FE Volume 139 Issue 7

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COMPUTERISED RECORD KEEPING

Consider this situation: You're a member of a small city fire department and have been assigned to do building inspections between fire calls. Scheduled for inspection is the Pay & Pray Cafe. According to its inspection file, the cafe had a previous violation for an uncharged fire extinguisher.
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COURSES/COMING EVENTS

COURSES/COMING EVENTS

July-October 1986 —A list of the Maine 1986 FIRE ATTACK SCHOOLS is available. These not-for-profit training and education seminars are held on weekends throughout the state, and are made up of individuals from the eastern United States and Canadian provinces. For information, contact: Steve Willis, Deputy Administrator, Maine Fire Training and Education, Department of Educational and Cultural Services, State House Station 23, Augusta, ME 04333; telephone (207) 289-5854 or (207) 941-4628.
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COMPANY NEWS

Cairns & Brother has appointed Thomas Cordell as its first regional sales manager. Cordell, based in the suburban Cleveland, OH, area, will provide in-field coverage for Cairns in the northeast, according to company Vice-President Bill McCutcheon, to whom he reports.
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Hose Maintenance

In my last article, we discussed the care and maintenance of some hand tools. This month, I would like to continue with this thought and focus again on some of the more frequently used tools and their required maintenance. Probably the most used tool in the fire service is hose.
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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

The Ken Mar Butterfly Valve enables the fireman to quickly switch from water-onboard to remote, high-volume tanks without shutting down the pumper. Pump prime is always maintained due to a press fit, Keystone Seal, and a calibrated handle that smoothly regulates initial water intake, according to the company.
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NAMES IN THE NEWS

NAMES IN THE NEWS

Five students in Worcester, MA, Polytechnic Institute's master's degree program in fire protection engineering have been inducted into the Salamander Honorary Fire Protection Engineering Society: Eugene A. Cable of Rutland, VT, has a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and is participating in a graduate internship with the Boston Fire Department.
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Who’s Really Liable?

Responding and returning, one of the categories in which firefighter death and injury statistics are recorded annually, is one of our most frustrating lists because it can be so easily controlled and reduced by department policy, accountability, education, training, and enforcement within today's fire service. Since working with the National Fire Academy's Firefighter Safety and Survival Course and more recently with the New York State Chiefs Association on safety awareness,
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Roof Simulator Improves Training

Timely and effective roof ventilation is crucial to successful structural firefighting. It requires not only stamina, but considerable skill and training to vent the roof safely. Ordinarily, to teach, drill, and evaluate a firefighter's ability in this area, an abandoned building with a roof that is substantial enough to safely work on is found.
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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Hackensack, NJ, Fire Department is operating two of these pumpers built by Ward 79 Limited. They are mounted on Mack CF chassis with a Waterous CMYBX 1,000-gpm two-stage pump and 500-gallon water tank. They are powered by a Mack Thermodyne ET673 diesel engine with Allison automatic transmission. The midship mounted booster reel carries 250 feet of one-inch hose.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The 65-year-old volunteer firefighter was rushed to the hospital, but the (heart) attack proved fatal." Other than knowing that he was checking for roof brands, the Passaic conflagration article in the November 1985 issue of FIRE ENGINEERING tells us nothing more about this individual. Perhaps he was a marathon runner.
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A Chameleon Approach to Supervision

The chameleon, a small, highly changeable/adaptable creature, can teach fire officers a lot about management. Because a fire officer's working environment changes more radically than does the chameleon's, split-second adaptability is often the key to successful fire service management.
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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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LEADERSHIP and the Fire Service

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The Importance of: STRATEGY AND TACTICS TRAINING

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Chlorine

HazmatTechnical Rescue

The Fire Service Organization An Exercise in Rationalism

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AIR Most Important When It’s Not There!

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FIRE ENGINEERING

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