FE Volume 134 Issue 7

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ISFSI Conference Oct. 22-25 Aimed at Human Resources

ISFSI Conference Oct. 22-25 Aimed at Human Resources

Human resource development will be the theme for the fall conference of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) in Louisville Oct. 22-25. Nationally known speakers will address the full conference on two of the mornings to discuss the fire instructor’s role in developing a department’s resource material: its fire fighters and officers.
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Coming Events

Coming Events

July 30-August 1—Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs, 31st annual conference, Sheraton Mountain Brook Inn, Birmingham, Ala. For further information contact Audie Hodges, Jr., Fire Chiefs…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Pledge to Continue USFA, Academy Is Made to Metro Chiefs by Giuffrida

Metropolitan fire chiefs received assurances that there will continue to be a United States Fire Administration and a National Fire Academy. These pledges were made…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Schools and Seminars

Aircraft Crash Specialist School: AMFAC Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif. Sept. 15—19; Treasure Island Inn, Daytona Beach, Fla., Dec. 7-11. For further information contact Robert Whempner,…
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Aircraft Fire & RescueTechnical Rescue

More FE Volume 134 Issue 7

Alternate Water Sources Needed At Fire During Severe Drought

When the water reservoir for the Borough of Ashland, Pa., started drying up during the drought last November, Fire Chief Thomas Towers and other borough…
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Firefighting
Arson Accelerant Guidelines

Arson Accelerant Guidelines

In cooperation with the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the National Bureau of Standards Center for Fire Research is working with an…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Gas Line Safety Proposal

Gas Line Safety Proposal

Excess flow valves in all high-pressure gas systems can reduce the number of natural gas explosions, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The…
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Fire Safety

FE Volume 134 Issue 7

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Issues

Two Die After Light Ignites Vapors During Train Derailment Cleanup

A flash fire in a crude oil tank car occurred three days after a train derailed in Bradford, Pa. Fumes ignited when a workman used…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Excess City Chassis Used To Build New Texas Pumper

Refurbishing fire engines is a current trend because of the economic situation. We went one step more and built ours from a garbage packer chassis…
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Firefighting EquipmentHoselines
Fire Department Award

Fire Department Award

The Camp Pendleton, Calif. Fire Department recently received the Allen G. Ogden Award, given for outstanding structural fire department (large) and the outstanding structural fire…
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FirefightingStructural Firefighting
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

It is from concern that I write this letter; it is not criticism, it is a personal observation and apology. The National Commission on Fire…
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Fire PreventionFire Safety

staff

07.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Freeman Papers at M.I.T.

07.01.1981
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Firefighting Equipment

Delayed Alarm, Lack of Water Are Factors in Egg Plant Fire

07.01.1981
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Firefighting

Volunteers Control Warehouse Fire Before It Extends to LPG Storage

07.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fire Service Speaks With Too Many Tongues

07.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FIRE ENGINEERING

07.01.1981
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HazmatTechnical Rescue

EMS Seminar Series

07.01.1981
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Fire EMSFirefighting

Fla. Shopping Center Fire Hit With Aggressive Attack

07.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Using and Improving Fire Data Discussed at NFIRS Conference

07.01.1981
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Fire PreventionFire Safety

Another Use for Plastic Jug: Keeps Hoisting Rope Ready

07.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

New Ladder Use at High-Rise Fires

07.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

National Fire Academy

07.01.1981
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HazmatTechnical Rescue
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