Christmas Party (pictorial); Editorial: A Word on Christmas; Our Tin(th) Anniversary; Odd Job; The Chemistry of Combustion; Our New Ambulance; Tragic Fire on West 17th Street (Manhattan Box 22-576, 21 West 17th Street, 10/14/1949); Natural Gas for Richmond; Through the Bag; What's in Your Company District; A Table of Common Industrial Chemicals; Garage Explosion ... Blockbuster explosion rocks Chelsea District as gasoline overflow ignites (Manhattan Box 33-????, 148 West 20th Street, 10/3/1949); The Mean Man; Special Exam, Lieutenant, F.D.; In the Books; Welfare Benefits; Runs and Workers; All Hands; Around the Job With a Camera; In Memoriam; Died in Line of Duty (Danied P. Shea (Fire Patrol), Gunther E. Beake, Frederick C. Lehman (Fire Patrol)).