FE Volume 145 Issue 2

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NEWS IN BRIEF

ESL issues safety notice ESL’s two-wire 400 series smoke detectors equipped with integral thermostat (T option) may not function properly if used with a fire alarm control unit that includes an alarm verification feature. The company stresses that all affected models—all 120 series detectors with code dates lower than 9126—must be inspected promptly to determine whether they are connected to a control unit that incorporates alarm verification.
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SAFETY AT BUILDING STRUCTURAL FIRES

Although many fire departments resist the idea, a growing number of them have a speeifieally assigned safety officer. The job of fire department safety officer…
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FE Volume 145 Issue 2

Issues

VENTING SINGLE-PLY ROOFS

Single-ply roofing systems basically are made up of a layer (or layers) of insulation over the structural roof deck and a single sheet of waterproofing…
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FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS IN TRANSIT Tanker Fire in Branson, Missouri

At approximately 0530 hours on Saturday, September 7, 1991, the driver of an 8,900-gallon MC-306 tanker truck traveling south on Route 65 toward Branson. Missouri,…
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TARGET HAZARD SHEET

ARRIVAL Arriving companies approach upwind; first company should recommend initial command post to other arriving units. Identify and communicate a safe response route for other…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Safety: everyone's concern Let me say to Todd Colton’s family that I feel for their loss (see Editor’s Opinion, November 1991). For those who would…
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TRAINING AIDS

TRAINING AIDS

Media Resources, Inc.’s video training package TRENCH RESCUE trains responders to safely and effectively rescue workers who are trapped in a collapsed trench. The video…
Firefighter Training

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The city of Elyria, Ohio, protects a community of 19.5 square miles with a population of 65,000. During the 1990s the town will open five…
Fire Apparatus

WHAT WE DIDN’T LEARN FROM THE WAVERLY TRAGEDY

On February 24, 1978, a railroad tank car loaded with liquefied petroleum gas (IPG) ruptured following a derailment in the small western Tennessee town of…
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FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

Park 80 West, Plaza Two, 7th Floor Saddle Brook, NJ 07662 Tel. (201) 845-0800, Fax (201) 845-6275 Editor William A. Manning Managing Editor Diane Feldman…
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FLAMMABLE LIQUID RELEASES FROM MC-306 TANKERS: AN OVERVIEW

Vehicles that transport bulk quantities of motor fuel and related products are commonly referred to as gasoline tankers. Tractor-trailer versions haul up to approximately 9,000…
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DOORKNOB SIGNS FOR EASIER ADDRESS I.D.

02.01.1992
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SARA AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

02.01.1992
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BRING TRAINING TO THE PEOPLE

02.01.1992
Firefighter Training

USING COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW DATA

02.01.1992
HazmatTechnical Rescue

CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #69: GASOLINE

02.01.1992
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MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

02.01.1992
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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

02.01.1992
Firefighting Equipment

PLUGGING AND PATCHING PLASTICS

02.01.1992
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SELECTING PPV BLOWERS

02.01.1992
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FIRE FOCUS

02.01.1992
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HIGH-RISE RESIDENCE BUILDINGS, CONTINUED

02.01.1992
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STANDPIPE ROLL

02.01.1992
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