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Fire Protection/Safety:

(atomic energy) . REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF EXPLOSION AND FIRE EXPERIMENTAL HALL CAMBRIDGE ELECTRON ACCELERATOR CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, JULY 5, 1965
1966 Atomic energy Commission. TID-22594. "This report is to allow other laboratories to profit from the information learned during the study of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator accident discussed on the following pages"( preface). 4to., 89pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a49132)
$100.00 (bombs) . WHEN A FIRE BOMB STRIKES
1942 Claim and Safety Dept of Socony-Vacuum Oil company. 8vo., 29pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Good. (a13529)
$25.00 (chemistry) . COMPARATIVE LIFE, FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS OF TRIFLUOROTRICHLOROETHANE (FREON-113)
1941. Underwriters Laboratories Miscellaneous Hazard 3072, April 7, 1941. 4to., 16pp., wraps. VG. (a13528)
$28.00 (construction) . NATIONAL FIRE CODES VOL. V ELECTRICAL 1960-61
Boston 1960 National Fire Protection Association. 8vo., about 800pp., original printed hardcover. Steel Institute label and blind stamp on title page, residue of pocket on lower margin of final text page (not affecting text) with some discoloration on recto side. VG, narrow tape repair to chip at bottom edge of final leaf. (a55566)
$35.00 (fire extinguishers) . THE NATIONAL STANDARD FIRE EXTINGUISHER
c. 1900. Original printed advertising brochure. 5.5 x 3.5 inches, 24pp., wraps in black and red ink on green paper showing woman putting out a red fire in her room with the fire extinguisher. About half of booklet extols virtues of the extinguisher, rest of book lists owners, mostly fire companies and businesses which have purchased an extinguisher. Signed in pencil on rear by salesman: Alden M Bigelow, Grafton, Mass. VG. (a73681)
$45.00 (navy) . COMPARISON OF FUNDAMENTALS OF NAVAL ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS
May 1948 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 4to., original printed wraps. Good, cover frayed, one large chip. (a64352)
$45.00 (public safety) . ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS - PUBLIC SAFETY INSPECTION CONSOLIDATION AN ALTERNATIVE TO DIVIDED RESPONSIBILTY FOR TOTAL FIRE PROTECTION
Berkeley 1977 Institute for Local Self Government. Sm.4to., 96 leaves (rectos only), wraps. VG. (a48955)
$30.00 (public safety) . ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS -CIVILIANS IN PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY BY SWORN OR UNIFORMED PERSONNEL
Berkeley 1977 Institute for Local Self Government. Sm.4to., 138 leaves (rectos only), wraps. VG. (a48956)
$33.00 (public safety) . ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS - PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS MUNICIPAL FIRE INSURANCE
Berkeley 1977 Institute for Local Self Government. Sm.4to., 85 leaves (rectos only), wraps. VG plus. (a65091)
$40.00 (public safety) . ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS - A PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES CONTRACTUAL SYSTEM, AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL PENSION PROGRAMS AND TO TENURE-INDUCING RETIREMENT
Berkeley 1977 Institute for Local Self Government. Sm.4to., 86 leaves (rectos only), wraps. VG plus. (a65092)
$40.00 (public safety) . ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS - ALARM SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVE TO LIMITED OR QUALIFIED RESPONSE TO FALSE ALARMS
Berkeley 1977 Institute for Local Self Government. Sm.4to., 106 leaves (rectos only), wraps. VG plus. (a65093)
$40.00 (water) . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS APPOINTED TO ASCERTAIN THE FEASABILTY AND COST OF SUPPLYING WATER FOR FIRE AND OTHER PURPOSES TO THE COMPACT PART OF THE CITY OF CONCORD
Concord 1859 Steam Printing. 8vo., 15pp., rebound in later wraps. Good. (a15561)
$45.00 Bryan, John L and Raymond C. Picard . MANAGING FIRE SERVICES. ISBN 0-87326-018-X.
Washington 1979 1st Municipal Management Series. ISBN 0-87326-018-X. 4to., hardcover. Ex-university library with usual stamps and labels. No underlines, text clean. VG, no DJ. (a60292)
$40.00 Dexter, Samuel . LETTER FROM SAMUEL DEXTER ACTING AS SECRETARY OF WAR ENCLOSING A REPORT
Feb 17, 1801. Published by Order of House of Representatives .About a fire which destroyed the building which housed the Department of War. Octavo, 8pp., wraps. Signed by John Smith on the front. VG. (a18538)
$95.00 Gann, Richard G. (editor) . HALOGENATED FIRE SUPPRESSANTS, A SYMPOSIUM HOSTED BY SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, APRIL 1975
Washington 1975 American Chemical Society. Octavo, 453pp., index, original printed hardcover. Ex-university library, with usual markings. VG, no DJ. (a60625)
$35.00 Moe, Christopher . HIGH RISE BUILDINGS, FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE CODES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Monticello (Illinois) 1975. Council of Planning Libraries, Exchange Bibliography 856. 4to., 18pp., mimeo, bound in later transparent plastic. Ex library, with bookplate, discard stamp and label on front, a few stamps on pages, large chip on rear wrap. Good. (a42972)
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