FE Volume 136 Issue 9

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Mobile Sprinkler Training Unit

Mobile Sprinkler Training Unit

A portable training unit designed by the Greenacres City, Fla., Fire Department is used to train fire service and industry personnel throughout Florida in sprinkler systems operation. Wet and dry pipe sprinkler systems are mounted on the mobile facility, a 7 X 10-foot trailer, which also contains smoke and heat detectors, pull stations and annunciator panels.
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems
LETTERS

LETTERS

The unforgettable tragedy that occurred in Boulder, Colo., in 1982 should have awakened many training officers to the fact that the methods used by many fire departments for producing smoke for training purposes should be studied carefully. The use of various fuels, chemical liquids, tires, tar paper, and used motor oil for producing thick black smoke is not a good idea.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Moving Hazardous Materials by Truck

Truck transportation of all kinds of commodities has been in the news recently as a result of the change in the federal law allowing larger trucks on the nation's highways. Of course, with the increase in size comes increased potential for hazardous materials problems for emergency response personnel.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

Truck Work— A Must, Regardless of Manpower

In many suburban and rural communities, fire departments often do not have the fuxury of a ladder company. Far too many departments use the lack of a truck as an excuse for not performing the vital emergency functions normally accomplished by a truck company.
Fire Apparatus

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NEWS

Mars Signal Light Company has new ownership and new management. The new president, Robert R. Wylie, heads a group of Florida industrialists who have purchased all of the assets of Mars. "During the transition, the plant was closed for a short period.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

How to Act When on Fire

Now that's an effective headline for attracting your attention, isn't it? Let me hasten to add that I did not write it. I borrowed it from an earlier edition of Fire Engineering — 100 years ago, June 16, 1883. The message of the accompanying article on those old, yellowed pages is familiar to us today, but I finished reading it with a sense of uneasiness.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Australia’s ‘Ash Wednesday’ brush fires claim 45 lives

Australia’s ‘Ash Wednesday’ brush fires claim 45 lives

Thirteen fire fighters and 32 civilians lost their lives in what has been described as Australia's worst holocaust since the 1939 Black Friday fires that killed 71 people. The fires, which swept through large portions of southern Australia last February 16-17 in 104° temperatures, were fanned by 25 to 30 mph winds, giving fire fighters virtually no chance of halting the rapidly advancing flames.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

October 1-2, Aircraft Crash Fire Rescue Seminar. Contact Grant Smith, 32 Tillinghast Avenue, Menands, NY 12204. October 17-20, International Crash Fire Rescue Symposium. Contact Maryland Fire and Rescue Inst., Univ. of MD., College Park, Md 20742. October 17-21, Foam Fire Protection Technology. Contact Paul Gillespie, National Foam, 150 Gordon Drive, Lionville, PA 19353.
Aircraft Fire & RescueTechnical Rescue

Haz-mat teams roll in L.A.

Referred to as SCATs in Los Angeles City, manpower response squads in Los Angeles County, hazardous materials companies have been activated by both the L.A. City and L.A. County Fire Departments. In a six-month period, SCATs (Strategic Chemical Attack Teams) 4, 27, and 39 responded to 62 hazardous materials incidents in the 455-square-mile area of L.A. City.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

An air hydraulic powered Rescue Gator cutter that slices through metal with 17,000 pounds of force, has been designed by Lincoln St. Louis, division of McNeil Corporation. Designed especially for the rescue-extrication field, the new model 99801 Rescue Gator is made of high strength steels, and weighs 28 pounds.
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment
Street fire alarm boxes leaving the Boston area

Street fire alarm boxes leaving the Boston area

Boston, Mass., is in the process of phasing out its 1420 fire alarm boxes, from which more than 3/4 of the city's 10,000 false alarms are turned in each year. The City of Boston, which covers 47.5 square miles, received a total of 47,000 alarms last year. Of the 10,000 false alarms received, approximately 77 percent came in through the city's street alarm boxes.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
BOOKS

BOOKS

INCENDIARY FIRES, Steven Swab; Robert J. Brady Company, Bowie, MD 20715; 168 pages. A reference manual for fire investigators. The text explores the range of possibilities in the world of arson. The first chapter contains an incendiary reference table, while the later chapters deal with the chemical and electronical aspects of igniting an illegal fire.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

SCHOOLS

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fires Down, Rescues Up

Technical Rescue

MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC FIRE EDUCATION

Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Trade-In Program

Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

SMOKE DETECTOR SURVEY

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FIRE ENGINEEING

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FIRE FIGHTERS— FIRE SETTERS’ REST FRIENDS

Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

Staff

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Co-op Education

Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

A CALL FOR A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS STANDARD

HazmatTechnical Rescue

Safety Bulletin

Fire Safety

GAS WELL FIRE!

Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training
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