FE Volume 112 Issue 8
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The old question of just how far a municipal fire department should furnish fire protection cropped up May 2 in Vancouver, B. C. This time…
Volunteers Provide Salvage and Rescue Service to Community
HUNDREDS OF TIMES each year the 160 members of the seven fire police patrols of Greenwich, Conn., are called upon to operate at a fire…
Pacific Coast Conference Spirited Affair
The 65th annual conference of the Pacific Coast Inter-Mountain Association of Fire Chiefs opened in Spokane, Wash., on July 13. Conferees were saddened by the…
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New Fire Stations Across Nation Combine Beauty and Utility
PRESENT BUILDING PROGRAMS of fire departments point up how readily the fire service has accepted the architectural mode of the era. The examples shown here…
OFFICERS, DIVISIONAL ASSOCIATIONS HOST CHIEF, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES, I.A.F.C.
Saturday, August 29 10:00 a.m. Board of Trustees Meeting of International Fire Administration Institute—Pantlind Hotel 8:30 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting—Pantlind Hotel Sunday, August 30 1:00…
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS
June Fire Losses
Estimated fire losses in the United States during June amounted to $77,867,000, the National Board of Fire Underwriters has reported. According to Lewis A. Vincent,…
Water for Fog Fire Fighting — How much and how to apply it!
The observations of fire extinguishment procedures reported here are based on a number of tests conducted by the authors and the Iowa firemanship training staff…
Propane Tanker Explodes, Killing 11 Persons
EXPLOSION of a propane gas tank truck at Red Church in Schuylkill County, Pa., on June 2, killed 11 persons including a volunteer fireman, and…
Crowd Argues While Boy Dies
An excited crowd of anxious spectators hampered rescue efforts and may have caused the death of David Laur, 8, who was pulled from Shadow Lake…
Maryland Reduces Fire Insurance Rates
The Insurance Commissioner of Maryland recently announced his approval of a 25 per cent reduction in fire insurance rates for homeowners, filed by the Maryland…
