FIRE ENGINEERING
August 1983
Volume 136 No. 8
Fire on Board!… See page 12
APPARATUS/EQUIPMENT
16 AIR-RUN DUMP VALVE BOOSTS TANKER EFFICIENCY
18 CO-OP PURCHASING REDUCES APPARATUS COSTS Joint specs and pooling equipment orders net costs savings.
19 ARE YOU BUYING THE RIGHT FIRE APPARATUS?
30 COLOR-CODED GRADE INDICATOR FOR AERIALS
34 APPARATUS REBUILDING Buy new? Refurbish? Two articles present some considerations.
50 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS EASE DRIVING
56 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE
68 FOUR-PUMPER RECONSTRUCTION
78 FOAM RACK UTILIZES ALL APPARATUS SPACE
FIRE REPORTS
12 FIRE ON BOARD! Incident aboard an Air Canada jet last June left 23 people dead.
44 SIGHTS AND SIGNS OF ARSON
46 DENTAL COMPLEX FIRE
MANAGEMENT
24 MEMO TO THE FIRE CHIEF Excess spending, cliques and outdated training concern city official.
66 INTERNATIONAL CONCEPTS IN FIRE PROTECTION The U.S. could stand to adopt a few fire safety tips from Europe.
EMS/RESCUE
26 BURIED ALIVE Seconds counted in a rescue to free a man buried under 10 feet of dirt.
70 BUS/TRUCK CRASH Planning and training smoothed rescue operations for rural department.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
55 FOAM TASK FORCE—A MUTUAL AID EFFORT With foam from various banks, N.J.’s foam unit meets any incident.
FIRE PROTECTION
72 EARTH-SHELTERED HOUSING Underground housing—one of the newest challenges to fire fighters.
DEPARTMENTS
6 THE EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK An associate editor’s poignant lesson
8 VOLUNTEERS CORNER Ventilation—the overlooked basic
10 ON HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Moving hazardous materials by truck
28 NEWS
52 DISPATCHES
74 EQUIPMENT DIGEST
80 APPARATUS INNOVATIONS/DELIVERIES
82 COMING EVENTS
82 SCHOOLS
82 ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
83 READER SERVICE CARD
