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FE Volume 138 Issue 4

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Fire Following Earthquake

A problem that has been given relatively little attention, and yet is potentially of disastrous proportions, has been the subject of fire spread in urban regions following a major earthquake. This phenomenon is important in cities with a large building stock composed primarily of wood (e.g., Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA) and with industrial installations, such as oil refineries,

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Tanker fill time cut in half with Siamese and large diameter hose

In areas where water has to be carried to the fire, an efficient tanker operation is invaluable. One way of getting a longer, more continuous…

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Firefighting Equipment Hoselines

The Model Incident Command System Series: Size-Up

Emergency scenes are not restricted to fire incidents. Hazardous material spills and leaks, rescue situations, plane crashes, train derailments, wildland fires, natural disasters, etc., are…

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Hazmat Technical Rescue

COURSES/COMING EVENTS

April 16-17, 1985—ASBESTOS, THE WORKPLACE, BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLS: RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT. To be held at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions' Turner Building, 720 Rutland…

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Fire EMS Firefighting

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Medical Responsibility in Disaster Manaaement

The management of mass casualties at disaster scenes is an often addressed topic at emergency medical services (EMS) meetings throughout the country. EMS includes not…

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Fire EMS Firefighting

There Are No Volunteer Politicians

The enormity of the task of disaster planning lies in just that phrase—disaster planning. Our minds wander to the catastrophes we have experienced, know of,…

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Firefighting Wildland Firefighting

RISK ANALYSIS

A typical apartment building within a jurisdiction is three stories high with eight units on each floor. There is an open, unprotected stairway from the…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Thermal Radiation

Of the three methods of heat transfer, conduction (the transfer of heat via a solid object), convection (the transfer of heat via a fluid medium,…

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Flame Spread Can Be Accelerated by Interior Finishes

There were no smoke detectors. The hall ceilings were finished in combustible acoustical tile. Tall, plastic, rubbish containers were full to overflowing, providing ready fuel…

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Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Staff

Editor THOMAS F. BRENNAN Associate Editors JACKIE COX AUDREY PAVEY Art Director WILLIAM F. KNAB CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

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Firefighters fix own equipment

Lake Forest, IL, firefighters saved the city $47,000 when they decided two years ago to rebuild an ailing fire truck and build a new pumper…

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Firefighting Equipment

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I'd like to add my support for the rural hitch evolution (“Rural Hitch," FIRE ENGINEERING, December 1984). It really helps bring order to the fireground…

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