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FE Volume 133 Issue 10

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FIRE ENGINEERING

October 1980 THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877 16 Toxic spill 22 Computer assisted dispatch 28 Hazardous incident team 32 Gasohol blending features 6 The Editor’s Opinion Page 16 Toxic Spill From Tank Car Causes Evacuation of Mile-Square Area.

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From the Publishers Desk

For a number of years now Fire Engineering has been covering the emergency medical service and its associated technicians. In addition to articles that appear…

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Fire EMS Firefighting

Men Drop Other Duties to Respond As Denver Hazardous Incident Team

Personnel of the Denver Fire Department hazardous materials emergency response team don’t sit around the station waiting for calls. As a matter of fact, they…

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Hazmat Technical Rescue

Names in the News

William J. Patterson has resigned as chief of the Santa Barbara County, Calif., Fire Department to take a position as regional coordinator for the United…

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Report Form Seeks Accident Cause

An independent consulting firm has taken the lead in designing an injury and exposure reporting system specifically for fire fighters. After four years of research,…

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Coming Events

Oct. 30-Nov. 2—ISFSI Fall Conference, Virginia Beach, Va. For information, contact Mary McCormack, ISFSI, P.O. Box 88, Hopkinton, Mass. 01748. Nov. 15-16—1980 GAEMS Conference, Albany,…

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Pumpers Are Retrofitted For Preconnected Lines

The officers of Independent Fire Co. No. 1 realized that the recurring manpower problems that faced the department called for equipment and procedure changes. One…

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Firefighting Equipment Hoselines

The Book Shelf

ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTS IN HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS, Third Revised Edition, Ernest C. Magison; The Instrument Society of America, 400 Stanwix St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222; 394 pages, $35.…

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Computer Aided Dispatch Becomes $15 Million Reality in New York City

STARFIRE, the New York Fire Department computer assisted dispatch (CAD) network, has become a reality, culminating an effort that began in 1968. It has taken…

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Manufacturers’ Literature

Manufacturers’ Literature Radio Communications—Motorola has a series of five publications which are of interest to the fire service. These brochures cover portable communications, vehicular communications,…

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Hazardous Materials: Who Is in Charge?

A hazardous material can be described as anything that can blow up, burn fiercely, realize a cloud of deadly gas, or dust or liquid or…

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Hazmat Technical Rescue

Fire Schools and Seminars

Advanced Arson Seminar, Oct. 27-31, Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev. For further information contact Robert V. James, Clark County Fire Investigation Division, 707 E. Desert…

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Fire Service Career Firefighter Training