FE Volume 142 Issue 7

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CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #38 SODIUM CYANIDE

SODIUM CYANIDE, chemical formula NaCN, is a toxic, reactive, corrosive, deliquescent, nonflammable white solid (as granules, flakes, or lumps) with a faint odor of almonds. It is used in the electroplating of materials, metal treatment processes, gold and silver extraction, and in the manufacture of dyes, pigments, insecticides, fumigants, and various other chemicals.
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HazmatTechnical Rescue

DISPATCHES

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has issued special respirator users’ notices to all fire departments that warn of possible failure of…
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FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT

POWER FOR INDUSTRIAL or commercial functions is developed by motors that are usually electric but can be gasoline-, liquified petroleum gas-, or diesel-operated. They may…
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A ROUTINE CALL BECOMES A NIGHTMARE

A ROUTINE CALL BECOMES A NIGHTMARE

ON THURSDAY evening, May 26, 1988, the volunteer firefighters from the Twin Hills (CA) Fire District were concluding their weekly drill when Sonoma County's Central…
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THE DANGERS OF CONFINED-SPACE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

IT HAPPENS to every fire department at one time or another. A call comes in reporting a person trapped or “down" in a manhole or…
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Confined Space RescueTechnical Rescue
FLASHOVER

FLASHOVER

RECENTLY THERE has been a rash of incidents across North America involving the fire phenomenon of flashover. Unfortunately, the fire service has lost and the…
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DIVE RESCUE SERIES: LOCATING YOUR OBJECTIVE

THE OBJECT of dive search is to find people and things missing or lost underwater. One of the things I often hear is, “We couldn’t…
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Technical Rescue

AIR BAGS PART 2

LAST MONTH'S article discussed the various types and sizes of air bags, air bag components, and the limitations and capabilities of the air bag system.…
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THINKING ABOUT THE UNTHINKABLE

THE RECENT ACCOUNTS of firefighter deaths resulting from building collapse and explosions are a grim reminder of what we already know: Firefighting is still one…
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Structural CollapseTechnical Rescue
DATA GATHERING at Haz-Mat Incidents

DATA GATHERING at Haz-Mat Incidents

PART ONE of this series (“Operational Decision Making,” Fire Engineering, June 1989) detailed the integrated decision-making process needed to complement the Incident Command System and…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I read with interest your editorial in April’s Fire Engineering, entitled “Liars Figure, Figures Lie.” A thought came up: Reduced personnel (manning) on engine and…
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Fire Apparatus

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

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FIRE ENGINEERING

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MORE ON FIRE SERVICE MYTHS

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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

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Firefighting Equipment

COMING EVENTS

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GUEST EDITORIAL (ALMOST)

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ORANGE COUNTY FATAL FIRE

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MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

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