FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

August 1979 Volume 132 No. 8

20 Purchasing

44 Fund drive

55 Truck company operations

61 Engine company skills

THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877

features

6 The Editor’s Opinion Page

20 Changing Time Multiply Problems of Managing Volunteer Departments

29 Volunteers Make Use of Many Talents to Find Way in Purchasing Maze

44 How Fund Drive Built 5-Bay Station

51 When ISO Rates Volunteers, Records of Manpower Response Are Important

55 Productivity Is Objective of Course to Improve Truck Company Operations

61 Integrating Engine Company Skills in Training Is Key to Success at Fires

70 Infantry Hot Shots Fight Fires in Alaska

97 Buff Canteens Serve at Non-Fire Incidents

104 Full-Scale Burns to Test Low-Cost Home Sprinklers

107 Fiscal Bind, Mobility Among Topics Discussed at Metro Chiefs Meeting

112 Hazardous Cargoes Make Rail Yards Prime Objects for Emergency Plans

120 Academy Is Seeking 3rd Head as Perry Ends 3-Week Reign

124 Women Prisoners Protect Facility, Serve Outside Area IAFC Conference

67 Program

73 Exhibits

79 Personalities

83 Where to Buy—1979 Equipment Directory

departments

8 The Round Table

12 Coming Events

14 Letters to the Editor

18 The Volunteers Corner

99 Apparatus Deliveries

128 Fire Schools and Seminars

136 Names in the News

140 Fire Equipment Digest

150 Manufacturers’ Literature

153 From the Publisher’s Desk

154 Advertisers’ Index

155 Reader Service Card

LAFD SUV in the ocean

Los Angeles Firefighter Swept Into Ocean as Mudslides Hit CA

A Los Angeles Fire Department vehicle was pushed into the ocean as heavy rains sent debris across several roadways.

Grandville (MI) Fire Truck Hit While Responding to I-196 Rollover

Michigan State Police are reminding drivers to pull over for emergency vehicles after a fire truck was struck Wednesday night.