FIRE ENGINEERING®

FIRE ENGINEERING®

September 1980 Volume 133 No. 9

THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877

features

6 The Editor’s Opinion Page

Fire Prevention in Action

22 To teach Preschoolers Safety, USFA Explores Route on ‘Sesame Street’

31 Marketing Strategies Get Results in Safety Education

37 Successful Local Public Ed Programs Made Available Nationwide by PEAP

47 Why Smoke Detectors Don’t Fulfill Great Expectations for Saving Lives

58 Innovative Approach in Twin Cities Seeks Improved Code Enforcement

63 Volunteers Are Capable of Adding Prevention to Suppression Efforts

108 CETA Funds, Trainees Are Used in Countywide Smoke Detector Drive

114 Interest in Fire Education Raised by Awareness Week

121 Booth Sustains Faith People Do Care About Fire Safety

126 Planning Mass Evacuation Before Disaster Occurs

IAFC Conference

73 Program

79 Exhibits

85 Personalities

89 Where to Buy—1980 Equipment Directory

departments

8 The Volunteers Corner

12 The Round Table

14 Fire Schools and Seminars

16 Coming Events

18 Letter to the Editor

135 Manufacturers’ Literature

138 Fire Equipment Digest

147 From the Publisher’s Desk

148 Advertisers’ Index

149 Reader Service Card

22 Preschoolers

31 Marketing strategies

37 Public ed programs

58 Improved code enforcement

Man Dies After Explosion Leads to Fire at Residence in Waterbury (CT)

A man has died after an explosion in a home in Waterbury on Sunday led to a fire at the residence.