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JAMES F. CASEY Editor
RICHARD PRATT SYLVIA Associate Editor
DOROTHY P.fERGUSON Managing Editor
MARIA De FONSECA Assistant Editor
GORDON DRAPER Art Director
ARTHUR ARIAS Presentation Editor
GEORGE J. QUINN Production Manager
RAYMOND J. CASTELLANOS Circulation Manager
JOSEPH F. COSGROVE Publisher
ALFRED J. HOUGHTON Publishing Consultant
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Joseph E. Keller WalterJ. Orey
CORRESPONDENTS Henry T. Hanson, New England Robert Burns, Eastern R. L. Nailen, Midw!)stern Cliff Dektar, Pacific Coast Robert Swan, Pacific Coast Roi B. Woolley, Pacific Coait Donal Baird, Canadian
FIRE ENGINEERING, July, 1974, Vol. f27, No. 7. Member, American Business Press and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published monthly by Magazine Division, Dun-Donnelley Publishing Corporation, a member of the Dun and Bradstreet Group. WILLIAM F. WARD, President; JOHN K. ABELY, Vice President and General Manager. Magazine Division. EXECUTIVE, EDITORIAL ANO ADVERTISING OFFICES: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10019. Printed In Easton, Pa.
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Volume 127 No. 7 July 1974
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THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877
FIRE ENGINEERING l" IN THIS ISSUE
17 The Editor's Opinion Page ·High-rise lessons from Siio Pa111lo, Brazil
18 Sao Paulo, Brazil, Adds to High-Rise Fire History Commissioner O'Hagan of New York writes first-hand account of two tragedies
28 Seattle F.D. Gets Federal Grant to Study Marine Fire Protection Project to develop training manual, plans for fighting ship blazes
32 SOP for 4-lnch Supply Hose, 2-lnch Hand Lines Speeds Attack Jaffrey, N.H., Fire Department uses both tanker and pumper relays
34 Long Beach Builds AFFF Units Pumper and fast-response vehicle designed for airport fire station
35 Propane Tank Blast Kills Four Explosion spreads fire to three apartment builq.ings in West St. Paul, Minn.
38 Fire Fighters Learn to Handle Gas Line Incidents in Philadelphia Utility conducts safety course keyed to local distribution system
43 Fire Service Urged to Accept Greater Role in NBS Research Dr. Levin explains present status and objectives of technology program
45 Proposed Standard for Coats Offered for Review by NBS Workshops to provide opportunity to comment on specifications
47 Deaf but Fireman for 50 Years Lip-reading aids volunteer in doing full share of work with fire company
54 Bay State Touches Off Drive to Cool Increase in Arson Government-industry group to set up data bank to aid investigations
THE COVER: A fire in an abandoned factory on Chicago'_s South Side in February went to a fifth alarm with two specials. The fire was tho�ght to be arson, since six separate fires were observed by the first-arriving, still-alarm· companies. Intense heat drove fire fighters back over 500 feet and blistered windshields and paint on apparatus. Photo shows Chicago's Big John in action.
DEPARTMENTS 6 Letters to the Editor 50 Manufacturers' News
8 The Volunteers Corner 52 The Book Shelf More effective fire attack
52 i6-MM Films 10 The Round Table
59 Industrial Fire Safety Fire,alarm systems Training session questions
15 Fire Schools 61 From the Publisher's Desk
15 Coming Events 62 Advertisers' Index
48 Apparatus Deliveries 63 Reader Service Caret
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