FIRE PREVENTION

Articles and editorials

Family Thankful for Smoke Alarm, 34962 [14DE]

Fatal House Fires in an Urban Population, 15744-15746 [14JN]

Fire and the Careless American, 34896 [18NO]

For the Volunteers, Dousing Flames Is Only Part of the Job, 32989-32991 [16NO]

How To Reduce Fire Dangers on Planes, 18400 [30JN]

Operating Room Fires Caused by Fiberoptic Illumination Systems, 9598 [21AP]

Smokey the Bear and Fire Prevention, 25202 [21SE]

Surgical Field Flash Fire During the Separation of Conjoined Twins, 9597 [21AP]

Bills and resolutions

Arson: clarify injury and death provisions (see S. 1716; H.R. 3783)

———commend efforts to prevent (see S. Res. 183)

———investigation, prevention, and detection programs (see H.R. 2365)

———prevent (see H.R. 3781; H. Res. 295)

———schemes to defraud (see S. 219)

Cigarettes: establish interagency task force on safety (see S. 1935)

Cigarettes and cigars: performance standards (see S. 51)

———prohibit addition of continuous burning substance (see H.R. 1456)

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: authorize appropriations (see S. 809; H.R. 2414, 2465)

Fire detector expenses: tax deduction (see H.R. 228)

Fire Prevention Week (see S. Con. Res. 77; H. Con. Res. 188)

Fire protection programs: funding certain (see S. Res. 114)

Flammable Fabrics Act: amend (see H.R. 306, 749)

Foreign countries: permit use of fire fighting forces (see S. 1261; H.R. 3515, 3726)

Interagency Committee on Arson Control: establish (see H.R. 382, 2365, 3781)

Nursing facilities: automatic sprinkler systems (see H.R. 762)

Public facilities: fire resistant articles for interior furnishings (see H.R. 306, 749)

Rural areas: funding fire protection programs (see S. Res. 114)

Smoke detectors: ban certain (see H.R. 416)

———labeling (see H.R. 417)

Smoke detectors and automatic fire extinguishers: require in lavatories and galley areas of airliners (see S. 1621; H.R. 3264)

Surgical drapes: flammability standards (see H.R. 2423)

Letters

Fire service training: Robert A. Neale, 31883 [9NO]

Flammability standards for surgical garments, Edward D. Harrill for CPSC, 7858 [7AP]

International Concepts in Fire Prevention study, National Association for Public Health Policy, 16723 [21JN]

Memorials of legislature

Fire research funding: Massachusetts, 17414 [27JN]

Petitions

Tobacco flammability: New York, N.Y., City Council, 1945 [8FE]

Remarks in House

Aircraft: onboard fire safety, 18400 [30JN]

Centralia, Pa.: recommendations for containment of mine fire, 7484 [24MR]

Cigarette Safety Act: enact (H.R. 1880), 16723 [21JN], 27940 [7OC]

Cigarette-ignited fires: incidence, 15744 [14JN]

Europe: fire safety programs, 3034 [24FE]

Fire fighters: improve workweek (H.R. 775), 310 [25JA]

Fire prevention programs: funding, 27178 [4OC]

Fire Prevention Week: observance, 25224 [21SE], 27178 [4OC], 27418 [5OC]

Fire safety: need to educate public, 34896 [18NO]

Garden City, N.Y.: tribute to fire department, 25224 [21SE]

National Emergency Training Center: fire service training, 31883 [9NO]

National Fire Prevention and Control Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 188), 27717 [6OC]

Nursing homes: fire safety standards (H.R. 2806), 10519 [28AP]

———upgrade safety standards (H.R. 2806), 20423 [21JY]

Schaeman, Philip S.: International Concepts in Fire Prevention study, 16723 [21JN]

Smoke detectors: potential radiation dangers, 109 [3JA]

———value, 34962 [14DE]

Smoke detectors and automatic fire extinguishers: require in lavatories and galley areas of airliners (H.R. 3264), 15740 [14JN], 16816 [22JN]

Smokey the Bear: birthday observance, 25202 [21SE]

Sugarcreek, Pa.: Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Dept., 14784 [7JN]

Surgical drapes: include in CPSC definition of wearing apparel, 9596 [21AP]

Surgical gowns or drapes: fire safety (H.R. 2423), 7858 [7AP]

Tecnology: improve, 25194 [21SE]

Totowa, N.J.: 75th anniversary of Fire Dept., 15309 [9JN]

Remarks in Senate

Arson: penalties for arson-for-profit crimes (S. 219), 986 [27JA]

———prevention (S. Res. 183), 20829 [26JY]

Cigarette Safety Act: introduction (S. 51), 596-598 [26JA]

Cigarette Safety Study Act: introduction (S. 1935), 27546-27548 [6OC]

Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorization (S. 809), 5340 [15MR]

Fire Prevention Week: observance (S. Con. Res. 77), 27848 [7OC]

Public Safety Officers Protection Act: introduction (S. 1716), 21872 [1AU]

Rural fire protection programs: funding (S. Res. 114), 8732 [15AP]

Volunteer Fire Fighters Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 136), 21157 [27JY], 21386 [28JY]

Reports

Airline Fires, National Transportation Safety Board (excerpt), 15741 [14JN]

Centralia Mine Fire—Assessment Drilling and Diagnostic Monitoring, Interim Report, Office of Surface Mining, 7484 [24MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Efforts to improve fire prevention technology, New England Association of Fire Marshals, 25194 [21SE]

Statements

Need for Congressional Hearings on Aircraft Crash/Fire Safety, John A. Gannon, 17310 [27JN]

Unique Fire Safety Program in Arkansas, Representative Anthony, 10128 [27AP]

Texts of

H.R. 3161, workweek of Federal firefighters (excerpt), 310 [25JA]

S. 51, Cigarette Safety Act, 597 [26JA]

S. 219, penalties for arson-for-profit crimes, 987 [27JA]

S. 809, authorizing appropriations for the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act, 7745 [7AP]

S. 809, Fire Prevention and Control Act reauthorization, 5340 [15MR]

S. 1716, Public Safety Officers Protection Act, 21873 [1AU]

S. 1935, Cigarette Safety Study Act, 27547 [6OC]

S. Res. 114, rural fire protection programs' funding, 8732 [15AP]

S. Res. 183, arson prevention, 20829 [26JY]

Warning labels on ionization smoke detectors, 109 [3JA]