FE Volume 137 Issue 8

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Open Learning Program

Open Learning Program

Open Learning Fire Service colleges and universities are registering students now for credit courses leading to a Bachelor's Degree. Students study independently without classroom attendance in the areas of fire administration and fire prevention technology. Courses are available to qualified students through eight participating colleges and institutions around the country.
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Keep up the Good Work

During the month of June, FIRE ENGINEERING participated in one of the largest displays of emergency apparatus, equipment, and informational booths in the United States, the New York State Chiefs Conference. The conference has been growing in leaps and bounds over the years. It attracts exhibitors and attendees from all over the North American continent. Whether we were monitoring our own booth or touring the Concord Hotel's huge exhibition hall, comments about our magazine seemed universal.
Fire Apparatus

Cost-effective truck conversion nets versatile light/air/utility vehicle

One of the problems often encountered at nighttime incidents is sufficient lighting for the fireground or emergency scene. To combat this problem, the Guilford, CT, Fire Department converted a 16-year-old, outof-service rescue/ambulance truck into a large-scale lighting system.
Fire EMSFirefighting

Hydrant marker.

Knowing immediately if a hydrant is out of service can save valuable time during an incident. The Trenton, NJ, Fire Department designed an easy, inexpensive way of marking their out-ofservice hydrants.
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More FE Volume 137 Issue 8

APPARATUS INNOVATIONS/DELIVERIES

Upper Pottsgrove, PA, which borders Pottstown, has added an FMC Roughneck pumper to its roster. The unit, mounted on a Ford Model C, six-man tilt cab chassis, features a Detroit diesel engine and Allison automatic transmission, it is red with a white roof. The pump is an FMC 1,000 gpm and the water tank holds 1,000 gallons. Hose carried consists of 1,000 feet of 3-inch, 500 feet of 1 1/2-inch and two 200-foot, 1 1/2-inch preconnects in a tray forward of the pump panel. Each preconnect lies halfway into the tray allowing one attack line to face out from the right and left sides of the truck.
Fire Apparatus

Laddering-Cover All Sides

Multi-story private dwellings bring with them a laddering nightmare irrespective of the fire floor. All too often, ladders are raised on private dwellings only when the fire is on a floor above the ground floor, or when there is an obvious life-hazard showing. And, all too often, the ladders are placed in the front of the building ONLY.
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COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

September 8, 38th Annual Seminar of the Fire Chiefs Council of Nassau County. Contact Arthur W. Lewis, Exhibit Chairman, 146 West End Ave., Freeport, NY 11520. September 10-12, Managing Fire Safety in Health Care Facilities Workshop. Contact the National Fire Protection Assn., Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269.
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Vacant structure is site of several multiple alarms

Failure of a steel truss during a fire early this year caused a free-standing parapet to be pushed out of plumb, burying two firefighters in the colapsed debris. A 4:02 p.m. alarm reported a fire at a three-story, 75 X 200-foot vacant office/professional building.
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Right-to-Know Legislation

One of the major problems facing firefighters arriving at a hazardous materials incident is identifying the chemicals involved. At a transportation accident, this can sometimes be done through the shipping papers or the placard. Unfortunately, in bulk transportation the placard only identifies the product with the Department of Transportation (DOT) four-digit number.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

NAMES IN THE NEWS

Deputy Chief Edward Fitzgerald has been elected to serve a two year term as the president of the Fire Chiefs Association of New York City. Chief Fitzgerald has been a member of the uniformed force since 1957 and has been a chief officer since 1972. He holds an accounting degree and was awarded the Charles H. Revson Fellowship for study at Columbia University.
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

My congratulations to Captain Ray Sutton on the outstanding article on "Straight Line Hydraulics" in the May 1984 issue. While the use of a graph to solve a hydraulics problem is not an innovation, the "Fire Service Nomograph" goes much further than a simple graph.
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SCHOOLS

SCHOOLS

Colorado Training Institute, Hazardous Material In-Depth, September 10-21, Commercial Vehicle/Cargo Tank Compliance/Inspection, September 24-28. Contact the Colorado Training Institute, 1001 E. 62nd Ave., Denver, CO 80216. Louisiana State University, High Rise Rescue, September 4-5, 8-9, 22-23, Fire Apparatus Driver Training, September 10-14, Industrial Fire School, September 11-13, Basic Aircraft Crash, Fire, Rescue, September 17-21, Public Education Assn.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

Delegation of Responsibility

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Training via Cable Television

Firefighter Training

Nine-Alarm Fire Threatened Philadelphia’s Center City

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Staff

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horror in a haunted Castle

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How it all got started

Firefighting Equipment

Do You Understand Your Gauges?

Firefighting Equipment

“Hey, Chief, I Got No Gloves!”?

Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

School Bus Emergencies

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Project Horizon

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Fire Training via Computer

Firefighter Training

The Cause and Preliminary Investigations

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