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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
While current research suggests that positive pressure ventilation, especially in high-rise structures, can be more effective when fans are used inside, considerable resistance ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...