FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

April 1981 Volume 134 No. 4

THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877

26 Apartment complex

41 Simulated smoke drill

44 Fire safety message

52 Haz-Mat team

features

6 The Editor’s Opinion Page

12 12-Alarm Baltimore Fire Spread by Flying Brands

18 Roll-up Doors Create Entry Problem at Fire in Storage Building Cubicles

22 Trapped Residents Rescued as Fire Spreads Rapidly in 3-Story Hotel

26 Value of Planning Proven at 2 Fires in 2 Months at Apartment Complex

28 Ideas for Increasing Women’s Role in Fire Service Voiced at Seminar

34 Volunteers Get Born-Again Old Aerial

36 Fire Exposes Weaknesses of Architectural Design

41 Simulated Smoke Adds Realism to Schools’ Fire Drill Programs

42 Tanker Shuttle, Foam Quell Gasoline Truck-Train Fire

44 Phone Use Touches Public With Fire Safety Message

51 Alaska Law Aids Sprinkler Installation

52 Florida Volunteers Man Countywide Hazardous Materials Response Team

56 Tips on Extinguishing Chimney Fires That Improve Efficiency, Public Image

59 Reader Service File on Manufacturers’ Literature

departments

8 The Volunteers Corner

74 The Round Table

75 EMS Operations

77 Fire Schools and Seminars

78 Coming Events

79 Names in the News

82 Fire Equipment Digest

89 From the Publisher’s Desk

90 Advertisers’ Index

91 Reader Service Card

NJ Apartment Building Fire Displaces 41, Sends One to Hospital

A fire tore through the top floor of an apartment building on Palisade Avenue in Bogota on Sunday.

Providence (RI) Firefighter Pinned by Sliding Fire Truck During Snowstorm

A Providence firefighter was pinned between a fire engine and a parked car early Sunday morning when the truck got stuck and slid into the…