FIRE ENGINEERING
February 1988
Volume 141. Number 2
FEATURES
INCIDENT REPORT
OUT FROM UNDER A CLOUD 22
Tennessee emergency workers and industry teams following a preincident plan smoothly handled the evacuation and haz-mat operations required by a five-square-mile cloud of chlorine.
BY GARY RYAN
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
PREINCIDENT PLANNING FOR PESTICIDE FIRES 36
Normal turnout gear and firefighting procedures won’t be enough to protect you in a fire building that contains pesticides. JOMN E. BOWEN
JOMN E. BOWEN
SARA IN ALL ITS SIMPLICITY 41
Don’t believe everything you’ve heard about Title Ill’s reporting requirements. The reality is a lot easier on fire departments. BY FRANK L. FIRE
BY FRANK L. FIRE
RESCUE
STEERING COLUMN EXTRICATION: ACROSS THE FRONT 48
The traditional method of moving a steering column is to work across the hood, and it still succeeds in the right circumstances. The second of three parts. BY RONALD E. MOORE
BY RONALD E. MOORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
CONTROL ROOM 55
Floor plan, building design, and equipment combine to give an emergency operations center its efficiency. BY ROGER L. JOHNSON
BY ROGER L. JOHNSON
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN CHLORIDE 61
As the basis of hydrochloric acid, this is a chemical that’s corrosive to human tissue, metals, and minerals. But that’s just one of its hazards.
BY FRANK L. FIRE
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL 6
Step forward, fall backward
VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8
Haz-mat commitment
TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10
Chemical suit procedures
DISPATCHES 21
NTSB on tank car safety Stipend boosts membership
Jessica’s rescuers commended NVFC on sprinkler bill
RANDOM THOUGHTS ON . . . 82
Searching above the fire
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 16
READER SERVICE CARD 19
EQUIPMENT DIGEST 68
APPARATUS DELIVERIES 72
MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE 73 COMING EVENTS 76
TRAINING AIDS 79
CLASSIFIEDS 80
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