FE Volume 143 Issue 10

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SAFETY IN THE SUBWAYS

Firefighters in urban areas often find themselves operating in the dangerous environment of the subway tunnel. Knowing the types of fires and dangers you face underground will help you and the subway passengers remain safe.
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Fire Safety

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Gas Tech, Inc.’s OX-90 Personal Portable Oxygen Detector offers continuous oxygen content monitoring. Compact, lightweight, audible, and visual alarm signals are featured. Illuminated LCD displays…
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Firefighting Equipment

NAMES IN THE NEWS

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm WALLACE ELMER STICKNEY as Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Stickney pledged that the issue of realigning…
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THE FREESTANDING WALL

At 9:16 a. m. on March 23, 1990 in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, New York, we responded to a valve (waterflow) alarm with…
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ENGINE RUNAWAY

A petrochemical storage site is in flames. Firefighters train master streams on the fire in a defensive mode of operations. Clouds of chemical vapors and…
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THE PATH TO FIRE SERVICE EXCELLENCE

Noted management consultant Thomas J. Peters, in his book Thriving on Chaos—Handbook for a Management Revolution, says that there are only three ways to achieve…
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FE Volume 143 Issue 10

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STUDENTS ALL

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of touring the Bergen County, New Jersey Police and Fire Academy with Chief Fire Instructor John…
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DISPTCHES

DISPTCHES

Olin L. Greene Jr. was sworn in this past July as the U.S. Fire Administrator, a few weeks after his presidential appointment was confirmed by…
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ACETYLENE

Acetylene is a flammable, unstable, narcotic, colorless, tasteless gas. Pure acetylene is odorless, but commercial acetylene generated from calcium carbide has a garlic-like odor. The…
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Friction loss for 1 3/4 inch hoseline

Friction Loss for 1 3/4-Inch Hose

The 1 3/4-inch has some advantages over the 1 1/2-inch line, among them larger gpm flows, less friction loss, and less pump discharge pressure needed.
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COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

OCTOBER 14-16—The 1990 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBIT will be held by the National Coordinating Council on Emergency Management in San Antonio. Texas. The focus is…
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CONGRESSIONAL CLIPBOARD

10.01.1990
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TRAINING AIDS

10.01.1990
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Firefighter Training

ENCLOSED CABS FOR FIRE APPARATUS

10.01.1990
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Fire Apparatus

URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE

10.01.1990
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Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

Increasing Your Fire Alarm Literacy

10.01.1990
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MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

10.01.1990
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Firefighting Equipment

Writing Specs for Mobile Water Supply Apparatus

10.01.1990
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Technical RescueWater Rescue

THE SMOOTH-BORE NOZZLE

10.01.1990
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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

10.01.1990
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Fire Apparatus

FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT

10.01.1990
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FIRE ENGINEERING

10.01.1990
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CHOOSING THE RIGHT NOZZLE

10.01.1990
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