As research continues to emerge, highlighting the importance of coordinated ventilation, firefighters are forced to adjust strategies and tactics. This special coverage series reviews the current ventilation-focused research and offers detailed steps for how to best implement the various ventilation operations – vertical ventilation, horizontal ventilation, positive pressure ventilation, among other tips and tricks to ensure safe fireground operations.
COMPLETE COVERAGE
This recent legacy fire prompts review of stateside historic blazes
Among the many, many acronyms used by firefighters, two stand out as critical to an efficient and successful response; learn more and test your knowledge
How to safely mitigate incidents with half-stories
With black, turbulent smoke chugging around them, crews assist a firefighter going head first out a broken window
The solution to creating a safety margin is understanding the dragons we face and learning the lessons to be more proficient and go home safely
Do you know which precautions to take when responding to these types of incidents?
A vented patio door leads to explosive fire conditions, a dropped victim and a firefighter bailout
Let’s do this! VEIS, opioid treatment, PPE basics and lightweight construction
Shake off the strictures of COVID-19, gear up and use training to prove you’re still ‘brilliant at the basics’
Training Day: Fire Department Monthly Training Schedule
Let’s do this: Structural collapse rescue, vertical ventilation, bailout maneuvers and more
