FE Volume 132 Issue 5
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Letters to the Editor
As an avid reader of Fire Engineering, I am writing to seek the assistance of others in the fire fighting field. I am attempting to…
Stress Test Devised for Ladder Belts
Recently we read about fire fighters being thrown out of buckets and off ladders because safety belts broke. This raised our concern about our own…
Fire Equipment Digest
A rescue holster designed by a paramedic to provide quick access to tools is available from Espoir Company, Inc. The unit provides instant access to…
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Teamwork Is Stressed as Lifesaver In Hazardous Materials Incidents
In its first two years of operation, the Hazardous Materials Response Team of the Jacksonville, Fla., Fire Department has responded to 370 incidents. Captain Ronald…
From the Publishers Desk
Our editors do wander around the country, as most of our readers are aware. Last year they hit 17 spots from coast to coast. And…
Fatal Fire Spurs Four Cities to Adopt Detector Ordinances
Three members of a Kent, Wash., family died needlessly at about 2:45 a.m. January 1,1978, in an accidental fire in their fourth-floor apartment. While fire…
Coming Events
June 10—Third Annual Hershey Fire Department Invitational Rescue Competition. To be held at the Hershey Stadium. For further information, contact Richard B. Rudisill, Rescue Competition…
FIRE ENGINEERING
22 Hazardous materials 29 Ladder belts 36 Stress measurement 43 FDIC features 6 The Editor’s Opinion Page 22 Cover Story: Teamwork Is Lifesaver in Hazardous…
Manufacturers’ Literature
80 Fire Hose—The new large-diameter Triple-Duty 600 fire hose is described in Catalog No. 14-TD6-D 1278 published by National Fire Hose Corporation. The 4inch-diameter hose…
New Buffalo Alarm System
The Buffalo, N.Y., Fire Department recently dedicated a new fire alarm center. Housed in the center is the emergency communications system designed by Eagle Signal…
Fire Schools and Seminars
Arkansas Fire Training Academy: Fire Pump Maintenance, May 19-20; Advanced Rescue and Protective Breathing Procedures, May 19-20; EMT (four weeks), May 21-25; Arson Crime Scene…
