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FE Volume 137 Issue 11
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Row frame fire.
At a Jersey City, NJ, fire, departments experienced the frustration of a fast spreading fire in a converted row frame. These structures are best fought through thorough pre-plan drills, rapid command decisions, and fast moving, aggressive interior handlines coupled with extremely effective, innovative, and exhaustive venting techniques. Here, however, firefighters were confronted with a wellinvolved occupied structure upon arrival.
APPARATUS INNOVATIONS/DELIVERIES
The Village of Farmingdale, NY, Fire Department took delivery of an American LaFrance 1984 Century Custom 2,000 Low-Boy Pumper. The pumper is 88 inches high to allow the fire department to operate the apparatus inside garage parking lots which have restricted ceiling clearances. The major features of this stainless steel cab and body apparatus include an American LaFrance 2,000-gpm Twinflow two-stage custom pump; two-tone Imron custom red and white paint; full chrome cab fenders; 8V92TA Detroit Diesel engine; an Allison HT740 transmission; brushed stainless steel pump operator’s control panel; a 500-gallon, 10-gauge stainless steel water tank; bumper deck mounted Q2B siren; dual Grover 1501 air horns recessed into the cab front gravel shield; dual KWIK-RASE 12-volt 350,000 CP flood lights, one mounted on each side at the pump enclosure; Whelen Model 800-1 red strobe lights mounted on each front cab corner; full radius cab canopy handrail; Mansover safety rails at vestibule entrances; six-inch suction manifolds recessed into the pump operator’s control panel; and rear full width open compartment with rollers for two electric rewind booster reels.
COMPANY NEWS
Hale Fire Pump Company received the "Cost Cutter" award from the Oshkosh Truck Corporation for its contribution to the development of the U.S. Air Force P-19 Crash/Fire/Rescue (CFR) Vehicle. The company, awarded for design excellence and production efficiency of the vehicle's relief valve system which they supplied, is the first vendor to ever receive the award, normally reserved for Oshkosh employees.
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COMING EVENTS
November 30-December 2, Tactics & Procedures; December 7-9, 14-16, Recruit Fire Training II. Contact Herb Hoey, Office of the State Fire Marshal, 5636 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85008. Louisiana State University, First Responder, December 10-14; Industrial Fire School, December 11-13; Firefighting Strategy & Tactics, December 15-16.
NEWS
Joseph L. Donovan, superintendent of Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD, received "The Everett Hudiburg Award" at IFSTA's annual conference in Stillwater, OK. The award is presented annually in recognition of significant contributions to firefighter training on a national basis.
Your Safety —Is It Legislated?
Toxic chemical spills requiring the evacuation of a building or possibly the shut down of service on a busy commuter railroad during the height of the rush hour are really no longer earthshaking, interest-grabbing readership items in a daily newspaper. Unfortunately, they have become rather commonplace.
Arson deterrent
A major arson deterrent is to be able to gain a witness' confidence as soon as possible after an incident. This, however, is not always possible due to constraints of manpower availability.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Chief Clyde A Bragdon Jr., was recently sworn in as administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) following unanimous Senate confirmation. Bragdon was nominated for the post by President Reagan in April. The USFA has been without an official administrator since B. J. Thompson left as chief administrator in the fall of 1982.
EQUIPMENT DIGEST
The Firecover fire blanket available from American Safety Products, extinguishes small fires and provides upper-body protection while escaping from fires. Reusable and measuring slightly over one square meter (39 inches by 43 inches), it is made of 6-9 micron fiberglass impregnated with graphite and teflon.
Safety: Razor Ribbon, a Hidden Hazard
As crime increases, so too does the demand for more and improved security systems; and with an increase in security comes an increase in firefighting problems. Expedient and safe firefighting operations have been hampered by rolldown security doors and roofs covered by metal plates.
Bottle cart betters firefighters’ efficiency
To better conserve firefighters' energies for firefighting operations rather than expend them on carrying equipment into the fire, the Winter Haven, FL, Fire Department designed a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) bottle cart.