FE Volume 134 Issue 9

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Study Aids Minneapolis F.D. Effort To Improve Operations, Management

Study Aids Minneapolis F.D. Effort To Improve Operations, Management

Tragedy struck the Minneapolis Fire Department for the second time in two years in 1979 when a fire fighter lost his life in a basement fire. As so often occurs, some people use tragedy as a motivation to improve their conditions and build a better environment. This was the case in Minneapolis.
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Coal Bed Fire Threatens Pa. Town After Burning Underground 19 Years

For the last 19 years a fire has been burning out of control in Centralia, Pa. More accurately, the fire is under Centralia. The town…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Smoke Detector Law

Smoke Detector Law

New York City apartments, hotels and motels are required to install smoke detectors under a recently enacted law. The local law requires owners of unsprinklered…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Rhode Island Roof Collapse Just Misses Fire Fighters

Fire fighters attacking a restaurant fire in North Kingstown, R.I., last April 27 were pulled from the concrete block and wood building just before the…
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Firefighting Equipment

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FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING (ISSN 00152587), September 1981, Vol. 134, No 9. Member, American Business Press and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published monthly by Technical Publishing, a…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
TV Station Spotlights Fire Safety

TV Station Spotlights Fire Safety

A television station in the Boston area has set the standard on what can be done with public service programming for fire safety. WCVB-TV planned…
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Fire PreventionFire Safety
New Sprinkler Ordinance Approved; Cal. Chiefs Support Tax Breaks Also

New Sprinkler Ordinance Approved; Cal. Chiefs Support Tax Breaks Also

The City of Modesto, Calif., has a new sprinkler ordinance. It requires an approved automatic sprinkler system in new buildings larger than 5000 square feet,…
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Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

Operation Dixieland Is Special Effort To Reduce High Life-Loss Record

Of the 10 states with the worst fire death rate, nine are southeastern states. Because the United States fire death rate exceeds all other industrialized…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Villella Sees National Academy Doing More to Fulfill Fire Service Needs

With the advent of the Reagan administration, the rumor mill began to grind out prophesies regarding the future of the National Fire Academy at Emmitsburg,…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Determine Engine Pressures With One Simple Formula

Determining engine pressures for those unusual master stream situations should not be much of a problem for pump operators if they remember one simple formula.…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Vehicle Donated

Vehicle Donated

The Kellogg, Idaho, Fire Department recently received a 1972 Chevrolet Suburban from a local utility company. The vehicle will be used for fire investigation and…
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fire Equipment Digest

Ratelco, Inc. has recently developed the BT-1 battery tester with interchangeable adapters. The batteries are tested by a controlled and timed discharge. Improper operating conditions…
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Firefighting Equipment

Public Fire Ed Report Card: Not All Programs Effective

09.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

From the Publishers Desk

09.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

We Goofed!

09.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Coming Events

09.01.1981
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Fire EMSFirefighting

National Fire Academy

09.01.1981
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HazmatTechnical Rescue

Manufacturers’ Literature

09.01.1981
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Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

Five Separate Fires Found But Arson Is Not Suspected

09.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fire Schools and Seminars

09.01.1981
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Aircraft Fire & RescueTechnical Rescue

Department Knows the Difference in Public Education and Public Relations

09.01.1981
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Fire PreventionFire Safety

Fire Prevention Puppet

09.01.1981
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Fire PreventionFire Safety

Side Dumps on Tankers

09.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Fire Deaths in 1980

09.01.1981
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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
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