FE Volume 135 Issue 4

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Acting as an Instructor Is Duty of Every Officer

Whether they realize it or not, every officer in the fire service is an instructor to some degree. Even a chief of department becomes an instructor when he outlines a new policy to be implemented by his chief officers or when he assigns one or more officers to develop an administrative project. Company officers are responsible for the effectiveness of their companies—both on the fireground and in such non-fire activities as building inspections and equipment maintenance.
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Hazardous Materials Response Unit Maintains Versatility on Low Budget

The hazardous materials response team in Guilford County, N.C., has learned to be versatile when it comes to acquiring specialized equipment. Only a portion of it is provided through the normal budget process, so the rest has to be homemade, borrowed or sought as a gift.
HazmatTechnical Rescue
Dr. Archer Honored in N.Y.

Dr. Archer Honored in N.Y.

The New York City Fire Department re_____amed its medical facility last December to honor the memory of Dr. Harry M. Archer, _____he only non-fire fighter to receive the city’s _____ighest decoration for. heroism, the James _____ordon Bennett Medal. His service to the fire department spanned 1 years; responding to fires until age 86.
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Newly Created Department Provides Full Services at Fire

A $500,000 fire involving townhouse units, garage facilities and autos occurred just 12 days after the Orange County, Fla., Fire Department was created last Oct. 1. Before the fire was extinguished, the new department organized available resources well enough to provide a wide range of supplementary services, including questioning witnesses, documenting ignition factors, meeting with the press, setting up a relief center for displaced residents, and beginning to inventory and store salvaged property for residents who were still at work or out of town.
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Industrial Flammable Liquid Spills Handled with Mobile Cleanup Kit

In most industrial settings where flammable liquids are used extensively, spills are a continual threat. In response to several large spill incidents, the fire protection and safety departments of Steelcase, Inc., of Grand Rapids, Mich., devised a spill cleanup kit which provides our employees with a safer method of controlling flammable liquid spills.
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Canadian Fire Protection Described in Report

Canadian Fire Protection Described in Report

Canada’s fire death toll and property loss, among the highest in the industrial world, are ignored by the Canadian government as a national problem, according to Donal Baird, co-author of a National Research Council study of the Canadian fire scene and also Canadian correspondent for Fire Engineering.
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RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Editor JERRY W. LAUGHLIN Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor GRACE LESSNER Editorial Assistant
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Flow Meter Readings More Useful Than Those From a Pressure Gage

If all hose lines delivering water for fire fighting were kept short, level, unbranched and within sight of the pump operator, flow meters might not have been adapted for the fire service. Instead, pressure gages would still be sufficient. And if fireground hydraulics calculations weren’t so complicated, or if rule-of-thumb estimates were sufficient, then there would also be less need for flow meters.
Firefighting EquipmentHoselines
Juvenile Arson in St. Paul

Juvenile Arson in St. Paul

Acts of vandalism involving arson and other crimes by juveniles are the subjects of a program now in its third year in St. Paul, Minn. The program, with grants from St. Paul (insurance) Companies and the St. Paul Fire Department, is aimed at 8th and 9th graders and focuses on arson, vandalism and shoplifting.
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Garden Tractor at Brush Fires

Springtime in northern Maine usually means an increase in the number of grass and brush fires in the dried-out vegetation while the ground itself is still wet from melted snow. Even fourwheel-drive vehicles had trouble with the wet soil, necessitating the old method of attack on foot with pump cans and brooms.
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NFA Outreach Program

NFA Outreach Program

1982 Outreach Class Schedule for National Fire Academy: Arizona; Fire Prevention I, Fire Apparatus Purchase and Maintenance, May 15-16, contact Herb Hoey, Dir. of Fire Tng., P.O. Box 19070, Phoenix, Az. 85005. Arkansas; Haz-Mat Incident Analysis, May 22-23, Fire/Arson Detection, July 24-25, Sept. 25-26, contact Paul Benton, Dir., Ark. Fire Academy, P.O. Box 3048, E. Camden, Ark. 71701.
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

I read your article on computers in the January issue with great interest. As the retired chief of the University of Connecticut Fire Department, I have been interested for several years in the use of computers for the fire service. I have been particularly interested in their use for computer-aided dispatching, prefire planning and department administration.
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From the Publishers Desk

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Apparatus Innovations And Deliveries

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National Fire Academy

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The Book Shelf

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Fire Schools and Seminars

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Correction

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Innovation and Renovation

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Eight Killed in Fire After Gasoline Thrown on Exits

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“Proposition 13Õs Effect Was Delayed, But Trouble Now Looms in California”

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Fire in Uncompleted Building Goes Undetected for an Hour

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DonÕt Forget That People Use Kerosine Heaters

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