FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

MAY 1989 • VOL. 142 NO. 5

6 EDITOR’S OPINION

Yours or Mine?

8 VOLUNTEERS CORNER

Nozzle Support

10 TRAINING NOTEBOOK

Haz Mats in Commercial Air Transport

11 READER SERVICE CARD

16 THE RESCUE COMPANY

Confined Space: Rescuer or Victim? Part 2

20 DISPATCHES

Smoke detectors for hearing impaired • California high-rise sprinkler retrofit bill • “Fax” directory for 1AFC • Fire prevention grants awarded

23 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

69 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Chemical Data Notebook Series #36—Acrolein

73 APPARATUS DELIVERIES

74 MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

78 EQUIPMENT DIGEST

85 TRAINING AIDS

86 COMING EVENTS

87 COMPANY NEWS

88 CLASSIFIEDS

90 RANDOM THOUGHTS ON…

Windows

HEALTH & SAFETY

27 A GUIDE TO FIRE SERVICE MEDICALSCREENING PROGRAMS

GENE CARMEAN AND VERNON R. PADGETT

All outline for guidance and procedures in maintaining an effective, valuable medical-screening and record-keeping program for all department members.

36 REBUILDING FOR SAFETY

TEDJ. PAGELS

Fire Chief Ted Pagels outlines a plan to comply with ‘ safely during response” recommendations of NFPA 1500 for your existing fire apparatus.

47 FIREFIGHTING EXPERIENCE AND THE PERCEPTION OF DANGER

JON S. SAGER

An independent study reveals the impact of danger and how it is perceived in the “everyplace” fire department.

61 STATIC ELECTRICITY

LARIF, MEAL

Understanding this phenomenon, long recognized as a cause of fire and explosion, is important for all sectors of the fire service.

LAWS & LEGISLATION

38 THE STANDARDS CRUNCH

RAND-SCOTT COGGAN

This critical examination of fire service codes and standards gives insight into their financial, operational, and legal ramifications.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

52 UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG

JOHN J. SKARBEK

A mock casualty drill at the Philadelphia International Airport reinforces vital lessons for all departments.

58 FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT

FRANCIS L. BRANNIGAN

In the second installment of this series, Brannigan continues to put the entire loss-management picture in perspective.

RESCUE

65 THE SUMMER COLD

WALT HENDRICK

A noted expert on dive rescue returns with a review of hypothermia as a hazard for all seasons.

Large House in Fort Worth (TX) Partially Collapses During Fire

Fort Worth firefighters battled a fire at a large house in the affluent Crestline neighborhood, near the River Crest Country Club, early Wednesday.
Hutchinson Kansas fire

Man Arrested After KS Fire That Killed Two

A man was arrested on Monday in connection with a deadly Hutchinson house fire on Saturday where a woman and girl died.