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FE Volume 143 Issue 5

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FRT PLWOOD: NOT AS SAFE AS IT SOUNDS

The Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) code was changed in 1978 to permit the use of fire-retardant-treated (FRT) plywood as roof sheathing. Before this code change, a fire wall was required to compartmentize attached, row-type residences by fire walls.

Fire Safety

CONCRETE

Concrete is a building component that figures prominently in our firefighting and rescue operations. Our experience with concrete runs the gamut from making openings for…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

AUTOMATED SCBA PERFORMANCE TESTING

Protective equipment such as turnout gear, PASS alarms, and SCBAs is essential to firefighter health and safety, but it can only be effective if it…

Firefighter SCBA Firefighting Equipment

LESSONS, NOT DENIAL

The street box sounded. Within minutes, firefighters had water on a gasoline-fed arson fire in the entrance to a Bronx, NY “bottle club.” Seven minutes…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Mariven industrial facility in Cardon, Venezuela recently purchased a Chubb National Foam foam-water tower unit. Mariven needed a high, articulated boom with a nozzle…

Aerial Apparatus Fire Apparatus

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

Lab Safety Supply’s “Safety in the ’90s” 600-page catalog emphasizes the importance of identifying and responding to changing workplace hazards. It contains such safety products…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

FIRE ENGINEERING

250 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001 Tel. (212) 481-5771 Fax (212) 725-3654 EDITOR Thomas F. Brennan MANAGING EDITTOR William A. Manning ASSISTANT EDITOR Diane…

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HEARING PROTECTION: A SOUND IDEA

The 1980s were characterized by concern for a number of firefighter health and safety issues. One often-overlooked but important concern is hearing protection. Historically, little…

Fire Prevention Fire Safety

ASBESTOS: BREATHE EASY WITH A PREPLAN

“Respond to Memorial School, Code 3. Man down!” Sound like a fairly typical call? Maybe, but typical-sounding calls can and often do take unexpected and…

Fire EMS Firefighting

DISPATCHES

The National Fire Inspector Certification Program, sponsored jointly by the National Fire Protection Association and the International Association of Fire Chiefs, has certified 558 Fire…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

FROM THE GROUND UP: CONSTRUCTING OR RECONSTRUCTING A MODERN FIREHOUSE

Once you plan the layout and design of your new fire station, then you must consider how much it will cost and how you are…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

TRAINING DIVERS FOR MINIMAL OR ZERO VISIBILITY

Rescue divers often operate in minimal visibility—one to two feet at best—or in zero visibility. Operating in zero visibility is similar to searching a smoke-filled…

Firefighter Training