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FIRE COMPANY APPARATUS AND PROCEDURES, Lawrence W. Erven; Glencoe Press, 8701 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90211; 338 pages, $6.95.
A major portion of this book is devoted to hydraulics and pump operation under conditions ranging from drafting to supplying master streams. Both rural and metropolitan situations are considered by the author, who is a battalion chief in the Los Angeles City Fire Department. Aerial ladders and elevating platforms are the subjects of separate chapters. The book also covers the construction and maintenance of apparatus and a chapter on driving includes a section on tillering aerial ladder trucks.
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