FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

Park 80 West, Plaza Two, 7th Floor Saddle Brook, NJ 07662 Tel. (201) 845-0800, Fax (201) 845-6275

Editor William A. Manning

Managing Editor Diane Feldman

Associate Editor Mary Jane Dittmar

Assistant Editor John J. Napolitano

Technical Director Thomas F. Brennan

Editorial Advisory Board

Francis L. Brannigan

John N. Carr

Rand-Scott Coggan

Glenn F. Corbett

Ricky Davidson

Ray Downey

Vincent Dunn

C. Bruce Edwards

Frank L Fire

Gerald L. Grey

Walt Hendrick

Francis X. Holt

Charles G. King

Richard A. Marinucci

John Mittendorf

Gregory G. Noll

Leslie P. Omans

William C. Peters

John B. Sachen

Ed Spahn

Columnists/Contributing Editors

Francis L Brannigan

Gene P. Carlson

Glenn P. Corbett

Ray Downey

Frank L Fire

David P. Fornell

John M. Malecky

Peter G. Sparber

Publisher Henry H. Dinneen

Sales Manager Gene C. Prall

Director of Book Publishing Joanne Ezersky

Production Manager Mike Paxton. Tulsa

Advertising Coordinator Audrey L. Dombrowski

Feature Design Steve Hetzel

Subscriber Service

(918) 832-9360

FAX: (918) 832-9295

PENNWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY

P.O. Box 1260 • Tulsa. OK 74101 • (918) 835-3161

Chairman Philip C. Lauinger, Jr.

President Joseph A. Wolking

Senior Group Vice President Joseph T. Bessette

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FIRE ENGINEERING (ISSN 0013-238″’) is published monthly by PcnnWell Publishing Co.. 1421 S. Sheridan. Tulsa. OK 7-1112 March 1992. Volume 143. Number 3. Second-class postage paid at Tulsa and additional mailing offices Executive, editorial, and advertising offices at Park 80 West, Haa Two. 7th Floor. Saddle Brook. Nj 07662. Copyright 1992 hv PcnnWell Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Material may not be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher. Fire Engineering is a registered trademark. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Fire Engineering. P.O. Box 1289, Tulsa. OK 74101

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