Safe Celebrations
The time of year when pyrotechnicians search for the perfect blue and the loudest salute is upon us: summer, the season for fireworks. In the fire service, it's the season for fireworks safety.
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FE Volume 140 Issue 5
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COURSES/COMING EVENTS
May-September—The National Fire Academy is sponsoring more than 280 FIELD COURSES at various locations throughout the United States. The courses include Preparing for Incident Command,…
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Staff
250 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001—(212) 481-5771 Editor THOMAS F. BRENNAN Managing Editor GLORIA STURZENACKER Associate Editor
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Vertical Foam Insulation: Defeating the Firestop
A relatively new and popular method of insulating private and small commercial structures is defeating the concept of firestopping. It involves the application of foam…
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More FE Volume 140 Issue 5
Collapse on Adelphi Street
Where a four-story, wood frame building had stood moments before, there was only rubble and—somewhere beneath the debris—a 35-year-old construction worker named Ken Rencher.
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Chemical Data Notebook Series: Calcium Carbide
By itself, calcium carbide has only one hazard: It's corrosive. However, when calcium carbide contacts water, a very rapid chemical reaction occurs—acetylene gas is liberated.…
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Apparatus Safety from Front… …to Back
Picture a probationary firefighter who's getting a first taste of the skills of the job. In many departments, this person will be trained in specialized…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In the February 1987 "Letters to the Editor" section, Ray W. Rugh of Milton, Pa., comments on the "Backdraft" article by John Bowen, which appeared…
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APPARATUS DELIVERIES
Seven of these FMC pumpers have been delivered to Stations 1, 13, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 41 of the San Antonio (Texas) Fire Department.…
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Ground ladder test goes another round in the NFPA standards process
It will be at least July before fire departments using pre-1984 ground ladders get a partial and temporary reprieve from newer, more stringent testing standards.…
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Shelved Humanity
Incinerator fires were a plague to us. When we were experiencing 30 to 40 responses a day, we could always count on six or more…
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Residence Fires: Starting in the Cellar
One of the least appealing tasks a firefighter ever faces is to go underground to extinguish a fire. The transmission "Be advised: The fire is…
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