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NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION O1~ FIRE CHIEFS
sion o£ a radio manual called "The Manual of Radio Procedures for the Fire
Service." That book is, I think, well, I had better shut up and get John
Gerletti to speak about it, and John, as you know, is the ’General Manager of
the International. But, first, Henry, do you wish to make any m~ntion of it?
CHIEI~ THOMAS: Well, the Manual that Roi’s Committee has prepared,
as he has said, is nearly completed. ~ I think, Roi, that we are now making tentative
drafts of it, galley proofs, so to speak, and, following a very brief editing,
as I understand it, Roi, this thing will be ready for the printer, and we hope
to have it available for distribution to the members.
At this time, I should like to thank you and your committee, Roi, for the
grand job you did on that, because I think you have worked on it for about a
year and a half, haven’~ you?
MODERATOR WOOLLE¥: Three years. Henry , that is very nice, but from
now on, we had better not drag Roi Woolley into the picture too much. The
understanding I have is that they are proceeding with the publication of it,
but the Committee will receive finish page proofs, merely as. a double check. I
am happy to say that this has been submitted to the F. C. C. and ultimately
it will be recommended by all hands, including the N. F. P. A., and it will be
signed by all o£ these associations, and, I know that it will be available to this
organization.
The next question, No. 4, is an interesting one to me, because it opens up
a new avenue.
Somewhere, I read about the death of a fireman, in an attempt to use an
oxygen mask under water. Can your Panel tell me about it? What masks, if
any, are safe for under-water use, and how should they be used?
Now, that question was signed by a guy named "Anxious."
This is something that I don’t think I l!,ave the clippings at hand, but
I do know that a fireman was drowned, I believe in Pennsylvania, but I am not
sure of that, in a demonstration of the use of an oxygen breathing apparatus,
under water. I do not know what make of equipment it was., but I know that it
was supposed to be a make which can be l~sed that way, and I have been given to
understand that it was more a mis-use, a re_is-appliance of the device, than the
device itself.
I don’t know that there is. anybody in the room who knows about that.
I might, at the risk of being a little bit out of order, ask if there is: any one of
the representatives of that company here? Is. Bill Eckman of Scott _Air Pact
available? Can you get him in here, Mr. Sergeant-at-Arms?
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS DOOLING: -He is down at the Exhibit Hall.
MODERATOR WOOLLE¥: I don’t think that it had a thing to do with this
demonstratitn, and I don’t want to accuse him of anything. I have some clippings,
here (searc,hing for the clippings in brief case). I will bring the question
up after I find these clippings, and we can let our audience go on discussing
the next question.
The next question is, No. 5 ;. I think that we are making fairly good progress.
It is this.
What could be done to improve the fireman’s training?
I believe that that is a question from a voluntary Fire Chief, J. R.
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