FE Volume 140 Issue 4
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Death benefit program coverage extended
The $50,000 Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program, previously payable only to survivors of firefighters and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty,…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The article in the FIRE ENGINEERING December 1986 issue, “Let's Stop Runaways," by Howard Moon, has some good thoughts. However, some of the statements are…
Tax exemptions maintained
Volunteer fire department bonds and loans will continue to be tax exempt under the new federal tax code, according to William V. Roth, Jr., who…
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APPARATUS DELIVERIES
A new skid-mounted "drop-in" pump package, featuring a newdesign fiberglass tank, was recently custom-built by W.S. Darley & Co. for the Calloway County Fire Department…
Rural Fire Protection
One of the problems with providing fire protection in rural areas is that there is often no water system available. To improve fire suppression activities…
FIRE ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENTS 6 VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8 Rural fire protection TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10 Planning training programs DISPATCHES 16 Combustion toxicity amendment Arson data program implemented Tax exemptions…
EQUIPMENT DIGEST
Streamlight Inc.'s new Streamlight Slicer is a tool for fire and rescue use. The halogencycle bulb emits a beam that penetrates smoke and fog. The…
Fight or Flight
Battalion Captain jerry Binder earned a year's pay in the seconds during which he decided between accepting as inevitable the explosion of a propane bulk…
Wooden Structures High in the Sky
In high-rise 1973, 24 under floors construction of a concrete in northern Virginia collapsed, killing 14 workmen. A picture of the collapse was used in…
COMING EVENTS
April 6-30,1987—THE FIRE PROTECTION TRAINING DIVISION of the Texas Engineering Extension Service is offering a wide range of courses in industrial, municipal, and hazardous material…
LPG Training
There's nothing average about a fire that involves liquefied petroleum gas. So firefighters need to learn the basics of LPG handling, prefire planning, fire dynamics,…
