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GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL Destination: Fire Safety

New York City's Grand Central Terminal, through which more than 300,000 commuters pass daily, was the site of what could have been a major disaster last year when a fire started 75 feet underneath the station (see FIRE ENGINEERING, December 1985).

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Fire Safety

Staff

Editor THOMAS F. BRENNAN Managing Editor JACKIE COX Associate Editor AUDREY PAVEY Art Director R. NELSON

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Ammonium Nitrate

Usually a white solid that is very soluble in water, ammonium nitrate is principally used as a fertilizer—but, once involved in an incident, can present…

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Hazmat Technical Rescue

TRAINING NOTEBOOK

We can now place and secure the open end of the carabiner under a gunnel wall or lip. Actually, the carabiner can be secured to…

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Firefighter Training

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September Schedule: Plan and Prepare for Months Ahead

It's almost impossible for me to believe that September is here again. Vacations are over and schools are reopening. My 15-year-old daughter is on the…

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

This letter is in regards to Kenneth Brennan's article "Vertical Stokes Lower via a Roof System" (FIRE ENGINEERING, June 1986). With eight years of technical…

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

North Canton, OH, Fire Department has accepted delivery of a 105foot aerial ladder unit from Pierce Manufacturing Inc. Equipped with a Waterous CSYBX-l,250-gpm pump and…

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Fire Apparatus

Executing a River Rescue

On Tuesday, March 4, 1986, Peerce Platt, 58 years old, jumped from the 62nd Street Bridge in Highland Park, PA. A police rescue launch was…

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Technical Rescue Water Rescue

Nominations for public safety award

The President's Public Safety Awards Program, supported jointly by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Justice, will present up to 12…

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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Bright Star Industries has recently introduced a rubber flashlight, Model RBR-219. It features injection molded Santoprene thermoplastic rubber by Monsanto in the body, end cap,…

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Firefighting Equipment

Firefighter fatality statistics for 1985

There are nearly 1.3-million volunteer and career firefighters serving on nearly 30,000 fire departments throughout the United States. In 1985, 64 volunteers and 58 career…

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Fire Service Career Firefighter Training

FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING (ISSN 00152587), September 1986, Vol. 139, No. 9. Member, Association of Business Publishers Inc. and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published monthly by Technical…

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