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FE Volume 131 Issue 5

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Platform Designed To Put Foam Atop Oil Refinery Tanks

One of California’s oldest and largest oil refineries has solved a fire protection problem caused by recent expansion by acquiring a 125-foot elevating platform with foam capability. The 900-acre Chevron refinery in El Segundo, just south of Los Angeles International Airport, was opened in 1911.

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

The Round Table

William G. Brennan, Chief, East Greenwich, R.I.: We do not use the 911 telephone number in the State of Rhode Island. There has been much…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Rural Fire Fighters Face 6000-Gallon Gasoline Spill

Many rural fire departments accustomed to grass, house, and barn fires find themselves underequipped when faced with flammable liquid spills amounting to 6000 gallons. Such…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Fire Equipment Digest

Simulaids Inc. announces the introduction of CPR Kim and CPR Billy, both 24-inch, full-bodied manikins that respond to the correct administration of CPR. Kim, and…

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Firefighting Equipment

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Apparatus Finds New Life In Phoenix Hall of Fame

Both foreign and American antique fire apparatus are displayed in the Hall of Flame in Phoenix, Ariz. Sponsored by the National Historical Fire Foundation, the…

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Fire Apparatus

From the Publishers Desk

We live in a world that has increasingly become a dangerous place to live no matter where you live. Most of us are unaware of…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Firemen Salvage Lives Of Youthful Offenders

“These kids lack parental guidance. Often they come from broken homes, a split family. They may be involved with drugs. They can relate to a…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Coming Events

June 3-4—Butler County Fire Chiefs Association: 27th Annual Fire School will be held on the campus of the Butler County Community College. For further information,…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Public Building Keys Kept in Locked Box On Ladder Truck

The installation of fire detection systems in municipal buildings has raised a problem that the Windsor, Conn., Fire Department has solved by attaching a locked…

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Firefighting Structural Firefighting

Placement of First Line Is Key to Successful Attack

One of the most important—if not the most important—decisions the first-in officer on the fireground has to make is the placement of the first hose…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Fire Confined by Master Streams

Los Angeles City firemen used heavy stream appliances to keep a recording studio fire confined to the main structure in the West Third Street area…

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Confined Space Rescue Technical Rescue

Fire Schools and Seminars

Arkansas Fire Training Academy—Weekday Classes: Forcible Entry, Rope, and Extinguishers, May 29-June 2; First Aid Multimedia/Basic C.P.R., May 29-June 2; Rescue and Protective Breathing, June…

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Fire Service Career Firefighter Training