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