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Fiberglass Main

A UL approved fiberglass reinforced composite pipe, Permastran, developed by Johns-Manville, now serves as an auxiliary fire main that provides the fire departments with access to the water of Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The project, which specified fiberglass pipe because of its maintenance-free qualities exhibited in other projects, uses a total of 10,000 feet of 12-inch pipe.

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Fire After Gas Explosion Destroys Half Block of Commercial Buildings

Urban renewal isn’t just for big cities. To revitalize two blocks of Main St., little Hartford, Wis. (pop. 6499) launched an $870,000 project which brought…

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Fast-Spreading Fire Destroys Old Factory

A fast spreading fire destroyed a manufacturing plant in Ohio, causing an estimated $1 million loss. The cause of the blaze was listed as incendiary.…

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Firefighting Equipment

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RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor ELIZABETH CRIDLAND Assistant Managing Editor ROLLIN NELSON Art Director JOAN NITSCHKE Production Manager

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FIRE ENGINEERING

THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877 February 1981 Volume 134 No. 2 features 6 The Editor’s Opinion Page 12 Fire Fighter Dies…

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Boy Scout Program Clears Hydrants After Snowstorms

Digging out hydrants after a snowstorm was a serious problem for the men of the Hamburg, N.Y., Volunteer Fire Department. Hamburg is just south of…

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Threat of Fire in Hill Area Spurs Organization of Volunteer Department

In an effort to protect their growing community, citizens in the hills of Sonoma County, Calif., have formed, with a lot of determination and a…

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Unsafe Units

SurvivAir has announced that some of their 9038 and 9838 breathing units not in compliance with NIOSH/MSHA regulations are now part of a recall/retrofit program.…

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Fire Safety

The Round Table

William W. Kehoe, President, Alexandria, Va.: The course I attended at the NFA was Volunteer Fire Service Management, and while it lasted hut two days,…

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FEMA Names Fargo

Nicholas C. Fargo has been named fire representative for Region II of the Federal Emergency Management Agency where he will serve as the link between…

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Fire Equipment Digest

Radiation Alert from Solar Electronics is a radiation detector that combines the features of a Geiger counter and a radiation alarm. It detects alpha, beta,…

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