FIRE ENGINEERING
March 1978 Volume 131 No. 3
22 $25-Million brush fire
26 Solar fire station
33 Women in the fire service
36 Split-pipe simulator
THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877
features
5 The Editor’s Opinion Page
22 Fighting $25-Million Brush Fire
26 Sun Helps Heat, Cool Dallas Station
29 More Women Entering Fire Service
33 Hiring Women Fire Fighters Opposed
34 Army Veteran Joins the Fire Line
36 Split-Pipe Simulator Aids LPG Training
39 Fireground Noise Levels Give Sound Reason for Hearing Protection
41 Hose Pack for Apartments
42 How to Estimate Value of Department Rating in Insurance Sayings
44 Supermarket Doomed by Delayed Alarm
47 Fire Academy Head Tells Why It Took 3 Years to Put Courses Into Field
departments
10 The Volunteers Corner Knots must be learned
12 Coming Events
14 The Round Table
Fire prevention benefits
21 Fire Schools and Seminars
56 Letters to the Editor
58 Fire Equipment Digest
63 From the Publisher’s Desk
64 Advertisers’ Index
65 Readers’ Service Card