FE Volume 133 Issue 5

The Latest

Simulator Visual System

Simulator Visual System

Easy to operate system, Pre-assembled, Easy extension and knockdown, Moving black smoke which turns to white steam with extinguishment, Backdraft simulation, Assorted colored smoke if desirable (i.e., chemical fires), Realistic moving flames. Operation:
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Building Station as House Cuts Cost, Provides for Later Sale as Residence

Built to keep costs at a minimum and designed to blend with a noncommercial neighborhood, recently opened Station 10 in Riverside, Calif., looks like an…
FirefightingStructural Firefighting

Wildfire Model Can Help in Predicting Behavior, Assist in Pre-Fire Planning

Each year this nation experiences several thousand wildland fires. In addition, we lose about five fire fighters fighting these same fires. Millions of dollars are…
FirefightingWildland Firefighting
The Round Table

The Round Table

Donald L. Spaulding, Chief, St. Augustine and South Ponte Vedra, Fla.: Yes, we respond to all motor vehicle accidents, drownings, heart attack victims , and…
Fire EMSFirefighting

More FE Volume 133 Issue 5

Visible Card File, Map Book Improve Dispatching for Small Department

A simple but effective visible card system has improved the dispatching system of the Bolingbrook, Ill., Fire Department. This system is made up of two…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

While Fire Engineering always has useful articles, the March issue was exceptionally good. The Volunteers Corner, and articles on New Types of Construction..., 2-Team Rescue…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

250-hp, Air-Cooled Diesel Used to Repower Pumper

A New Mexico fire department has repowered a pumper with an air-cooled diesel engine made in Germany. The conversion cost, including a new transmission and…
Firefighting EquipmentHoselines

From the Publishers Desk

One of the reasons that Fire Engineering has been so successful is that for the last century plus three years the editors have followed the…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Detectors Give Princeton High Degree of Protection

Some 8000 ionization-type smoke detectors, 5000 of them in dormitories, protect students and buildings at Princeton University. The zoned smoke detector system and fire alarm…
Fire PreventionFire Safety

Names in the News

Chief John R. Richards of the Prairie Township Fire Department in Columbus, Ohio retired Dec. 31, ending 43 years in the fire service. Richards joined…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Reluctance to Open Up Can Lose Block of Stores

Reluctance to open roofs and ceilings when there is a fire in one of several stores in a one-story building can lead to the loss…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Coming Events

Coming Events

June 4-7—Eastern Division, IAFC, 53rd Annual Conference, Hempstead, N.Y. For general information contact Chief Gregory Turrell, 28 Nottingham Rd., Malverne, N.Y. 11565. For exhibit information…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Evacuation Plan Works At Fire in Nursing Home

05.01.1980
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

Manufacturers’ Literature

05.01.1980
Fire Apparatus

Free Detectors Put in Homes of Elderly

05.01.1980
Fire PreventionFire Safety

Fire Schools and Seminars

05.01.1980
Fire PreventionFire Safety

Inner-City Fire Problem Requires Realistic Appraisal of Selling Safety

05.01.1980
Fire Safety

Good conferences: Good planning

05.01.1980
Fire Apparatus

Air Force’s New Crash Truck Packs 2400-GPM Foam or Water Capability

05.01.1980
Fire Apparatus

Copter Lifts Ambulance In Field Tests

05.01.1980
Fire EMSFirefighting

Hazardous Materials Transport Course

05.01.1980
HazmatTechnical Rescue

How Simulator Is Used for Training In Fireground Strategy and Tactics

05.01.1980
Firefighter Training

FE Volume 133 Issue 5

05.01.1980
Issues

Role Instructors Can Play in Improving Fire Service Cited by FDIC Speakers

05.01.1980
FDIC Coverage
1 2