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Commercial Roof Insulation: An Old Headache Gets Worse

Think back to the last time you were operating on the roof of a taxpayer or factory building. You finally got the saw started, cut a 4 X 8 hole, peeled back the roof, and NOTHING! You hadn't even penetrated the roof deck itself! Sound familiar?
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FTC asked to ban plastic toxicity film

FTC asked to ban plastic toxicity film

The Society of the Plastics Industry has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban "The Burning Issues," a film that describes the dangers firefighters face when they are exposed to the toxicity of burning plastic.
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Four new training courses available from the National Fire Academy

Four new training courses available from the National Fire Academy

The National Fire Academy has released four additional audio/visual training courses to assist in meeting the training requirements of fire/rescue organizations. The new courses are entitled:
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Right-to-Know—But What?

EVERY year, four-billion tons of hazardous materials are carried by rail and road in 90-million individual shipments across the United States. If these figures don't give you reason to pause, consider that millions of tons of materials called hazardous are manufactured, stored, used, and sold in this country every year. “Why hit us with these figures again?" you ask. “Hazardous materials have been beaten to death." I would have tended to agree with you—a year ago.
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COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

Ladder Towers Inc. (LTI), an aerial fire apparatus manufacturer, has begun production of a full line of fire apparatus using its newly developed Olympian chassis for pumpers, tankers, aerial ladder trucks, and platform tower apparatus. "Recent developments in the fire apparatus industry, including increased demand for us to build our own pumpers to supplement our aerial truck line, led us to the decision to market a full line of equipment," Vice-President for LTI Marketing Boyd Cole said.
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TRAINING AIDS

TRAINING AIDS

"Designing Fire Protection for Steel Beams," a 28-page guide from American Iron and Steel Institute, is intended to supplement specifications for fire resistance ratings issued by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. The guide includes the UL/AISI beam substitution equation and 18 figures and tables that illustrate and provide data on achieving optimum fire resistance in protected steel beams.
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Fire truck chassis line purchased in recent corporate acquisition

Fire truck chassis line purchased in recent corporate acquisition

Kovatch Mobile Equipment, a division of Kovatch Corporation, has acquired the "1871" line of fire truck chassis from Hendrickson Mobile Equipment, a Lyons, IL, based company, according to President John J. Kovatch, Jr.
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NAMES IN THE NEWS

NAMES IN THE NEWS

James M. Manser, administrator of the United States Department of the Navy's Fire Marshal Program since 1978, retired after 37 years with the federal fire service. Mr. Manser, always a dedicated advocate of fire protection, began his fire service career in August 1946, when he served in the United States Air Force as a crash fire and rescueman, and was later assigned as a senior fire protection specialist.
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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

The Servus Rubber Company is introducing a new fire boot called the Firebreaker. The lining is made of a highly flame-retardant blend of Kelvar-Nomex, and has a high insulation value. The Firebreaker will withstand up to 20,000 volts of electricity, according to tests. The boot also features Metaguard, which provides additional protection for the metatarsal area, but is flexible so it won't constrain movement.
Firefighting Equipment

Ground Cover Fires: Train to Control

Ground cover fires present a major problem to firefighters throughout the nation. There are different types of ground cover fires that occur all over the country. They include: surface and duff fires in the eastern woods, heavy grass fires in the swamps and bogs of the southeast, grass fires in the vacant lots of cities and across the central plains, heavy brush fires in the far west, and forest fires in large, undeveloped areas.
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Some tank cars unsafe for haz-mat transport

Some tank cars unsafe for haz-mat transport

The Materials Transportation Bureau of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has warned that certain railroad tank cars are not properly equipped to handle the transport of hazardous materials that are required to be carried in a specification tank car.
HazmatTechnical Rescue
FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING (ISSN 00152587). October, 1985, Vol. 138, No. 10. Member. Association of Business Publishers Inc. and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published monthly by Technical Publishing, a Company of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. John K. Abely. President. EXECUTIVE. EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES: 875 Third Avenue, New York. NY 10022.
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Media will teach children fire safety

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

Fire Apparatus

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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In-Water Firefighting Units

Technical RescueWater Rescue

Staff

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ARCH ENEMIES

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California: A State of Fire

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Arsonists paint disaster with brush

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Medical Effects of Wearing Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

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