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Calculate the risk vs reward component before placing firefighters on the roof. Remember, when operating on the fire ground with roof operations as a component, continual size-up ...
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Positive pressure ventilation is one of those decisions that can be likened to one's personal selection of a nozzle. Everyone has an opinion and everyone considers themselves ...
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Some days what I seem to be able to control diminishes with the passage of each minute. I'm sure we all have and will continue to have such days. Some days I question the impact of ...
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By Pam Rigaux The Frederick News-PostFREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — A basement fire trapped the father of Frederick County's chief fire mars hal in his house Sunday afternoon.Two ...
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By Ken Robinson FireRescue1 StaffFAIRBURY, Ill. — Crews operating on the floor above a fire that had been burning for a significant duration and uncoordinated ventilation ...
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By Ray Scherer The St. Joseph News-PressST. JOSEPH, Mo. — St. Joseph firefighters spent nearly four hours Sunday afternoon wrestling with a stubborn grain elevator fire at ...
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Firefighters are all taught about the dangers of flashovers in fires and the limited time they have to get themselves to safety. Flashovers are a rapid event that involve a ...
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By Brett Hambright The Intelligencer Journal LANCASTER, Pa. — A four-alarm blaze forced tenants of a large apartment complex near center-city Lancaster onto the streets ...
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If you’re in charge of purchasing firefighting equipment for your department, how do you determine which of the many sources of fire boots, fire helmets and other firefighting gear ...
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Rich Lord The Pittsburgh Post-GazettePITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh firehouses are getting new systems for venting diesel exhaust fumes, but some vendors are raising a stink about a ...
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While current research suggests that positive pressure ventilation, especially in high-rise structures, can be more effective when fans are used inside, considerable resistance ...
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It's that time of year when the leaves turn, a brisk chill in the air appears and that burned dust smell from freshly fired furnaces shows autumn is upon us — and with it comes a ...
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Despite my opposition to the use of PPV on smaller structures, I am an advocate of PPV use on high-rise fires. The short of it is that a fire in a high-rise residential structure ...
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After looking at the basics of ventilation, we can now focus on applying the techniques to different types of structures. You will have the option of deciding if natural, ...
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Photo Mike MeadowsVentilation is a necessary process of almost any firefighting operation. The ability to remove smoke, heat and fire gases from a structure can greatly assist ...
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By Tim Huber The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State investigators said missing walls and mismatched and faulty firefighting equipment contributed to the deaths of two ...
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There are two types of ventilation we deal with all the time at fires: horizontal and vertical. Within that subset, horizontal ventilation can be broken down further into two ...
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Copyright 2006 Bangor Daily News By KATHERINE CASSIDY Bangor Daily News (Maine) After Saturday evening's public supper, the 29 volunteers of the Machias Fire Department are $1,400 ...
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