FE Volume 139 Issue 2

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CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING —Do We Understand It?

CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING —Do We Understand It?

In recent years, the fire service has become more and more involved with mitigating incidents involving the release of hazardous materials and wastes. In response to this involvement, departments have been budgeting for and receiving approval to procure chemical protective clothing and equipment.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

FE Volume 139 Issue 2

Issues

“Built Like a Brick Outhouse” —Or Is It?

We all seem to have an intuitive respect for brick. A person with a good physique is said to be like the title of this article. Perhaps our high regard for the material started when we first heard the terrifying tale of the Three Little Pigs.
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FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENTS EDITORIAL 6 VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8 Controlling pesticide incidents, Part 1 TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10 Forcing padlocks—an innovation DISPATCHES 17 UL materials standards/extinguisher certification requirements
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More FE Volume 139 Issue 2

International Hazardous Material Training

A tanker truck loaded with toluene is en route from Canada to the United States via the Blue Water Bridge. Before reaching the center of the bridge, the driver notices a sudden loss of air pressure.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

Evaluating the Use of Firefighting Foams

The expanding use of polar solvents as gasoline additives has forced the petroleum industry to reevaluate a number of its operating practices relative to the storage and handling of gasoline products.
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Firefighters, Let’s Learn from Bhopal

Firefighters, Let’s Learn from Bhopal

Please, God, permit some good to come from all the death and suffering that took place in Bhopal, India. That is my prayer. A prayer stemming from the appalling tragedy that occurred on December 2, 1984.
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Staff

Staff

Editor THOMAS F. BRENNAN Managing Editor JACKIE COX Associate Editor AUDREY PAVEY Art Director R. NELSON
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Never Say Never?

Let's consider a hypothetical situation: A two-story, frame house has been burning for more than 30 minutes and is fully involved on our arrival. Two firefighters carry a 35-foot portable ladder from the apparatus toward the inferno. As the ladder is raised in preparation to being positioned against the severely fire stressed structure, a sudden "whoosh" announces the expected collapse of the dwelling. The two firefighters are critically injured.
Fire Apparatus
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Following is a copy of the response made by Salvador J. Madama, former fire chief of the Laconia, NH, Fire Department to statements made in a court case relating to the Great Adventure fire (see "Horror in a Haunted Castle," FIRE ENGINEERING, August 1984).
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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The city of Paterson, NJ, recently took delivery of a Pierre Thibault apparatus mounted on a Spartan CFG-2,000 chassis, with 204-inch wheelbase, powered by a Detroit Diesel 6V-71T and Allison 4-speed automatic transmission model HT-740D. The unit has a Hale 1,250-gpm two-stage pump with power transfer valve, electric priming pump, and relief valve. There is a 300-gallon booster tank with 300 feet of 1-inch booster hose and two 200-foot skids each of 1 3/4-inch preconnected in Mattydale compartments.
Fire Apparatus

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

The new Jobcom one-watt, high-bank, two-way radio can be used for communication between security personnel, emergency rooms and staff, and building-to-building operations. Features include screw-in (rubber duck) antenna, antenna jack for connecting external antenna, plug-in battery charger, and rechargeable Nicad battery.
Firefighting Equipment

UL proposes building construction/materials standards; develops extinguisher certification requirements

Building ConstructionFire Safety

Forcing Padlocks—An Innovation

Firefighting Equipment

COMPANY NEWS

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Controlling Pesticide Incidents Part I

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