FE Volume 136 Issue 9

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Arson Info Guide

Arson Info Guide

A "User's Guide for Arson Information Management Systems" is available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's U. S. Fire Administration. The guide contains a brief description of the AIMS computer programs, instructions for using them and a modular format outline for users to expand existing systems.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

An air hydraulic powered Rescue Gator cutter that slices through metal with 17,000 pounds of force, has been designed by Lincoln St. Louis, division of…
Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

VOLUNTEERS BATTLE FIRE IN TOWN’S LARGEST INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

"If you hit those three vacuum machines inside with water, they'll blow up the whole block! We've also got 16 different chemicals stored in there!"…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Haz-mat teams roll in L.A.

Referred to as SCATs in Los Angeles City, manpower response squads in Los Angeles County, hazardous materials companies have been activated by both the L.A.…
HazmatTechnical Rescue

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GAS WELL FIRE!

It’s been several months now, but a gas well fire that became one of the largest mutual-aid responses in Western New York history before it…
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training
COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

October 1-2, Aircraft Crash Fire Rescue Seminar. Contact Grant Smith, 32 Tillinghast Avenue, Menands, NY 12204. October 17-20, International Crash Fire Rescue Symposium. Contact Maryland…
Aircraft Fire & RescueTechnical Rescue
Safety Bulletin

Safety Bulletin

In response to requests from fire officials, the National LP-Gas Association's Safety Committee has produced a safety bulletin directed at fire service personnel. The "Safety…
Fire Safety
Australia’s ‘Ash Wednesday’ brush fires claim 45 lives

Australia’s ‘Ash Wednesday’ brush fires claim 45 lives

Thirteen fire fighters and 32 civilians lost their lives in what has been described as Australia's worst holocaust since the 1939 Black Friday fires that…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

A CALL FOR A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS STANDARD

As with any new function, the fire service has experienced its share of growing pains in establishing hazardous materials response capabilities. Some key difficulties include:
HazmatTechnical Rescue

NEWS

Mars Signal Light Company has new ownership and new management. The new president, Robert R. Wylie, heads a group of Florida industrialists who have purchased…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Co-op Education

Co-op Education

The Center for Fire Safety Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute announces the availability of cooperative education and teaching assistantship opportunities for students wishing to enroll…
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

How to Act When on Fire

Now that's an effective headline for attracting your attention, isn't it? Let me hasten to add that I did not write it. I borrowed it…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Staff

09.01.1983
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Truck Work— A Must, Regardless of Manpower

09.01.1983
Fire Apparatus

FIRE FIGHTERS— FIRE SETTERS’ REST FRIENDS

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Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

Moving Hazardous Materials by Truck

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HazmatTechnical Rescue

FIRE ENGINEEING

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Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

LETTERS

09.01.1983
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

SMOKE DETECTOR SURVEY

09.01.1983
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Mobile Sprinkler Training Unit

09.01.1983
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

FE Volume 136 Issue 9

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Issues

Trade-In Program

09.01.1983
Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

Owners Voluntarily Upgrade Building Construction After Apartment Blaze

09.01.1983
Building ConstructionFire Safety

MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC FIRE EDUCATION

09.01.1983
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training
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