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• FDNY crew rescues 4 from 8th-floor apartment blaze

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  Firefighters credited good teamwork for the successful rescue efforts in the high-heat, low-visibility conditions of the all-hands blaze

• Video: Boston FFs rescue workers dangling from 12th floor of high-rise

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  Firefighters managed to pull the workers through two windows after a scaffold malfunction left them stranded

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• Stage multiple safety officers to watch for collapse hazards

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  An ideal collapse zone is set up to be at a minimum 1.5 times the height of the building to provide a large enough buffer zone

• Rapid Response: Quick evacuation likely saved lives in UAE high-rise blaze

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  Fires on upper levels of high-rise buildings are complex, made even more difficult with the exterior skin burning problem

• Massive fire burns residential tower in United Arab Emirates

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  Videos showed flames engulfing the full height of the building as debris crashed on to cars below

• High-rise and mid-rise firefighting: Operational divisions, sectors and groups

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  Part 3 – Outlining the roles and responsibilities of each part of the response effort

• High-rise and mid-rise firefighting: Fire attack and stairwell operations

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  Part 2 – It’s critical to train in actual stairwells to understand the mental and physical requirements of these operations

• Man injured in LA high-rise fire dies

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  The man, a 19-year-old French citizen, was gravely injured in the blaze at the 25-story apartment building, which was not equipped with sprinklers

• LA fire revives push for sprinklers in older high-rises

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  City officials had asked for buildings to be retrofitted after a 2013 fire at the same 1960s-era apartment building

• 8 hurt, 1 critically, in fire at LA high-rise

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  Firefighters rescued residents from the roof of the 25-story apartment building during the fire that officials have deemed "suspicious"

• Using ‘grim stories’ to help firefighters with decision-making

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  This method of guided imagination is designed to improve decision-making in real situations that unfold unexpectedly

• High-rise and mid-rise firefighting: Lobby control basics

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  What firefighters need to know about the features of the FCC and how to properly train on lobby control

• Retired Minn. fire marshal calls high-rise fire 'teaching moment' on sprinklers

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  The former fire marshal said sprinklers like those installed in every high-rise unit in St. Paul could have saved lives in the Minneapolis blaze that killed five

• Agency cited sprinkler need months before deadly Minneapolis high-rise fire

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  A Public Housing Authority document listed sprinklers as a future priority in the 50-year-old building

• 5 dead, 3 hurt in 'devastating' Minneapolis high-rise fire

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  Fire Chief Fruetel described the scene as “an extreme environment of heat and wind-driven fire"

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