a note of this copyright in the article.
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RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Editor JERRY W. LAUGHLIN Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor ELIZABETH CRIDLAND Assistant Managing Editor
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Railroad Tanker Improves Center’s HazMat Training

Training for rail accidents involving hazardous materials is more realistic at the Jefferson Parish Fire Training Center in Bridge City, La., now that their own tank car is in place. The 40-year-old general purpose tank car was scheduled for scrapping until Union Tank Car Company learned that the training center could use it to demonstrate problems with all kinds of hazardous cargo.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

Fire Protection Engineers Meet, Discuss Problems of Fire in the City

A precautionary request to note each location of the meeting room’s exits was the appropriate beginning to a recent seminar on “Fire in the City.” Conducted by the New York Metropolitan and New Jersey chapters of Society of Fire Protection Engineers, the seminar looked into several aspects of New York’s fire problem.
Fire PreventionFire Safety
LSUE Program

LSUE Program

Applications for a two-year associate degree program in fire science, are being received by Louisiana State University at Eunice. The program, offered in cooperation with the LSU Firemen Training Center in Baton Rouge, includes courses on blueprint reading and sketching, fire safety and public education, electrical wiring and codes, fire behavior, building design, insurance grading schedules, fire protection hydraulics, industrial fire protection, tactics and strategy, fire protection systems and equipment, instructor training, law safety inspections and arson investigation, as well as courses in other academic areas.
Firefighting Equipment

Fire Equipment Digest

Portable Monitor The Akron Brass Company now has available a new two-inlet, lightweight, portable monitor with reduced friction loss. The monitor, Style 3420 Apollo, weighs 36-pounds (without the discharge pipe and tips), and features a waterway design which has reduced friction loss within the monitor to less than 10 psi at 800 gpm.
Firefighting Equipment

From the Publishers Desk

We have heard of a number of combination fire and police arson squads, but there is one combined fire and police effort that aims to run arson right out of the country. Well, maybe not exactly out of the country, but the participants will certainly pound it into the ground. No previous attack on this crime has required so much physical stamina and determination.
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Coming Events

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The Book Shelf

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Moving Forward Is Secret of Engine Company Success

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Manufacturers’ Literature

Firefighting Equipment

Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Training Program for Volunteers Covers Basics, Remains Flexible

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FE Volume 134 Issue 6

Issues

Fire Tests Conducted To Measure Heat, O2 Levels

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FIRE ENGINEERING

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Woman Medical Officer

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Hazardous Incident Advice Confusing, Board Charges

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Rizzo Honored

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