FIRE ENGINEERING®
FIRE ENGINEERING® AUGUST 1980 The Cover:
FE Volume 133 Issue 8
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Names in the News
J. E. Fishelson, founder and president of Red Head Brass, Inc., was named honorary chief of the Mayville, Wis., Fire Department, at a banquet in…
30 Rescued Over Ladders as Blaze In Cellar Fills Police HQ With Smoke
The afternoon quiet was disrupted by the wailing of all the air-raid sirens. Then all communications between the Paterson, N.J., Fire and Police Departments suddenly…
New Extinguisher Standards
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. has published the fourth edition of the “Standard for Safety for 2 1/2-Gallon Stored-Pressure, Water Type Fire Extinguishers,” UL 626. It covers…
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Talk-Back Cable TV Aids Training, Pre-Fire Planning
A cablevision system combined with a private telephone line that permits audience participation has solved a training problem in the Modesto, Calif., Fire Department. Several…
Coming Events
Sept. 7-10—1980 Missouri Seminar for Arson Investigators, Lake Ozark, Mo. For further information contact Ms. Freddy Randolph, 344 Hearnes, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Mo. 65211.…
Conference to Seek Greater Life Safety For the Handicapped
A federal law mandating that access to public buildings be provided for the handicapped raises a concern for the fire service—the safety of these people…
September Issue Themed To Fire Prevention
Fire Prevention—education, codes and code enforcement—will be the theme of our September IAFC Conference and Buyers’ Guide Issue. In it, our editor has provided articles…
Cubans Use Russian Fire Apparatus, Have Few Stations, Small Pumps
As a volunteer fire fighter, I was most interested in seeing what the fire service was like during my recent visit to Cuba. I went…
Manufacturers’ Literature
80 Alternators—A four-page brochure featuring its new standardized 8050A series heavy-duty alternators is available from the Leece-Neville Division of Sheller-Globe Corporation. The well-illustrated publication contains…
10-Day Fire Burns From Top Floors To Cellar, Destroys 11-Story Hotel
A 91-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., hotel was destroyed by a five-alarm fire that first took possession of the top three floors of the 11-story building and…
Fire Schools and Seminars
American College of Emergency Physicians, 1980 Scientific Assembly, Sept. 15—18, Las Vegas, Nev. For further information, contact Stanley V. Butler, Convention Services Dept., American College…
