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62 SAFETY, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND MONITORING Produced by USAEC's Argonne National Laboratory. For sale by Color Service, at $14.79 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. New York. Available for loan (free) from USAEC head- quarters, field libraries, and Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave., Argonne, Illinois. Cleared for television. Grass, brush, and forest fires cause an annual loss in the United States close to a quarter billion dollars. This film describes a series of tests by Argonne National Laboratory to explore the use of detergent foam as a fire break. Experiments were conducted with the Fire Pro- tection Department's forestry jeep, which has a 265-gallon water tank and rotary gear pump. A detergent and water solution is sprayed on a nylon mesh while air is forced through the openings in the mesh by a large fan. This produces a detergent foam which has been expanded approximately 1000 times. The foam is delivered through a canvas tube at the rate of 5000 cubic feet of foam per minute. In these tests detergent foam appeared to be effective. FIRE FIGHTING IN THE NUCLEAR AGE (1960). 14 minutes, color. Produced for the USAEC by the Office of Information, Idaho Operations Office, USAEC, and the Calvin Productions. For sale by the Calvin Productions, at $68.50 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. Kansas City. Available for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field libraries. Cleared for television. This film (produced primarily for fire departments, health officials, and industrial personnel, under the supervision of the Health and Safety Division of the Idaho Operations Office) points out that radiation is just another hazard in fire fighting which can be handled with proper train- ing. The film uses the USAEC Fire Department at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho as the example, showing its training. Tech- niques and procedures are illustrated in the fighting of a mock fire created for this film: A constant air monitor automatically rings the alarm when the fire reaches stored radioactive materials and radia- tion is released; the fire headquarters check the building inspection report to find out where radioactive materials are stored in the burn- ing building; fire trucks approach the building upwind to avoid possible airborne radiation; firemen don special protective clothing (i.e., shoe covers, gloves, and self-contained respiratory masks) in addition to standard protective gear; the entranceway to the burning building is monitored before firemen enter, and frequent radiation checks are made during the fire-fighting period; firemen observe time-distance- shielding plan to protect themselves (remain in radiation area shortest possible time, stay as far away from burning radioactive materials as possible, place available shielding material between themselves and the fire); each fireman is checked with a monitor as he leaves the fire; all protective clothing is removed and stacked for monitoring and