FE Volume 135 Issue 12

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FACTORY FIRE: IT WAS LIKE ÒA PLASTIC PUP TENTÓ

Just before the 3:30 p.m. quitting time last March 19, employees at Parnell Industries in Mercersburg, Pa., a manufacturer of precision machined parts, heard a loud popping sound. A plastic air line in the cockloft had been ruptured by a fire that had been spreading undetected inside a wall and overhead.
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Pride Makes a Professional

Starting this month, Volunteers Corner will come to you from a rotating trio of authors. Each will bring a unique perspective to this most popular monthly column — but we're sure each installment will be just as useful and enduring as the 222 already published. First up is Gene Carlson, editor of the International Fire Service Training Association manuals published at Oklahoma State University. Before that, he served as a training specialist with the National Fire Academy. Gene was also a state instructor in Maryland and Illinois, where he was active in local fire departments as a fire fighter, lieutenant and training officer.
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LETTERS

LETTERS

The fire department of Ithaca, N.Y., like many others, is studying methods to provide incentives to both secure and retain volunteer fire fighters. Our department is a combination operation that responded to some 1200 fire-related emergencies last year. This does not include EMS calls.
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FILMS

FILMS

THE DROWNING MACHINE, Film Communicators, 11136 Weddington St., No. Hollywood, Calif. 91601; 20 minutes, 16mm, color, $75, rental; $360, purchase. Fast water rescue is demonstrated in this award-winning film (National Safety Council), suitable for EMS and fire protection personnel who live in fast water areas.
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FROM THE PUBLISHER

The fire service is always on the lookout for equipment and ideas from the world of business or industry that can be adapted to good use. A recent note —or a warning, perhaps-seen in Industry Week magazine seems to have food for thought for fire chiefs.
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NEWS

NEWS

Ensuring that fire department sprinkler connections are fully functional is vital to fireground operations, and Chief Arthur P. Stearns of the Janesville, Wis., Fire Department offers several suggestions for checking them. First, he recommends having the building owner sign a waiver prior to testing, and having the water utility on standby to open or shut valves.
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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Ratelco Inc., offers a weatherproof mobile intercom, the IC-9 system, designed for continuous communications between crew, master station and remote speakers. The master station features completely transistorized, maintenance-free operation, with "hands-free" communications.
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BOOKS

BOOKS

FIRST CARE: EMERGENCY GUIDE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, Sheryle Wills and Sharyn Tremblay; Multi-Media Publishing, Inc., 1393 S. Inca St., Denver, Colo. 80223; 357 pages, $12.95. A basic, nontechnical approach is taken in this emergency medical aid book, which includes quizzes at the end of each chapter.
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Police and Fire Consolidation: The Controversy Continues

The police and fire consolidation controversy has been like a weed in the field of fire service management. From time to time it springs up again in one area or another. You know the scenario, of course. Some city administrator decides that the answer to all his problems lies in funding a single super department where before there were two. The word is panacea.
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SCHOOLS

SCHOOLS

California Fire Academy: Fire Mgmt. II, Feb 27-Mar. 4, May 8-13; Fire Mgmt. VII, Jan. 30-Feb 4; Fire Mgmt. IV, Mar. 20-25, Fire Command III, Jan. 16-21, June 12-17; Fire Investigation III, Mar 6-11, June 26-luly 1; Fire Investigation II, Mar. 27-Apr 1, Apr. 24-29; Fire Prevention III, Jan. 9-14, June 5-10; Fire Instructor III, Feb. 20-25; Public Education Officer III, Feb. 20-25, Haz-Mat I, Jan 30-Feb. 4. Contact Calif. Fire Academy, 836 Asilomar Blvd., Pacific Grove, Calif. 93950.
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DICK SILVIA RETIRES

Dick Sylvia has retired as editor of FIRE ENGINEERING magazine on the eve of his 69th birthday. But that doesn't mean he is leaving the fire service. Dick will be involved in an outreach course from the National Fire Academy and will continue to serve on the Connecticut Commission on Fire Prevention and Control.
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A TRUCK FIRE (WITH 101 OXYGEN CYLINDERS)

The Bradford Township, Pa., Volunteer Fire Department got the alarm of a truck fire at the Burdette Oxygen Company at 5:02 p.m. last April 7 and dispatched five trucks and 30 men under the command of Chief Howard Warfield. MT-155, a 750-gpm pumper carrying 1000 gallons of water was the first-in company under the command of Third Assistant Chief Dan Burkhouse.
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ELY: LESS EMOTIONALISM

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Staff

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FIRE ENGINEERING

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COMPUTER PRINTOUTS REPLACE WINDOW DECALS

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DELAYED ALARM AT CHEMICAL FIRE

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KAMPRAD SAYS NO!

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ARE YOU REALLY PREPARED?

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“MAXIMUM WATER FLOW, MINIMUM MANPOWER”

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THE TRAIN DIDNÕT STOP

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A POLICE VIEW

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USING THE FIGURE-EIGHT DESCENDER

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A COMPUTER NETWORK FOR THE FIRE SERVICE

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