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THE type of man generally placed in charge of works and property cannot be expected to have cither the necessary experience or knowledge to enable him to direct advantageously or deal efficiently with an outbreak of fire, especially if the materials are not the ordinary combustibles, but chemicals, forage, coal, and the like. To assist these men and others the British Fire Prevention Committee has issued this Red Book, which is No. 201 of the committee's publications. Mr. Gamble, who until 1918 was second officer of the London Fire Brigade, gives in the first part of the book general information, and the effect of water, steam, chemicals, and so on, applied from different forms of fire appliances. The second part of the book deals alphabetically with numerous materials and kinds of fire in turn. Useful scientific data have been added, while an appendix on spontaneous combustion and a list of enactments bearing on the fire question complete a very useful compilation.
How to Deal with Different Kinds of Fires.
Some Hints by Sidney G. Gamble. Pp. 50. (London: The British Fire Prevention Committee, 1918.) Price 3s. 6d.
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How to Deal with Different Kinds of Fires . Nature 102, 404 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/102404c0
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