FE Volume 144 Issue 6

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IDENTIFYING INCENDIARY AND EXPLOSIVE MAIL BOMBS

IDENTIFYING INCENDIARY AND EXPLOSIVE MAIL BOMBS

Incendiary and explosive bombs have been contained in and disguised as letters, books, and parcels. Following are 10 of the most obvious indications of a mail bomb: letters or packages that appear rigid or excessively bulky. wrappers marked by oily stains. packages with an excessive amount of postage. omission of the sender’s name and address. lettering made from cut-out or poster letters instead of being handwritten or typed.
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COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

JUNE 22-26—The New England Association of Fire Chiefs is hosting the 1991 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION, to be held in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. It will include…
Fire Apparatus

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

With regard to “Rollover Tanker Puts Training to the Test” by Joe Schumacher and Nick Nuanes in the March 1991 issue, I was very impressed…
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TRAGEDY STRIKES COLORADO NURSING HOME

On Monday, March 4, 1991, an early-morning fire at Crystal Springs Estate, an “intermediate care” boarding home, claimed the lives of nine residents. The painful…
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BUSINESS SELF-INSPECTION PROGRAM

How would you like to improve morale, continue quality inspections, reduce costs, improve productivity, target high-risk hazards, make better use of resources and manpower, and…
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SEARCHING A MOTOR VEHICLE

SEARCHING A MOTOR VEHICLE

Many times, terrorists use motor vehicles belonging to individuals, corporations, public utilities, or government agencies as targets of their attacks. Information is the most important…
Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

RESIDENTIAL AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS: GRASS ROOTS INITIATIVES

Of the 688,000 structure fires reported in 1989, according to NFPA statistics, 513,000 were in residential occupancies. Home fires killed every 121 minutes in 1989…
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems
MANUFACTURES’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURES’ LITERATURE

Electro Signal Lab, Inc. offers two full-color brochures to help increase building safety and reduce code violations and nuisance alarms. They address topics such as…
Building ConstructionFire Safety

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Charlotte (MI) Fire Department has in service this pumperrescue unit built by General Safety Equipment Corporation. Chief Kevin Fullerton says that they needed to…
Fire Apparatus

MASTER STREAM SAFETY

The master stream is an extremely effective weapon in the arsenal of firefighting equipment. Its large-caliber stream has saved many firefighters and prevented the destruction…
Fire Safety

FIRE ENGINEERING

32 MASTER STREAM SAFETY Operation of the powerful master stream —three or four tons of water speeding through a nozzle at 100 feet per second—demands…
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CHILDREN IN FIRE INVESTIGATION

CHILDREN IN FIRE INVESTIGATION

It was a sunny Saturday during Labor Day weekend in 1988. About 11:30 a m., Ursula Evans walked across a driveway to an adjacent apartment.…
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FIRE SAFETY IN SPECIAL CARE FACILITIES

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Fire Safety

FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT

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Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems

RESOURCE BOX

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FIRE FOCUS

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21ST-CENTURY FIREFIGHTER

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Fire PreventionFire Safety

FIREFIGHTER RESPONSE TO TERRORIST BOMBS

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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

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Firefighting Equipment

NAMES IN THE NEWS

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THE LAST GREEN THUNDER

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NEWS IN BRIEF

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HIGH-ALTITUDE HAZ MATZ

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HazmatTechnical Rescue

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