FE Volume 135 Issue 9
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FE Volume 135 Issue 9
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13-Ft. Ladder Gets to Topmost High-Rise Floors
High-rise building floors that are beyond the reach of aerial ladders can be reached with a 13-foot (maximum extension) extension ladder. Access to any window…
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Fire Industry Tests
A fire department aerial ladder and platform testing, and certification program is being offered by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Aerial apparatus testing will be different, according…
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Put Mailing List For Fund Raising In Microcomputer
Microcomputers are relatively simple to use, but here’s a tip: When a fire department implements a computer application, it is important to have access to…
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Test to Assess Toxicity
A test method to help assess the toxicity of materials when they burn has been developed by researchers at the Commerce Department’s National Bureau of…
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Good Public RelationsÑ More Important Than Ever
The difficulty of developing community awareness and support for a fire department is compounded by the communications revolution that has taken place over the past…
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New Inspection Program Tracks Hazardous Materials
Fire and building department officials in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., have received extensive training over the years in how to recognize and properly handle hazardous materials. As…
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Obtituaries
Chief Robert W. Little Jr., who retired from the York, Pa., Fire Department in 1976, died July 22 at the age of 57 after a…
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FIRE ENGINEERING
16 Citizen Fire Prevention Group Celebrates 30th Anniversary 22 HUD Standard Improves Safety in Mobile Homes, Survey Shows 28 Volunteers Cut Off Boat Yard Fire…
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Films and Slides
PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS IN EMERGENCY CARE, Stephen Margolis and Jonathan Wasserberger; Multi-Media Publishing, Inc., 1393 S. Inca St., Denver, Colo. 80223; 388 pages, $13.95. The…
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Volunteers Cut Off Boat Yard Fire Despite Winds and Exploding Tanks
A fire in a 14,000-square-foot, wood-frame boat storage shed destroyed or damaged 37 boats and ignited a couple of brush fires—one was a half mile…
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Letters to the Editor
The term “comprehensive emergency management” (CEM), is increasingly finding a place in the vocabulary of those of us involved in the delivery of public safety…
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