FIRE ENGINEERING
THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877
February 1981 Volume 134 No. 2
features
6 The Editor’s Opinion Page
12 Fire Fighter Dies in Fall Through Roof at L.A. Blaze
17 Fire After Gas Explosion Destroys Half Block of Commercial Buildings
21 Boy Scout Program Clears Hydrants After Snowstorms
22 Skylights, Fire Wall Limit Damage
26 Fast-Spreading Fire Destroys Old Factory
29 Multiple-Choice Questions for Tests
36 Threat of Fire In Hill Area Spurs Organization of Volunteer Department
38 To Aspirate or Not to Aspirate AFFF? Tests, Advice Help Answer Question
51 Speaker-Training Program of Ventura County F.D.
departments
8 The Volunteers Corner
44 Fire Schools and Seminars
45 Coming Events
45 The Book Shelf
46 The Round Table
48 EMS Operations
50 Manufacturers’ Literature
53 Fire Equipment Digest
57 From the Publisher’s Desk
58 Advertisers’ Index
59 Reader Service Card
12 L.A. blaze
17 Gas explosion
22 Fire wall
36 Volunteer department