FE Volume 142 Issue 3

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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

Clarkson Safety Engineering’s Mounting Plate has big and brilliant red and white stripes to call attention to fire extinguishers so there’s no hesitation or time lost in confusion during a fire. Made of fiberglass, the Mounting Plate is maintenance-free, impervious to the elements, and virtually indestructable.
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FOREGROUND HYDRAULICS In Your Head

AFTER A $6 MILLION fire disaster shocked the Wabasca, Alberta Fire Department into realizing that the traditional approach is ineffective for fires involving modern materials, every aspect of the department's operations was subjected to close engineering scrutiny.
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RESCUE CHAINS

IT’S LATE AT NIGHT when your unit is called to a vehicle accident. From the sound of the dispatch everything is routine, so you have no special worries—until you arrive at the incident. A compact car is underneath the side of a flatbed trailer, and the occupant of the car is still alive!
Technical Rescue
DISPATCHES

DISPATCHES

Recommendations from a panel of experts on communicable disease range from establishment of an information resource center to development of a National Fire Academy field training program on communicable disease control protocols.
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MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

Lifesaving Resources, Inc. announces the release of its new products catalog. The company specializes in water rescue and survival equipment, including ice rescue suits and rescue throw bags. Its spinal immobilization products include backboards, straps, and Stifneck Extrication Collars.
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Risk/Benefit Analysis on the Fireground

Risk/Benefit Analysis on the Fireground

A VIDEOTAPE of a welladvanced church fire, at which several master streams were employed, was incorporated into a lecture on firefighter safety. It highlighted a solitary firefighter who operated a relatively small attack line in close proximity to the structure.
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CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #34 Methyl Bromide

MHTHYL BROMIDE is a toxic, corrosive, irritating, colorless gas with a sweet odor and burning taste. It is usually shipped and stored as a liquid under pressure. It is used as a degreaser, disinfectant, fumigant, herbicide, pesticide, refrigerant, solvent, and as a raw material for making other chemicals.
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TRAINING AIDS

TRAINING AIDS

Two new wall posters provide guidelines on the proper use of AIR MASKS from Mine Safety Appliances. Procedures that are explained include donning; checking regulator air flow; testing the unit before entry; removing the apparatus; and changing and latching the cylinder.
Firefighter Training

I’LL TAKE THE HIT

Repetition is the mother of safety and efficiency, at least in our fire service. Communicated repetition breeds knowledge and awareness. I got an advisory complaint from our managing editor the other day as he was working on the fire report from Michigan on page 32. “With Brannigan, Dunn, Corbett, Mittendorf and others writing articles about the dangers of lightweight wood truss construction, do you think we should run another so soon?” he asked.
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COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

March 20-21-"FACING THE PROMOTIONAL INTERVIEW" is a one-day session that will be offered on two consecutive days by John Mittendorf, a battalion chief with the Los Angeles City Fire Department. The same material will be taught on both days in Tracy. California. For more information, contact Fire Technology Services, 22422 Sunlight Creek, El Toro, CA 92630, or call (714) 5831914.
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MOBILE HOME FIRES

A MOBILE HOME burning in the middle of a trailer park can become a major problem in terms of exposure protection and, more importantly, life safety concerns for the firefighter. The hazards and obstacles in mobile home fires can be placed into two categories: those of the fire itself and those associated with the configuration of most trailer parks.
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RURAL WATER SUPPLY

RURAL WATER SUPPLY

THE TERM "RURAL” used to call to the fire service mind an image of an old farmhouse with barns, coops, and livestock, situated with no exposure problems in sight—the middle of nowhere. Fire protection in this setting would typically consist of one or possibly two outdated 30-to-40-year-old pumpers with low-capacity positive displacement pumps being supplied from a tanker or drafting from a small pond.
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WHAT’S IN YOUR POCKETS?

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More Dangerous Myths

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AIR, AIR, AND MORE AIR

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Lightweight Wood Truss Construction Gives Up More Lessons

Building ConstructionFire Safety

POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION Some Questions

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A sign for the times

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NEANDERTHAL THINKING

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Definitive Decon

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FIRE ENGINEERING

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

Fire Apparatus

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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THE FIRST FEW MOMENTS

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