FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

March 1982 Volume 135 No. 3

THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877

features

6 The Editor’s Opinion Page

18 Improvement of Fire Statistics Continues Amid Controversy

26 Characteristics of Rope Materials

28 Six Departments Join Forces to Build New EMS Program

30 Oklahoma School Explosion Kills 5—EMS Disaster Planning Pays Off

38 Unique Hazard Posed by Oxygen-Enriched Atmosphere

40 Donovan Heads National Fire Academy, Stresses Need for Outreach Programs

42 Nursing Home Fire Tragedy Averted Thanks to Good Planning and Training

44 Dam Can Improve Drafting Source

47 Philadelphia Haz-Mat Teams Get Law Requiring Notification

50 Haz-Mat Transportation Being Regulated in Boston

52 Program Update: Senior Citizens Used in Fire Prevention

departments

8 The Volunteers Comer

10 Fire Schools and Seminars

11 National Fire Academy

12 NFA Outreach Program

16 Films

16 The Book Shelf

53 Fire Equipment Digest

57 From the Publisher’s Desk

58 Advertisers’ Index

59 Reader Service Card

28 EMS program

30 Oklahoma school explosion

38 Oxygen-enriched atmosphere

42 Nursing home

Detroit Rescue Crews Use Boats, Frontend Loaders Amid Severe Flooding

Rescue crews in Detroit Monday had to rescue families left trapped by severe flooding that left streets and homes under water.

Fire Burns Through PA Aerospace Supplier

A large fire broke out Monday night at SPS Technologies, an aerospace supplier in Abington Township.