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...incendiary bomb with a fine spray. Douse it with a strong stream of water from a hose...
Thus OCD last week reversed its No. 1 rule for fighting incendiaries, after new experiments at the Army's Civilian Protection School (in Maryland). Hitherto air-raid wardens and firefighters have been warned again & again that a solid stream of water played on an incendiary will produce a blinding explosion and sudden death...
...they are told that a solid stream is far better than a spray because: 1) It extinguishes the bomb in only a few seconds instead of several minutes-and incendiaries are usually dropped in clusters, demand quick action...
...firefighter can play water on the bomb from a safer distance, and, if the bomb explodes, the stream from the hose will force the molten fragments away from him. Says OCD at last: "Exaggerated conception of the 'terrors' of the bomb has instilled unjustified fear." Previous misunderstanding of incendiaries derives from early experiments by British scientists, who studied the laboratory behavior of pure magnesium, which burns fiercely in water. The British concluded that magnesium incendiary bombs would behave the same way. But the metal in real bombs is only 80% magnesium. The rest is an alloy to make...
...necessary to train the mass of experts needed on all fronts, but after six months there are still no national directives. Few people know which jobs are most vital and who can be spared for them. No attempt is being made to release potential combat power by supplying a stream of the physically unfit for civilian tasks. The possibility of preparing women to take over in the nation's offices and laboratories has scarcely been investigated. Individual colleges have spurred on ahead of the rest, but what is needed is not a "Yale plan" or a "Harvard plan...