Ventilation
Ventilation is a cornerstone tactic for firefighters – the first letter in the essential acronym VEIS (vent, enter, isolate, search). Whether horizontal or vertical, ventilation tactics are essential to the overall fireground operation. In recent years, more research has identified the importance of coordinating ventilation and fire attack operations to preserve firefighter safety. The FireRescue1 Ventilation resource page details such research, and provides additional expert analysis about ventilation tactics. There’s also news related to ventilation operations, including several Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters who sustained burns in an explosion.
Mason City firefighters trained on working in large spaces inside North Iowa Area Community College’s old cafeteria
One firefighter was injured, nine residents displaced by the fire in Chinatown
Summarizing keystone research across the four ventilation methods used on the fireground
Three firefighters were injured battling a fire that extended into multiple three-deckers in Mattapan
30 backup batteries for MRI machines had begun “off-gassing,” creating a hazmat incident in the Tampa facility
The initial call was for two vehicles on fire inside a Hollywood carport
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
The third and final training course in the series examines the results and tactical considerations from the single-family residential structure experiments
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
After a fellow Wichita firefighter collapsed at house fire, crews called a mayday, initiated chest compressions and used a defibrillator to regain a pulse
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
The Anne Arundel County firefighter was ventilating the building when the roof collapsed
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When it comes to hands-on training, what do you look forward to the most? Live-fire evolutions? Aspects of technical rescue scenarios?
A firefighter’s guide to size-up, ventilation, fire attack – and when to go defensive
Fire Chief Marc Bashoor speaks with Research Engineer Keith Stakes about coordinated fire attack efforts
The Mesquite (Texas) Fire Department focused on turnout gear additions and cleaning, SCBA scrubbing and exhaust removal
Understanding the functions of Halligans, K-tools and other options, plus the forces involved and how these tools affect fireground operations
Key takeaways from UL FSRI latest experiments reviewing how coordinated fireground activities impact suppression efforts and victim tenability
Researchers conducted 13 experiments to evaluate the coordination of fire suppression and ventilation tactics for fires at multi-family dwellings
The firefighters sustained burns to their hands while ventilating the three-story home
Test your knowledge of sounding and walking on the roof, using roof ladders, working from an aerial, and cutting the hole and punching through
The UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute releases preliminary analysis of study of coordinated fire attack operations
Video shows moment of blast that injured 11 LAFD firefighters battling a one-story commercial building fire near downtown’s Skid Row
UL FSRI study details the effects of flow path control on victim survivability
Each approach has been around for years, but is their combination the key to limiting firefighters’ exposure to cancer-causing agents?
