APPARATUS DELIVERIES
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FE Volume 139 Issue 1
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California, New York Fire Departments purchase PASS emergency devices
The San Diego, CA, and Syracuse, NY, Fire Departments have each recently accepted delivery of several hundred of the new Lifegard Model R300 Personal Alert…
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Reality Blankets Available Technology
The holiday season that carries us from the end of 1985 to the beginning of the new year affords us many occasions to make the…
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EQUIPMENT DIGEST
Kappler Inc. introduces their fully encapsulating haz-mat suits constructed of Saranexlaminated Tyvek. According to the manufacturer, some of the special design features include the following:…
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More FE Volume 139 Issue 1
Firefighters warned not to wear plastic watch bands during operations
There have been reports of serious injuries to firefighters who were wearing watches with plastic bands during firefighting operations, according to the autumn issue of…
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
The Arkansas Fire Academy appointed Sheldon Richardson as the new director of the state fire training facility. Mr. Richardson has previously served as the assistant…
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Burn reporting law now in effect in New York State
New York has joined the State of Massachusetts in adopting a burn reporting law whose purpose is "to combat arson through speedier identification and apprehension…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
My house was built in 1905 and remodeled in 1956. However, like most old houses built before the flu liner came into common use, the…
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Video Technology: New Training For Automobile Fires
The Bergen County Department of Public Safety Education, located at the Police and Fire Academy in Mahwah, NJ, has taken the giant step of incorporating…
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FIRE ENGINEERING’S 1985 Index
Due to a shortage of space and an abundance of valuable material, our index for last year could not be printed in the pages of…
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FIRE ENGINEERING
EDITORIAL 6 VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8 Who’s in control? The apparatus or you? TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10 Video technology: new training for automobile fires DISPATCHES 16
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