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.
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There is a great deal we can learn from just paying attention, as the following photos prove
Instead of trying to determine frequency and severity of uncertain situations, we should choose pre-determined courses of action and then engage in serious and continuous self-critique
The basic methods we employ for putting the wet stuff on the red stuff haven’t changed much over the past 200 years
By bearing these areas in mind, you can help to improve both your fire suppression efforts and your safety on the fireground.
While the art of stream application hasn’t evolved all that much, the method of delivering that stream has developed to increase efficiency
There’s a range of training options available to ensure firefighters are well trained for suppression efforts when it matters