Fireground Operations
If it’s happening on the fireground, we’re covering it on FireRescue1.
Summarizing keystone research across the four ventilation methods used on the fireground
First things first: You do not get to cut holes anymore!
Understanding hydraulic ventilation, air entrainment, flow path science and their impact on ventilation efforts
Firefighters took 20 minutes to control fire; authorities say 1-year-old, twin 4-year-olds died of smoke inhalation
Firefighters found boy, 2 women unconscious in house fire; women were revived, are in critical condition
Hydrogen-powered vehicles are also likely in our future, and who knows what else
Changes in structure’s water pressure set off fire alarms in nearby buildings before fire was extinguished
Both weekend fires caused total of $15,000 in damage; firefighters, sprinkler system extinguish flames after residents evacuate
Firefighters offered to take evacuated residents, 3 cats to fire station for Thanksgiving meal
Crews saved unconscious baby boy from apartment, which was fully engulfed in flames, performed CPR to save his life
El Paso Fire Department inspector John Concha: ‘They were all food left in the stove or oven and caused houses to fill up with smoke’
Grow operation found in apartment building fire that displaced 8; all occupants were able to evacuate under heavy smoke conditions
Both men have been released from the hospital, according to authorities
Girls dangled themselves from windowsills on top floor before dropping to ground in bid to save themselves from flames
I understand the point Lt. Ray McCormack was trying to make two years ago and, to some extent, I agree with him
All occupants had already escaped safely; once firefighters entered, fire caused roof, ceiling to collapse, sending firefighters to hospital
Crews forced entry after noticing smoke; nside they found woman facedown on kitchen floor ‘suffering from smoke inhalation’
When firefighters arrived to scene on Saturday, they found car on fire, manhole cover that had exploded underneath car
No one was hurt during the Saturday morning blaze
Video slowed down to show extent of backdraft; notice man running away from front door of house after explosion
Elderly people believed to be trapped by fire doors during ‘suspicious’ nursing home fire that killed 4, injured 50
Crews pulled Antioch man, 80, to safety from his burning home’s second-story window; relatives had left man alone in house
Elderly man tried to douse raging fire with garden hose, struggled to break free from neighbors’ grasp to try to save his wife
Neighbor reported hearing explosion; firefighters knocked down most of blaze, but little remained but foundation
1 dog, 2 cats died in fire, which started in single-story “Puppy Cabin"; firefighters believe wood-burning stove caused fire
Rupture was in gas company’s interstate natural gas transmission line; people as far as 12 miles away felt explosion
Firefighters arrived to 2-story house on fire, with flames coming from multiple windows; 4 injured people were sitting outside, said 2 did not escape
Investigators initially believed home was rigged to injure responding firefighters, but people had been going into house to throw parties
Buffalo firefighters were being treated Tuesday for minor injuries they suffered while helping to put out attic fire
Neighbors say home is foreclosure, has remained empty for 2 years; fire believed to be work of vandal to put firefighters at risk
Private Skywalker Ranch fire crew called for help from Marin County Fire Department, which called for backup firefighters from San Rafael
When it comes to PPV, everyone has an opinion and everyone considers themselves correct