FE Volume 146 Issue 6

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COLLAPSE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS: TACTICS AND PROCEDURES

This article, the second in a series on collapse search and rescue operations (See Part 1 in the May 1993 issue of Fire Engineering), discusses sizing up voids, evaluating hazard potential, and ensuring safety during operations, as preparation for an in-depth analysis of shoring and cribbing techniques.
Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

CONDUCTING SAFE LIVE BURNS

As is the case in many parts of the country, volunteer fire departments comprise the majority of the fire protection for western New York state. The ability of these departments to train adequately is limited to in-house company drills, a state fire course or two, and an occasional trip to the smokehouse.
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training
MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

EMS and rescue training videocassettes; “survival,” practical, and reference guides; American Red Cross training materials; code review/study cards, books on quality management, disaster response, and disease transmission; preparation and review materials; full-color, diagnostic atlases, and “hands-on” information make up the selections in a catalog from Mosby Lifeline.
Fire EMSFirefighting

THE STAFFING ISSUE

Over the past year, a battle has raged within the fire service concerning the issue of minimum staffing and whether this minimum requirement should be placed in NFPA 1500, Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program. Different organizations have their own positions and have been vocal in attempting to persuade others of their views’ legitimacy.
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COMPANY NEWS

On March 2, PIERCE MANUFACTURING delivered its 5,000th chassis. Custom-built for the Oxnard, California, Fire Department, the Pierce Arrow is powered by a 350-hp Caterpillar engine with an HT-740 Allison transmission. It is equipped with a 500-gallon tank and 1,500-gpm pumping capacity. It was purchased through Fire-Bann Corporation in Ontario, California.
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TRAINING AIDS

TRAINING AIDS

Rochester (NY) Institute of Technology will offer its CERTIFICATE IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT through distance learning beginning in the fall of 1993. The certificate is designed for emergency professionals, governmental and industrial safety planners, and aspiring emergency professionals to learn when and where they want.
Firefighter Training

PROTECTING THE ‘FORGOTTEN’

Our history is marred by fire tragedies in singleroom-occupancy (SRO) residence buildings. Most recently, the fire in a Chicago SRO this past March, which killed 19 people, reminds us of our fire protection failures. In many areas, SROs are as forgotten as the nameless thousands who pass through their doors. They stand, deteriorating, ready to burn or be torn down, with uncorrected code violations identified 50 years ago, with unprotected stairwells and corridors—vertical and horizontal chimneys—that in many cases are the only way out, short of flight.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

HOT TOPIC

This month’s Hot Topic begins with a look at high-rises. When you think of these buildings, what comes to mind? An apartment house, a hotel, an office building? How about a high-rise “mini-storage” facility? Recently, a nonoccupied “speculative” office building in San Antonio was converted into a mini-storage facility where individuals may rent cubicles for storage of their goods.
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CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #85: ETHYL MERCAPTAN

Ethyl mercaptan is a flammable, toxic, irritating, highly volatile, yellow liquid with an overpowering, offensive odor. It is used as an odorant for natural gas and LPG (liquid petroleum gas). It also is used as an adhesive stabilizer and as an intermediate raw material in the manufacture of antioxidants, defoliants, insecticides, pharmaceuticals, and some types of plastics.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

DEADLY FLAMES: The Public an Intimate Look at Fire

Every once in a while an organization is given the chance to “make something happen.” Sometimes an opportunity presents itself that is definitely out of the ordinary and requires quick action and a willingness to take a risk. The Farmington Hills (MI) Fire Department was presented with such an opportunity when a local television station inquired about the possibility of conducting a live training burn to serve as the focus of a onetime, live, prime-time fire safety show.
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COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

JUNE 21-25—The American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management is sponsoring 40-HR. HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE WORKER SAFETY TRAINING FOR MANAGERS, ENGINEERS, AND SUPERVISORS, a training program to be held in San Antonio, Texas. Contact: The American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management, Inc.; 900 Isom Rd., Suite 103; San Antonio, TX 78216; (800) 729-6742 or (210) 340-7775.
HazmatTechnical Rescue

COIN-OPERATED WASHER AND DRYER RESCUE OPERATIONS

Every urban neighborhood has areas where people wash their clothes, ranging from laundromats in commercial buildings to laundry rooms in apartment buildings. Coin-operated washing and drying machines are lined up using every square inch of space in these areas.
Technical Rescue

CODE ENFORCEMENT CRITICAL TO FIRE PREVENTION

Fire PreventionFire Safety

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Firefighting Equipment

FRUIT RIPENING AND THE FIRE CODE

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CORAL GABLES: OVERVIEW AND ORGANIZATION

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911 TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS

Firefighter Training

SPRINKLERS AND OTHER FIRE SAFETY MEASURES

Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

FIRE ENGINEERING

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

Aerial ApparatusFire Apparatus

METRO-DADE FIRE DEPARTMENT: A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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HURRICANE ANDREW: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT

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HURRICANE ANDREW: PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

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