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Recognizing and Identifying BURN PATTERNS

We have all heard fire investigators say that they have observed flammable liquid burn patterns at a fire scene and that their conclusions as to the fire's origin and cause were based upon that observation. What is it about these burn patterns that makes investigators point to flammable liquid as the cause?

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Flexible specifications net considerable cost savings

Fire departments can save thousands of dollars when purchasing new apparatus by developing a flexible set of specifications and seeing how manufacturers' speculation apparatus or…

Fire Apparatus

Group Home Fire Claims Seven Lives

Cincinnati, OH, firefighters battled an early morning fatal fire in a converted group home last December. The structure was used to house mentally retarded adults.…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

The Mississippi— Waterway or barrier?

If you have read this column at least once in the past six months, you probably realize that one of my main focuses within the…

Technical Rescue Water Rescue

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SCHOOLS

Ansul Fire School, Two-Day Schools for General Industry, July 10-11, 24-25. Contact the Ansul Fire School, Marinette, WI 54143. Morris County Fire Fighters And Police…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Helitorch: An Innovative Fire Suppression Tool

Since ancient times, fire from the sky (lightning) has been the culprit, igniting brushland and forests. "Today we are seeing a different kind of fire…

Fire Safety Fire Suppression Systems

Letters to the Editor

After reading "Don't Turn a Deaf Ear to Hearing Losses" in the February 1984 issue of FIRE ENGINEERING, I had a few thoughts that I…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Test for Gasoline—Even without Residue

One of the major problems facing arson investigators in the field is identifying the agents that may or may not have been used as accelerants.…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Voice analysis versus citywide arson

While arson has been around for a long time, it is only recently, following the deterioration of the inner cities, that the subject has gained…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

FIRE ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENTS 7 EDITORIAL Is the Mississippi River a barrier to a free exchange of innovation and tradition between eastern and western fire departments? 8 VOLUNTEERS…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Training lets you breathe easier

So much has been written about the need for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) that I feel anything said about the importance of this equipment would…

Firefighter SCBA Firefighting Equipment