FE Volume 133 Issue 12

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Spot Barks Up Right Tree To Teach Tots Fire Safety

Spot is an 18-inch dalmatian dog puppet that is used to teach fire prevention to pre-schoolers and handicapped persons in the Peoria, Ill., area. The idea of “Spot the Fire Dog” first entered my mind last May while I was attending public education classes at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md. Peoria Chief Harold Schmeilski is very interested in public education and is always looking for ways to improve the department.
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From the Publishers Desk

We guess you are aware by now that our editor, Jim Casey, is retiring effective January 1, 1981, after more than eighteen years of plugging…
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Selection and Use of Foams to Meet Challenges of Flammable Liquid Fires

Fighting fires involving flammable liquids demands special considerations not required when combating fires in class A fuels. The basic technique used to extinguish a class…
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Pre-Fire Plan Is Useful Only If It’s Workable

When you first venture into pre-fire planning, it is natural to fall into the error of planning in great detail to fight the tremendous fire…
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Explosion, Rapid Fire Spread Dooms Steel Storage Shed Filled with Boats

When a 100 X 315-foot storage shed filled with boats, some stacked four high, became fully involved in fire after an explosion, the unprotected all-steel…
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Coming Events

Coming Events

Jan. 8-10: Fire Ground Command seminar, Tulsa, Ok. For further information contact Harold B. Mace, Oklahoma State University, Fire Building, Stillwater, Ok. 74074. Jan. 19-21—U.S.…
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Houston F.D. Haz-Mat Team Finds Activity Rises as Reputation Spreads

“Energy Capital of the World”— that’s Houston, the nation’s leading center of petroleum refining and chemical manufacture, as well as the third busiest seaport. The…
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The Book Shelf

The Book Shelf

FIRE ENGINES OF EUROPE, John Creighton, State Mutual Book & Periodical Service Ltd., 521 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017, 64 pages, $14.95. A…
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FIRE ENGINEERING®

6 The Editor’s Opinion Page 13 Histories by Buffs Enhance Local Fire Service Image 18 Compartmentation vs. Sprinklers—N.Y. High-Rise Fire Rekindles Debate 21 Conference Seeks…
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Manufacturers’ Literature

Manufacturers’ Literature

80 Dispatch System—A four-page brochure from Telautograph Corp. describes the company’s Telewriter dispatch system. Alarm dispatches written on a Telewriter transmitter are simultaneously duplicated at…
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Homemade Siphon for Portable Tanks

The use of an easily constructed siphon is one of the reasons many rural fire departments in Cumberland County, Pa., can maintain a minimum water…
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Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Schools and Seminars

Arkansas Fire Academy: Fire/Arson Seminars, Forrest City, Jan. 12-16; Monticello, Jan. 26-30; Arkansas Fire Training Academy, Feb. 2-6. For further information contact the Arkansas Fire…
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Conference Seeks to Reduce Home Fires

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Chimney Fire Equipment Carried in Washtub

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Discussions Center on Management At IAFC Conference in Miami Beach

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Compartmentation vs. Sprinklers— N.Y. High-Rise Fire Rekindles Debate

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Histories by Buffs Enhance Local Fire Service Image

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Manual Fulfills Local Training Needs

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Soccer Star Cards Score Points for Fire Prevention

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Some Reflections On Retiring

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Letters to the Editor

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