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  • High-Rise Firefighting Strategy & Tactics - Part 1

    By request of the author, this article is not available online

    Article • October 31st, 2000

  • Know Your Enemy #5

    If you have any of these which are not built back to back, that is accessible on both sides, but have an interior corridor to service the second line of compartments, BEWARE.

    Article • September 26th, 2000

  • Know Your Enemy #4

    In a recent DUNN'S CORNER, Vince has set forth the fact that an unsprinklerd high rise is an impossible problem for any fire department which cannot muster an army of firefighters to fight the fire. Any department with unsprinklered high rise office...

    Article • September 1st, 2000

  • Know Your Enemy #3

    Consider a huge very crowded building supply store, with high rack storage, no in-rack sprinklers and many shelves which appear to be solid thus shielding stock below from sprinklers. I am convinced that such a store could be the scene of a major loss...

    Article • August 11th, 2000

  • Basic Firefighting: Vehicle Firefighting
    Basic Firefighting: Vehicle Firefighting

    Attacking a fire involving a motor vehicle should be no different than attacking a fire in a structure. Basic hose handling and attack techniques are used. Session Reference: Topic: Basic Firefighting: Vehicle Firefighting Time...

    Article • August 1st, 2000

  • Know Your Enemy #2

    When firefighters die in a collapse or flashover we generally hear about it and it is published in Firehouse.com as a LODD but what about the near misses?

    Article • July 23rd, 2000

  • Fireground Thoughts

    By request of the author, this article is not available online

    Article • June 1st, 2000

  • Vacant Building Fires

    One vacant apartment becomes a vacant building, one vacant building becomes a vacant block of buildings, and a vacant block of building becomes a vacant community.

    Article • May 1st, 2000

  • College Dormitory Fire Safety: Circa 2000

    Francis L. Brannigan examines fire safety concerns in the aftermath of fatal fires involving student housing.

    Article • May 1st, 2000

  • On The Job - Pennsylvania: 16 Departments Battle Massive Store Fire

    Jay K. Bradish reports on a commercial fire that required the efforts of 200 firefighters to control and caused approximately $15 million in damage.

    Article • May 1st, 2000

  • Structures Containing Lightweight Components

    So how should firefighters react when confronted with a fire in a structure containing lightweight components that fail rapidly when attacked by fire?

    Article • March 31st, 2000

  • High-Rise Firefighting Strategy & Tactics - Part 2

    By request of the author, this article is not available online

    Article • January 31st, 2000

  • Earthquake Response: Izmit, Turkey

    Mike Tamillow provides a dramatic first-person account of rescue efforts by U.S. firefighters after a deadly earthquake struck a Turkish city.

    Article • January 31st, 2000

  • Basic Firefighting: SCBA Review
    Basic Firefighting: SCBA Review

    Proper knowledge and use of self-contained breathing apparatus is necessary to help provide a safe working environment for the emergency service provider. Session Reference: Topic: Basic Firefighting: SCBA Review Level of Instruction: 3...

    Article • November 1st, 1999

  • Basement & Cellar Fires

    By request of the author, this article is not available online

    Article • October 1st, 1999

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