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6 Volume 127 No. 7 July 1974 <.?ABP THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROFESSION SINCE 1877 Photo by Frank Candela FIRE ENGINEER l" IN THIS ISSUE 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 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 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. EXECU TIVE, EDITORIAL ANO ADVERTISING OFFICES: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y Printed In Easton, Pa. Subscriptions: Solicited only from paid or volunteer, Federal, state, county and local fire officials, including military and industrial fire protection engineers and consultants. Publisher reserves the right to refuse nonqualified subscriptions. Address correspondence regarding subscriptions, including change of address, to: FIRE ENGINEERING, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y Please include your zip code and, in case of change of address, copy of old address label. Single copy price: $1.50. Directory issue $ Subscription rate for those in field of publication; U.S. and Canada: $8 a year, $13 for two years, $18 for three years. Foreign $19 a year, $35 for two years. Single copy price $3.00. Directory issue $5.50. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y. and at additional mailing offices. Printed in U.S.A. Trademark in U.S. Patent office. Copyright Oun-Donnelley Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage retrieval system, without written permission of the copyright owner. Prices for bulk reprints ol articles available on request. The publisher, on written request, will refund that part of the price applying to unfilled portion of the subscription if service is unsatisfactory. 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 More effective fire attack 10 The Round Table Fire,alarm systems 15 Fire Schools 52 The Book Shelf 52 i6-mm Films 59 Industrial Fire Safety Training session questions 61 From the Publisher's Desk 15 Coming Events 62 Advertisers' Index 48 Apparatus Deliveries 63 Reader Service Caret 4 I FIRE ENGINEERING

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