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FE Volume 134 Issue 5

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N.Y. Names Safety Chief

The safety division of the New York City Fire Department has been expanded by Commisioner Charles J. Hynes. Acting Deputy Chief William T. Jones was appointed to head the division. Commissioner Hynes has named nine members in the safety committee “to minimize, to the greatest degree possible, the risks in this most dangerous of all professions.”

Fire Safety

Buffs Convention

The annual convention of the International Fire Buffs Associates will be held in Indianapolis July 15-18. Activities planned include: seminars and an executive meeting, a…

Fire Apparatus

Second Shaft Dug to Rescue Toddler 22 Feet Down 10-Inch Dry Well Hole

After a rescue operation lasting over 6 1/2 hours, a 15-month-old child was safely removed from a dry well 22 feet deep. Approximately 25 personnel…

Technical Rescue

Fire-Safe Design Course

Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y. will offer a course entitled, “Fire Engineering,” designed to acquaint the engineering student with the problems of designing fire safe…

Fire Safety

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Vickery Grateful For Support, Warns Of Need for Unity

United States Fire Administrator Gordon Vickery, appointed by the Democratic Administration, resigned on Feb. 5 at the request of the new Republican Administration. He was…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

staff

RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Editor JERRY W. LAUGHLIN Associate Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor ELIZABETH CRIDLAND Assistant Managing Editor ROLLIN NELSON Art Director JOAN NITSCHKE…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Computer Identifies Use Of Fuel by Type of Activity

The annual battle of the budget is a frustrating experience for the average fire service administrator, particularly in the area of managing soaring energy costs…

Fire Apparatus

Kerosine Heater Ban

State Fire Marshal Philip C. Favro of California recently issued a warning against the use of unvented kerosine heaters, making them illegal for sale in…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Fire in Old Quarry Poses Access, Water Problems

Ordinarily there would be little to burn in an abandoned limestone quarry, but a call to one in Huntsville, Ala., kept the fire department busy…

Technical Rescue Water Rescue

Tear Gas Prank in Busy Restaurant Triggers incident That Yields Lessons

A tear gas canister set off by a prankster at a crowded Halloween party tested the emergency medical service capabilities and communications system of the…

Fire EMS Firefighting

National Fire Academy

Residential Curriculum: Hazardous Materials I, June 15-26, July 6-17; Hazardous Materials II, June 8-19, July 20-31; Hazardous Materials III, June 20-28, July 6-17; Incident Command…

Hazmat Technical Rescue

Fitness Efforts Based on Fire Tasks

A physical fitness program built around realistic fireground evolutions has been initiated for recruits in the San Jose, Calif., Fire Department. Believing that many injuries…

Fire Service Career Firefighter Training