FE Volume 131 Issue 2

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Preconnected Foam Line Has Eductor

A 100-foot, 1 1/8 -inch hose line with a preconnected foam eductor and navytype nozzle has been added to Engine 5, the attack pumper of East Fishkill, N. Y., Company 1. Adding this line has increased our fireground efficiency. Engine 5 is a 750-gpm, front-mount pumper with a 1000-gallon tank.
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
FDIC Plans 22 Afternoon Workshops

FDIC Plans 22 Afternoon Workshops

As the Fire Department Instructors Conference marks its 50th year March 21-24 in Memphis, the afternoon workshop program will establish a record with 22 workshops.…
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FDIC Coverage

Inspections Avert Nightspot Tragedy

“If our inspector hadn’t found those deficiencies and gotten them corrected, we would have had a disaster here,” said Assistant Chief A1 Montez of the…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fit for a Chief

L. Dean Nichols is chief of the Bath Township, Ohio, Volunteer Fire Department, so it is quite fitting that he have a mail box relating…
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Company News

Company News

Modular Ambulance Corp. has announced the promotion of Bill Meyers to the position of vice president, operations. Jerry Kestner is the new national sales manager,…
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Fire EMSFirefighting

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Issues

How Sirens Vary as Attention Getters

Sirens help us get to fires faster and without accidents. They save us important seconds by warning other drivers and pedestrians that we are coming…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

National Fire Academy On Its Way Out?

Not many people in Washington seem to realize it, but a big benefit that could be derived from the National Fire Academy lies in the…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
3 States Awarded Grants For Fire Education Programs

3 States Awarded Grants For Fire Education Programs

Three states—Delaware, Illinois and Oregon—have been awarded grants of $15,000 each from the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration for pilot programs establishing statewide resource…
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Fire PreventionFire Safety

Weird Is the Word For Things People Do When Flames Crackle

I became a fire buff when I was a small boy. With the dawning of my interest in fires came the realization that people do…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Waterous Scheduling Fire Pump Schools

Waterous Scheduling Fire Pump Schools

The Waterous Company will begin an eight-month series of special schools on fire pump operation and maintenance from its mobile demonstrator unit. The tour, which…
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Firefighting EquipmentHoselines

FIRE ENGINEERING

THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877 features 6 The Editor’s Opinion Page 14 Inspections Avert Nightspot Tragedy 16 Homemade Brush Truck-Tanker 18…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

staff

02.01.1978
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Planning, Cooperation Vital To Fire Protection in Jails

02.01.1978
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Fire PreventionFire Safety

The Round Table

02.01.1978
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Fire PreventionFire Safety

Speedy Flames Win at N.J. Racetrack Despite Fire Plan, Drills to Cut Odds

02.01.1978
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Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

Fire Equipment Digest

02.01.1978
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Firefighting Equipment

Homemade Brush Truck-Tanker

02.01.1978
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Fire Apparatus

From the Publishers Desk

02.01.1978
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

ISFSI Plans Conference In Memphis March 19-20

02.01.1978
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fire Schools and Seminars

02.01.1978
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Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Fatal Blast Comes With Surplus Tank

02.01.1978
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

If Fog Streams Lack Reach, Try Changing to Straight Streams

02.01.1978
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Fire Apparatus

Training, Equipment Needs of Arson Investigation Team

02.01.1978
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Firefighter Training
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