FE Volume 146 Issue 2

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THE UNIQUE CHALLENGE OF URBAN HAZ-MAT FIRES

In hospitals, hotels, and commercial and residential high-rise buildings, fire service professionals recognize the difficulty of complete building evacuation and either through building design or human behavior deal with the problems associated with large numbers of people in dangerous situations.
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“FIGHTING FLAMMABLE LIQUID FIRES: A PRIMER, PART 2”

This is the second article in a series on Class B, flammable liquid firefighting foams. The first article (Fire Engineering, January 1993) intro- duced the "family of firefighting foams"—the different types of foams, their characteristics, and their recommended uses.
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FIRE ESCAPES

Firefighters use fire escapes for egress from the fire building when trapped during primary search of the fire floor or as the secondary exit when searching the floor above. Fire escapes give searching firefighters access to the “rear” of the fire (see August, September, and October 1992 columns).
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BREAD AND BUTTER OPERATIONS: MULTILEVEL HOUSES

Arriving first at this nighttime alarm, you find smoke showing at the open front door of a bilevel home. The occupants assure you that everyone has gotten out of the house. As you plan your strategies, you hear the sirens of the first approaching engine company.
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RUNNING PROTECTION

"Fire Alarm to Truck 2 and Rescue 4: Respond for a phone alarm, reporting a female jumper on the upper let el of the Main Street Bridge.” Once you are assigned the job, the mental size-up process begins: What do we really have? What equipment might we need?
Fire PreventionFire Safety
MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

A new specifications guide from Rockwell International Corp.’s automotive division lists the company’s complete line of truck and tractor axle products, including drive and nondrive axles, brakes, hubs, and drums. The guide also lists applications for the following truck and tractor axle products: hypoid single reduction, hypoid-helical double reduction, and hypoid planetary two-speed axles.
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THE SALEM TESTS

Class A foam methodology is easily understood after a close examination of the dynamics at work (see “Class A Foam for Structure Firefighting,” Fire Engineering, July 1992). However, the claim that Class A foam increases the effectiveness of water for fire suppression remains controversial. Anecdotal/empirical evidence and limited comparative testing have yielded a “three to five times more effective than plain water” guideline, but quantitative evidence is necessary.
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

HAZ-MAT LADDER AIDS ACCESS AND IMPROVES SAFETY

Your dispatcher reports a leak of a hazardous material in the rear of a freight semitractor-trailer. After your arrival, size-up, gear selection, and so on, your hazardous-materials team is ready to enter the rear of the truck. But how? Use an attic ladder? A roof ladder?
HazmatTechnical Rescue
TRAINING AIDS

TRAINING AIDS

NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,MODEL PROCEDURES GUIDE FOR STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING, a draft publication prepared by the National Fire Service Incident Management System Consortium Curriculum Committee, is now available from the International Association of Fire Chiefs.
FirefightingStructural Firefighting
COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

The corporate development project undertaken by WAJAX LIMITED, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, involves moving its subsidiary Niedner Ltd. to new and expanded facilities in Coatlcook, Quebec. The new Niedner plant is expected to open in early 1993The project’s cost is estimated to be around $3 million.
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CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #81: ISOBUTYLENE

Isobutylene is a flammable, polymerizable, reactive, colorless gas with a faint petroleum-like odor. Used as a monomer for polymers such as polyisobutylene and butyl rubber, it also is used to make aviation gasoline, antioxidants, and other chemicals. Isobutylene is easily liquefiable and may be used by itself or be included in a mixture of propane, propylene, butane, and butylene gases and may be referred to as LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

NEWS IN BRIEF

Physio-Control temporarily has halted manufacture of its defibrillator so it can dedicate a significant part of its resources to making the adaptations in processes and documentation that have been requested by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). “It soon became apparent during the regular FDA biannual inspection of our premises that the FDA requirements would take time to accomplish,” says Sandy Higgins, PhysioControl communications manager.
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COMING EVENTS

HazmatTechnical Rescue

NAMES IN THE NEWS

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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Firefighting Equipment

HAZ-MAT NOTEBOOK

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IDENTIFYING HAZ MATS: DOT’S HM-181

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FIRE ENGINEERING

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

Fire Apparatus

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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WATER EXTINGUISHER: AN IMPORTANT TOOL

Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

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