FE Volume 144 Issue 12

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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Lifejack, Inc.’s new Wingtip Vortex Generator shroud for the positive-pressure ventilator has perforations around the outer barrel of the shroud allow the unique polamide, aviation-style propeller blades to pick up air from the tips of the blades as well as from the rear of the prop.
Firefighting Equipment

SPRINKLER SYSTEM WATER SUPPLY ANALYSIS

An automatic sprinkler system is only as good as its water supply. Just because a building is equipped with a sprinkler system doesn’t mean the sprinkler system will be effective—it must be supported by a water supply that can meet the demands of both sprinklers and hose streams during a firelight. To evaluate the adequacy of a sprinkler system, it is important to evaluate the water supply that is available to feed the system as well as calculate the amount of water needed to supply the sprinkler system and hose streams.
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

CONDUCTING A HOT DRILL

The use of hot drills or live firefighting for training purposes is practiced by many airport fire departments across the country at least once a year. These drills provide effective results in that we can simulate conditions similar to those that could be encountered in a live aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) situation.
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

PROMISE OF THE FUTURE

He raised his arms expectantly. Two giant hands grabbed underneath them and hoisted him gently into the seat. He squirmed forward, lunged at the worn leather strap that dangled past the steering wheel, and started pulling—he was no stranger to the raucous old brass bell. Instinctively, I squinted tightly, as if that would muffle the din.
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OPARATION AIR BRIDGE

In April 1991 the Los Angeles City (CA) Fire Department participated with 15 other agencies in a mutual-aid disaster exercise involving the airlift of our Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team, truck, and equipment from LAX Airport in Los Angeles to San Francisco, where we participated in Operation Air Bridge, a large multijurisdictional drill at Pier 32. The exercise involved the rapid deployment of 16 USAR team members and equipment in response to a simulated mutual-aid request for specialized resources needed for structural collapse.
Structural CollapseTechnical Rescue

1991 EDITORIAL INDEX

Abraham, Jack. Your Rights Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. February, p51. Amberge, George. Low-Cost Automatic Lighting for Fire Stations. (Innovations: Homegrown) September, p60. Asken, Michael J. and George M. Stapleton.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #67: SODIUM NITRATE

Sodium nitrate is an oxidizing, relatively stable, white-to-colorless, odorless, ionic crystalline solid of moderate toxicity with a salt-like, slightly bitter taste. It is a very popular and common chemical used in the manufacture of explosives (such as dynamite and black powder), fertilizers, food additives, glass, matches, meat preservatives, pharmaceuticals, pottery enamel, pyrotechnics, refrigerants, and other nitrates of sodium salts.
HazmatTechnical Rescue
The National Juvenile Firesetter/Arson Control and Prevention Program

The National Juvenile Firesetter/Arson Control and Prevention Program

Begun in early 1988. the National Juvenile Firesetter/Arson Control and Prevention Program was initiated to assess and develop promising approaches to help communities deal with juvenile firesetting and arson. Funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the U.S. Fire Administration, this two-and-a-half year study is being conducted by the Institute for Social Analysis (ISA) and the Police Executive Research Forum.
Fire PreventionFire Safety

MUTUAL-AID GROUPS

In the past many departments were reluctant to request aid from neighboring departments; it meant that the department was weak, ill-equipped, or unable to handle an emergency. But with issues such as budgets and manpower constraints came a change in thinking, as departments now try to find new ways to do more with less.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

TOP-FLOOR FIRES

Just what is a top-floor fire? Well, in multistory buildings, you guessed it! But remember, any remarks about top-floor fires also pertain to onestory buildings. Fires in this location are different because side (or horizontal) internal exposures become very important.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

JUVENILE FIRESETTING: AN OLD PROBLEM GETS A NEW LOOK

An old problem that keeps claiming new victims, juvenile firesetting has been demanding more attention in recent years. Its complexity and the various resources needed to address this problem in a meaningful way have, in these days of financial constraint.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

JANUARY 20-22—The University of New Haven, Center for Public Safety’s TWELFTH ANNUAL ADVANCED ARSON SEMINAR will be held in West Haven. Connecticut. Contact: Alexis Zuchinsky, Coordinator, (203) 9327298. JANUARY 25-26-SYMPOSIUM: BEYOND THE CRITICAL INCIDENT, sponsored by the Hamilton County Fire Chiefs' Association, will be held in Sharonville, Ohio.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

AMMONIA HAZARDS

Firefighting Equipment

NEWS IN BRIEF

Fire Apparatus

LIVE-FIRE TRAINING PITS

Firefighter Training

RESOURCE BOX

Fire PreventionFire Safety

PLANNING AN ENHANCED 911 SYSTEM

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FIRE ENGINEERING

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

Fire Apparatus

CENTRAL STORAGE WAREHOUSE FIRE MADISON, WISCONSIN

Structural CollapseTechnical Rescue

MUNUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

RACK STORAGE

Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

The Christmas Rescue

Technical Rescue
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