FE Volume 138 Issue 9

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Fire Prevention An Aid to Suppression, Not Expression

Make no mistake about it, we are still losing people. We are temporarily lulled into complacency because of a downward trend in national fire death statistics and in fire incidents themselves. The reduced casualty figures can be accounted for by the increased use of alarm devices, public awareness, increased fire protection proficiency, and even statistical manipulation.
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems
COURSES/COMING EVENTS

COURSES/COMING EVENTS

September-November 1985—FALL SCHEDULE of FIRECON's seminars is now available. Classes include industrial fire protection, hazardous materials for industrial fire brigades, confined space safety and rescue, and more. For more information, contact: Gail Schroll, FIRECON, P.O. Box 4882, Lancaster, PA 17604. September-December 1985—FALL SCHEDULE of the Firefighter Emergency Services & Rescue Certificate Program is available from Seneca College Newham Campus, 1750 Finch Ave.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

Apparatus and Common Sense

The volunteer fire service encompasses a multitude of skills, all bringing with them "tools of the trade." While these tools of the trade allow us to perform our jobs efficiently, only common sense, job knowledge, and a commitment to safety can reduce personal injuries.
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

APPARATUS INNOVATIONS/DELIVERIES

Right. The F.A.A. Technical Center Fire Department, Pomona, NJ, took delivery of a 1985 Duplex/Walter foam/water pumper featuring a 750-gallon water tank, a 100-gallon foam tank, and a Hale QSF-100 1,000-gpm pump. Powered by a Detroit diesel 8-2T engine, it carries 1,600 feet of 3inch hose, a 100-foot, 2 1/2-inch preconnect, a 150-foot, 2 1/2-inch dead load, and three crosslays of 1 1/2-inch preconnected.
Fire Apparatus

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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Team Equipment is now marketing various safety tool kits for hazmat units. These tools, designed to protect against spark and explosion risks, are produced from non-ferrous alloys approved by the U.S. Government and Factory Mutual Research. The tools will not rust and are excellent for use around battery acids and other common corrosive media, according to the manufacturer.
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment
Guiffrida expected to leave FEMA post in early October

Guiffrida expected to leave FEMA post in early October

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director of Public Affairs Robert Mahaffey has confirmed that FEMA Director Louis O. Guiffrida is expected to leave FEMA on or about October 1, the start of the new fiscal year.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Cost-effective backup alarms add to safety

Last year, 117 firefighters died in the line of duty, a 5.5% increase over 1983. And, according to statistics, a large number of these firefighter deaths and injuries are the result of vehicle accidents (see "Incident Command," FIRE ENGINEERING, December 1984).
Fire Safety
Fire safety education display makes impact with videotape

Fire safety education display makes impact with videotape

Since the cause of nearly every destructive fire throughout the centuries can be traced to some form of human carelessness, it is imperative that public fire education become an objective of all fire departments.
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

There are no things in our world that are pure black or pure white, but rather all have varying shades of gray. Roger Lunt paints large diameter hose (LDH) as a panacea in his article "A Case in Support of Large Diameter Hose" (FIRE ENGINEERING, June 1985).
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Hollywood Training

The 1 3/4-inch attack line was pulled to the base of Fire Station No. 2's stairway and flaked out prior to advancing up the stairs to the fire location. Outside, two 35-foot extension ladders were put in position for firefighters to climb onto the roof in anticipation of venting operations.
Firefighter Training
FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENTS EDITORIAL 6 TRAINING NOTEBOOK 8 Hollywood training VOLUNTEERS CORNER 10 Apparatus and common sense DISPATCHES 16 Backup alarms
Fire Apparatus

Steel and Polybutylene Provide Sprinkler System for Fire Station

As part of a major renovation of its 56-year-old station, the Takoma Park, MD, Volunteer Fire Department, in conjunction with Montgomery County's Department of Fire and Rescue Services, installed a full sprinkler system in its fire station.
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

Staff

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Missing Children Program: A Fire Service-Community Project

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Escape House Program Teaches Survival

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

The Flammable Incendiary Liquid: BOOZE

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Some Solutions to and Legislation Addressing L.U.S.T

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

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