FE Volume 140 Issue 1

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Prescribed Fire Proves Effective at Urban Interface

On November 6, 1961, a brush fire destroyed almost 500 homes and consumed over 6,000 acres in the exclusive Bel Air section of Los Angeles, CA. Two days later, after the last ember had been extinguished and damage assessments had been completed, it was determined that $24-million in insured property loss had been sustained.
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COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

TBC Fabrication Inc. of Oklahoma City, OK, has purchased the name and a portion of the assets of The Boardman Co. TBC will market fire…
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Staff

Staff

Editor THOMAS F. BRENNAN Managing Editor JACKIE COX Associate Editor AUDREY PAVEY CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Gene Carlson Paul McFadden
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MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

A six-page fold-out on eight high-performance pump models for firefighters is available from Gorman Rupp. Included are light-weight backpack models, weighing less than 30 pounds;…
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Risk Management: Alcohol and the Social Drinker

There is little doubt that most firefighters are aware of the effects that alcoholic beverages have on their firefighting skills. That ethyl alcohol (the particular…
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Corn silo fire warning

Corn silo fire warning

There is an increased threat of fires occurring in corn silos on farms due to the summer drought, according to an article in THE WASHINGTON…
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Increasing Standard Operations

A town without any public hydrants and/or having a fire department without several tankers ordinarily has a slim chance of reducing its ISO rating, especially…
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NFPA reports various statistics for 1985

NFPA reports various statistics for 1985

Home fire deaths in the United States in 1985 rose 19.8% over the previous year, according to a report from the National Fire Protection Association…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I read with great interest Jacqueline V. Switzer's article on firefighter responsibility as it related to child abuse cases (FIRE ENGINEERING, September 1986). While we…
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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

This Darley 750-gpm pumper was placed in service at the Spooner, WI, City-Rural Fire Department in June 1986. It is used about four-six times per…
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Campaign to cut down on cooking related incidents

Cooking related incidents account for about 1/3 of the 3,500 structural fires occurring each year in Prince Georges County, and for just over 1/5 of…
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SCBA approval plate correction

SCBA approval plate correction

Survivair announces that there is a correction to be made on some approval plates of SCBAs with Approval No. TC-13F-44. If the second line on…
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FLASHOVER

01.01.1987
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Safety and Your Turnout Gear

01.01.1987
Fire Safety

FE Volume 140 Issue 1

01.01.1987
Issues

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

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Firefighting Equipment

Dive/Rescue Series: In-Water Rescue Vessels

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Technical RescueWater Rescue

House committee issues report that calls for greater attention to volunteer firefighters

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More Mything Links

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COURSES AND COMING EVENTS

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Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training

FIRE ENGINEERING

01.01.1987
Firefighting Equipment

“Better to light one candle…”

01.01.1987
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

D.O.A. at the Fire Scene

01.01.1987
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Who Should Size-Up?

01.01.1987
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