IN THIS ISSUE
VOLUME 119, NO. 5
THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877
35 The Editor’s Opinion Page
How to combat false alarms
36 Kitchen Fire Knocks Out Airport Control Tower
Firemen chase concealed fire through hanging ceilings and air conditioning ducts
38 Good Samaritan Act Goes on Ballot in Washington
State fire fighters go to people to provide first aid without legal retaliation
39 Chemistry for the Fire Fighter
Heat and how it affects matter
42 Injuries, Deaths and Costs Mount in Chicago False Alarm Crisis
Surveillance and stake-outs can catch the culprits
43 The Cover Story: Nose Dive from a New York Tenement
By a masked fireman who was searching for trapped occupants
44 Dry Chemical and Water Fog Protect 300,000 Barrels of Liquefied Natural Gas
Which is equivalent of one billion cubic feet
46 Firemen Train in Seamanship to Run Baltimore Fire Fleet
Crewmen come out of fire fighting ranks and not off the beach
50 Chemical Fire Threatens Tank Farm in Newark, N J.
Foam and fog protect exposed tanks and knock out fire
DEPARTMENTS
6 Letters to the Editor
12 The Volunteers Corner
The High-Expansion Foam Triangle: Water Volume, Time and Expansion Rate
18 Coming Events
28 The Round Table
The False Alarm Problem
52 Manufacturers’ News
58 Industrial Fire Safety
Check up on the night watchman
60 Fire Schools
62 Fire Apparatus Maintenance
Test aerial ladders in raised position
64 Names in the News
70 Bells, Buffs and Blazes
Stop-off in Philadelphia
72 From the Publisher’s Desk
How to get good articles
73 Advertisers’ Index
75 Reader’s Service Card
