FE Volume 142 Issue 9

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Weaverville, North Carolina Fire Department purchased its Boardman tower-pumper primarily for four applications: ventilation, easy access to roofs, blitz-attack firefighting, and defensive firefighting (protecting exposures), according to chief John V. Penley. Weaverville (pop. 2,500) also provides fire protection to a rural district (pop. 7,500) and responds to mutual aid calls for structure fires in other surrounding districts.
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FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

250 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001 Tel. (212) 481-5771 Fax (212) 725-3654 EDITOR Thomas F. Brennan MANAGING EDITOR William A. Manning ASSISTANT EDITOR Diane…
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Proposed OSHA Regulation Protects Against Blood-Borne Viruses

AN INCREASING number of people in the United States are contracting blood-borne viruses, namely AIDS and Hepatitis B. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is characterized…
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Titanium Tetrachloride

TITANRIM tetrachloride is a corrosive, water-reactive, toxic, irritating, colorless, fuming liquid with an acrid, choking odor, it is used in the manufacture of titanium metal,…
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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Survivair introduces a Radio Communication System that enables workers wearing full face masks to communicate with each other or with a base station via two-way…
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FIREFIGHTING IS DIFFERENT TODAY!

Had not my grandfather’s life been snuffed out in an explosion while fighting fire in a gas works in 1920, he would have said that…
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FIRE BREAKS DOWN CONCRETE

IN CHICAGO on the afternoon of Friday, April 14, 1989, a fire involving thousands of old automobile and truck tires illegally dumped in a vacant…
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PORTABLE PUMPS FOR FIREFIGHTING

PORTABLE PUMPS FOR FIREFIGHTING

THE PORTABLE PUMP is often overlooked as a firefighting pump due in large part to its long set-up time and its relatively limited capacity as…
Firefighting EquipmentHoselines
COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 17-21—The 1989 NORFOLK FIREFIGHTER'S COURSE will be held in Virginia Beach, Virginia by the Norfolk Aviation Firefighter’s School. Subjects include site preservation for investigative…
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SELECTING CHEMICAL-PROTECTIVE CLOTHING

FIREFIGHTERS and others involved in hazardous-materials incidents often have little information at their disposal for selecting chemicalprotective clothing. While most haz-mat teams make their best…
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SEARCHING

SEARCHING

SEARCH, TO BE effective, must be an immediate, aggressive, and systematic examination of an area under difficult conditions to locate victims, the seat of the…
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BURIED VICTIMS, PART 2

GOVERNMENT regulations require minimum dimension and maximum spacing standards for trench shoring (see chart on page 21). Some states have gone beyond the minimum safety…
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AUTO BLEVE

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THE NATURE OF CONCRETE

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FE Volume 142 Issue 9

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DISPATCHES

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MOBILIZING THE FIRE SERVICE CFSI Report

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FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Strategic Goals at Haz-Mat Incidents

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