Praise for April issue

Praise for April issue

Edward J. Boyd

First Assistant Chief

Southold (NY) Fire Department

Congratulations on the April 1996 issue of Fire Engineering, which contains even more than the expected fine complement of useful information. Particular credit should be given to the review of new-car fire tactics and the truly excellent series of monographs on electricity and electrical dangers.

Rarely has a subject as complex as electricity been presented in as clear and as concise a manner as accomplished by your authors.

82-Year-Old Woman Dies in Wheatfield (NY) House Fire

An 82-year-old woman died in a house fire late Friday in the Town of Wheatfield, the Niagara County Sheriff's Office said.

Fire Destroys Peterborough (NH) Home

Firefighters battled a fire Sunday afternoon that destroyed a single-family home on Nichols Road in Peterborough.