FE Volume 138 Issue 10

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Riverside County, CA, Fire Department, affiliated with the California Department of Forestry, recently took delivery of 15 new pumpers made by FMC Corporation’s Fire Apparatus Division. The identical vehicles are 1,000-gpm Class "A" triple combination pumpers, built on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. All are powered with a 330-hp Detroit diesel 6V92TA engine and are equipped with Allison HT-740 automatic transmission. The units each include a Hale QSMF-125 HD midship pump, vertical stacked crosslays, and a Hale 20 FD independent pumping unit.
Fire Apparatus
Media will teach children fire safety

Media will teach children fire safety

Children's Television Workshop (CTW), producers of children's educational television, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to explore the…
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

Commercial Roof Insulation: An Old Headache Gets Worse

Think back to the last time you were operating on the roof of a taxpayer or factory building. You finally got the saw started, cut…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Some tank cars unsafe for haz-mat transport

Some tank cars unsafe for haz-mat transport

The Materials Transportation Bureau of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has warned that certain railroad tank cars are not properly equipped to handle…
HazmatTechnical Rescue

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Ground Cover Fires: Train to Control

Ground cover fires present a major problem to firefighters throughout the nation. There are different types of ground cover fires that occur all over the…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

The Servus Rubber Company is introducing a new fire boot called the Firebreaker. The lining is made of a highly flame-retardant blend of Kelvar-Nomex, and…
Firefighting Equipment
NAMES IN THE NEWS

NAMES IN THE NEWS

James M. Manser, administrator of the United States Department of the Navy's Fire Marshal Program since 1978, retired after 37 years with the federal fire…
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training
FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING (ISSN 00152587). October, 1985, Vol. 138, No. 10. Member. Association of Business Publishers Inc. and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published monthly by Technical…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Fire truck chassis line purchased in recent corporate acquisition

Fire truck chassis line purchased in recent corporate acquisition

Kovatch Mobile Equipment, a division of Kovatch Corporation, has acquired the "1871" line of fire truck chassis from Hendrickson Mobile Equipment, a Lyons, IL, based…
Firefighting Equipment

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COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

Ladder Towers Inc. (LTI), an aerial fire apparatus manufacturer, has begun production of a full line of fire apparatus using its newly developed Olympian chassis…
Aerial ApparatusFire Apparatus

Medical Effects of Wearing Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

Decause of the hostile environment in which firefighters must work, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) was universally adopted for fire service use. The number of toxic…
Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

TRAINING AIDS

10.01.1985
Firefighter Training

Arsonists paint disaster with brush

10.01.1985
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Right-to-Know—But What?

10.01.1985
HazmatTechnical Rescue

California: A State of Fire

10.01.1985
Fire Apparatus

Four new training courses available from the National Fire Academy

10.01.1985
Firefighter Training

ARCH ENEMIES

10.01.1985
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

FTC asked to ban plastic toxicity film

10.01.1985
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

Staff

10.01.1985
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting

In-Water Firefighting Units

10.01.1985
Technical RescueWater Rescue

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

10.01.1985
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting