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FACTORY FIRE: IT WAS LIKE ÒA PLASTIC PUP TENTÓ

Just before the 3:30 p.m. quitting time last March 19, employees at Parnell Industries in Mercersburg, Pa., a manufacturer of precision machined parts, heard a loud popping sound. A plastic air line in the cockloft had been ruptured by a fire that had been spreading undetected inside a wall and overhead.

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JERRY W. LAUGHLIN Editor DOROTHY P. FERGUSON Managing Editor GRACE LESSNER Assistant Editor WILLIAM F. KNAB Art Director

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ELY: LESS EMOTIONALISM

The word “consolidation" should probably be changed to some word that has less emotionalism attached to it. Every time it is mentioned, the hair on…

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FIRE ENGINEERING

14 DELAYED ALARM AT CHEMICAL FIRE An employee smelled smoke around hundreds of drums of textile bleach, but he called his office first. 22 ARE…

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A TRUCK FIRE (WITH 101 OXYGEN CYLINDERS)

The Bradford Township, Pa., Volunteer Fire Department got the alarm of a truck fire at the Burdette Oxygen Company at 5:02 p.m. last April 7…

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FE Volume 135 Issue 12

Issues

DICK SILVIA RETIRES

Dick Sylvia has retired as editor of FIRE ENGINEERING magazine on the eve of his 69th birthday. But that doesn't mean he is leaving the…

Fire Prevention Fire Safety

Police and Fire Department CONSOLIDATION

It is important to make clear that I am not advocating public safety consolidation of fire and police services for any other city. My sole…

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SCHOOLS

California Fire Academy: Fire Mgmt. II, Feb 27-Mar. 4, May 8-13; Fire Mgmt. VII, Jan. 30-Feb 4; Fire Mgmt. IV, Mar. 20-25, Fire Command III,…

Fire Prevention Fire Safety

Arson Hotline

A California-based arson hotline, We Tip, has taken over 700 arson tips, leading to 118 arrests of suspected arsonists, and 57 convictions. According to Sue…

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Police and Fire Consolidation: The Controversy Continues

The police and fire consolidation controversy has been like a weed in the field of fire service management. From time to time it springs up…

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A COMPUTER NETWORK FOR THE FIRE SERVICE

Many times, today's fire protection administrator finds himself faced with situations or problems for which he may not have an available source of information. Individual…

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